[Note: This post was included in both the blogged and 1st version of How to Blog a Book. However, it is not as accurate as it should be. For correct information on copyright laws as they pertain to your blogged book or your blog, please read this post.] I’ve been asked the same question several […]
Blog Showcasing Awkward Family Photos becomes a Published “Album” and NYT Bestseller
Some of the blogs that have become books have involved little writing—or almost none at all. A recent pick involves awkward family photos with short pithy captions. That’s it. Mike Bender and Doug Chernack turned embarrassing family snapshots into a booming Internet industry—and now a book. First they took photos that used to gather dust […]
1000 Awesome Things Blog Published as a The Book of Awesome
A while back I mentioned an awesome blog I found that was turned into a book. This blog goes to show that anyone can find something about their life to blog about–or about which to blog a book. During the worst year of his life, Canadian Neil Pasricha decided to try to focus on the […]
The End: This Blogged Book Manuscript is Finished…or Not
This actually brings us to the end of this blogged book. Amazingly, I began blogging in February and I have completed the whole book before the end of June—just five months later. I do have some additional material I plan to add to the physical printed book, but I do not intend to ever place […]
Create Related Information Products for Multiple Streams of Income
When you finish blogging your book, consider writing short posts to promote new information products you create related to your book. Information products, such as special reports, videos, recordings (mp3s, CDs or DVDs), e-books, workbooks, teleseminars, webinars, home study courses, or on-line courses can provide great income sources. Your book shouldn’t be your only source […]
Market Your Blogged Book to an Agent or Publisher
Okay, so you’re a traditional publishing holdout, and this blogged book exercise managed to get you to write your whole manuscript but didn’t get you discovered. Now it’s time to get that proposal written and approach an agent or a small to mid-sized publisher. In this case, you must do two things: write a […]
Turning Your Blogged Book Into an E-Book
If you don’t want to go to much expense, you can simply convert your blogged book to an e-book yourself and sell it from your blog site or from a website. This doesn’t make it available on e-readers. It does, however, create an information product from which you can earn money. Creating this type of […]
Turning Your Blogged Book Into a POD book
If you want to self-publish your blogged book, you can choose several methods for turning the blog into an actual book. First, however, you must have a manuscript. As I mentioned previously, the easiest way to blog a book and end up with a manuscript entails writing your posts in Microsoft Word and then copying […]
Content is King…So Get Writing!
In the blogging world, wisdom has it that content is king. That means, they ultimate way to drive people to your blog (or website) involves producing great copy. The more superb and useful content you produce, the more readers and traffic you will see coming to your blog or website. So it’s time to get […]
Increasing Traffic by Commenting on Blogs
Another way to publicize your blogged book or blog involves commenting on other bloggers’ posts. You know how you love it when readers leave comments on your blog posts, now it’s time to do the same. Go out and read other blogs that have related content. These are the blogs you identified as complementary or […]
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