If you can write, you can blog. That means you can blog your way to a book deal. You can blog a book, and write and publish your work one post at a time in cyberspace while also promoting it so you get “discovered.” Agents and acquisition editors continue to troll the Internet looking for […]
Blog-to-Book Releases This Month Officially at 2009 Numbers
My last post said projected that the number of blog-to-book releases were almost at the same rates as in 2009, the so-called height of the blog-to-book craze — about 48 per year. Well, I am happy to say that as of today, I can officially say that this month’s numbers (from what I know) bring […]
Current Rate of Blog-to-Book Deals Reaching Past Heights
In my last post, I discussed the fact that many blogs are still getting turned into books–enough to constitute a continued trend, despite what some industry experts have claimed. In fact, I discovered that the figures for blog-to-book releases in October 2011 alone, at least from what I can tell, are equivalent to the height […]
Get in on the Current Blog-to-Book Trend
No one has offered new statistics on blog-to-book deals since about 2009. In that year alone, between 50 and 60 bloggers landed traditional publishing deals. Supposedly, that was the height of the blog-to-book trend. Yet, a consistent stream of blog-to-book deals has hit the market since then, and recently I’ve heard news of even more […]
Scary Mommy Lands Not-So-Scary Book Deal
Here’s another blog-to-book success story–one I really love! Blogger Jill Smokler, known as Scary Mommy (the name of her blog), has landed a book deal from Simon & Schuster. They will release her first book, Confessions of a Scary Mommy, next Mother’s Day. By simply blogging about her feelings about motherhood and her experiences as […]
How to Blog a Book Gets Disovered and Lands a Book Deal!
As you may know, the whole idea behind this blog revolves around creating a strong and unique blogged book idea with a large or niche market, writing great and consistent posts, and promoting your blog well so you either: get discovered while blogging your book, build enough platform to become attractive to an agent, an […]
Use Your Expertise to Blog a Short Book
In my last post I told you how I created a short book out of 10 blog posts and published it…FAST! I promised I’d give you some tips on how to get going on a similar project of your own. Here’s how you start: What do you know? Are you an expert on getting your […]
Blog a Short Book…and Publish It…Fast!
Yesterday I sent off a short book to the printer created out of just 10 blog posts. Yes, just 10–and now it is a 78 page 4″ x 6″ book. Previously, I published it as an ebook. I’ll have it in my hands in just 10 days. Does that inspire you to blog a book? […]
From Blog Posts to E-Book to P-Book
I’ve been really busy the last too days learning how to design a book in Adobe InDesign. I was going to try and hire a designer, but I had the program and I used to do a ton of design work “back in the day” when I had Pagemaker. I was trained to do design […]
Joel Friedlander’s Tips and Reasons for Booking a Blog
On Friday when I reviewed fellow blogger and book designer Joel Friedlander’s new book, A Self-Publisher’s Companion, Expert Advice for Authors Who Want to Publish, I promised I’d publish the four questions I asked him about his experience booking a blog. (If you don’t know what that means, please refer to this post.) You see, […]
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