How to Blog a Book

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

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Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Becomes a Book

Almost three years ago Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog made it’s debute. Now, fans can purchase a book that celebrates the production with the full shooting script, info from the blog, photos from the set, contributions from the cast and sheet music. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog:The Book (Titan, $19.95) is based on one of the most […]

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Good Time to Blog a Cookbook

It seems that Julie Powell of Julie and Julia fame paved the way for food bloggers. Her success has made publishers more likely to scan the blogosphere for other successful food bloggers–and the possibility of turning their blogs into books. However, for food bloggers it seems that holding back some material is a good thing. […]

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What to do if you didn’t plan to blog a book?

Most bloggers don’t set out to blog a book. They don’t even intend to write a book–ever. However, many bloggers discover after many, many posts on one topic that they have enough material–possibly too much material–for a book. Thus, they move out of Cyberspace and into the real world of physically published material. Or maybe […]

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What’s Up with Blog-to-Book Deals?

Publisher’s Marketplace reports that 100 blog or Internet-related books were picked up last year. Most of them were not-so-worth-reading blog-to-book deals. According to Wall Street Journal’s Andy Jordan’s latest Tech Diary, publishers admit that bloggers with large readership allow them have a form of market research previously unavailable. If Internet readers flock to a blog, […]

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Learn First-Hand How to Go from Blog to Book

I discovered two superb posts about how one blogger’s blog became a book. Now, Gina Trapani, author of Lifehacker, didn’t set out to blog a book, but she offers some great information–not unlike the information I’ve offered–on how to blog a book. She also describes the process she went through to take make her blog […]

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Posts in Message Board Lead to Two Book Deals

Here’s a great story about how a team of writers blogging together ended up with a book…and book deals. Actually, fantasy basketball posts on a message board led to a group of bloggers putting a book together. This led to two more books about basketball. You can read about Jessie Einhorn and his friends here. […]

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Jezebel.com Sells Two Books to Grand Central

Today I have two more examples of blog-to-book deals that I don’t understand, but I don’t need to. Obviously, these blogs struck a chord with enough readers to catch a publisher’s eye. And off to press they go. Should the rest of us be so lucky. Gawker Media’s website, Jezebel.com, recently sold two books to […]

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Content is King and Key

I’ve heard it said that content is king. I’ve also heard it said that content is key. The two sentences mean the same thing. If you want to produce a blog people will read–one that will generate traffic and get the attention of a publisher sometime down the road (or simply gain you readers when […]

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