Nina Amir, Author at How to Blog a Book

November 11, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Unique Index-Card Blog Lands Jessica Hagy Three Book Deals

Bloggers and book bloggers dream of landing even one book deal for the content they publish on their sites. In 2006, Jessica Hagy started a blog on a whim. She drew cheeky graphs and charts on 3 x 5 inch index cards at www.thisisindexed.com. Now her site houses close to 3,000 cards, and in 205 […]

November 6, 2014 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Copyright: How to Protect Your Blogs and Blogged Books

I frequently get asked legal questions, such as “If someone blogs a book—actually composes it in the form of blog posts they publish on the Internet—do they need to worry about a copyright issues?” Or “Is my blog content safe from copyright infringement?” Well, I am not an attorney—let alone an intellectual property attorney—so I […]

November 4, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

6 Reasons Bloggers Land More Paid Writing Gigs

Writers don’t like to write for free. I know this. I’m trained as a magazine journalist. One of the first lessons I learned in journalism school was, “Don’t ever write a word unless you know you will get paid.” Yet, I’m a blogger. Bloggers blog for free not only on their own sites but on […]

October 30, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

10 High-Performance Tips for Bloggers

An enormous amount of people around the world want to become bloggers. Many of them start blogs, but after just a short time, they abandon them with promises to return “someday soon.” Someday never comes. According to a 2008 survey by Technorati, only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracked at […]

October 28, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Create a Blog Plan

Before you begin blogging a book, you need a blog plan. Even if you don’t think you are going to use your blog to write, publish and promote a book post by post, you need a blog plan. And if you begin your blog with the idea that you might blog a book (or more […]

October 23, 2014 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

How to Turn Your Blog Into a Book-Production Machine

If you have a blog, you produce a lot of content every year—valuable content that could be used for more than just blog posts. Indeed, with the right focus and planning, your blog can become a book-production machine. Many busy writers, authors and entrepreneurs don’t feel they have time to write a book, especially when […]

October 21, 2014 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

8 Time-Management Tips for Bloggers

I manage a lot of blogs—four to be exact—and I guest blog for other sites as well. It’s no wonder, therefore, that I often get asked, “How do you get it all done?” Although I don’t consider myself the most effective time manager, I can offer you a few tips on how to make your […]

October 16, 2014 by Nina Amir 7 Comments

10 Quick and Easy Ways to Test, Publish and Sell Your Book

Guest post by Carla King You’ve got your manuscript, so now what? Before committing to big distribution, try these quick and easy ways to publish while you finesse your book with great editing and design. You won’t even need to buy an ISBN number. If you’re not quite ready for prime time, beta publishing is […]

October 14, 2014 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Think Short to Finally Get that Book Blogged

Aspiring authors and bloggers often tell me they don’t know how to get started blogging their books. They have ideas and they think they know what content they want to include, but they hit a stumbling block when it comes to producing a detailed outline or deciding upon a structure. They can’t brainstorm and organize […]

October 9, 2014 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

How to Test Market Your Book Idea with a Blog

I once heard Ellen Archer, president and publisher of Hyperion Books, say the advent of blogs provided publishers for the first time with a way to test market potential books. In other words, a successful blog equals a successfully test marketed book idea. Why? Publishers consider loyal blog readers and subscribers potential buyers of a […]