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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How to Write 12 Books Per Year on Your Blog

Blogging doesn’t have to be an activity that take you away from writing your book. You can blog your book—write, publish and promote it all at the same time post by post on the Internet. If you don’t want to place the first draft of your manuscript on your website, however, your blogging time can […]

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Why Now is the Best Time to Blog a Book

If ever there were a time to start a blog or to blog a book, it’s now. Yes, the blogosphere is crowded and loud. On the other hand, the number of people on or using the internet continues to grow, which creates an enormous opportunity for anyone—including authors and bloggers. Now truly is the best […]

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7 Tips for Turning Your Blog into a Book

As the blog-to-book trend continues on its upward curve, more and more bloggers see their blogs as gold mines filled with nuggets of content waiting to be extracted, refined and cast into books. Writers, on the other hand, historically have balked at becoming bloggers. Many aspiring and published authors turn to blogging simply because this […]

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Plan Your Book Content to Write Quickly and Easily

An ongoing debate exists in the writing world about whether or not to plan out a book prior to typing that first word. The “mappers” or “planners” say, “Plan it out! It’s more effective!” The “pantsers,” on the other hand, say, “Write by the seat of your pants! It’s more creative.” I tend to be a […]

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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 […]

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How to Blog a Novel

Blogging fiction isn’t as easy as blogging nonfiction. The process poses some inherent challenges, but they are just that—challenges. They aren’t obstacles. Therefore, if you want to blog a novel, you should go ahead and do so. How to Begin Blogging a Novel As with any other book you write, you should begin blogging your […]

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How to Use Pressbooks to Go Blog-to-Book (Part 1)

Guest post by Carla King When I found out that PressBooks had a blog-to-book tool, frankly, I didn’t expect much, as similar tools I’ve tried have crashed or stalled in the middle of the process without so much as an error message. But because, after all, it is my job, I was obligated to take […]

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Angles and Themes Help You Write a Unique and Valuable Blogged Book

How to Blog a Better Book: Lesson #3 Angles make your blogged book unique. Themes give them value. When you blog a book, or simply set out to write a book, train yourself to think about your book in these terms so you write a book that isn’t like those previously published and that addresses your […]

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A Crafter’s Experience of Blogging a Book

I started writing the Creating Craft: A Guide to Designing Original Pieces book blog in early September. I had wanted to write a book about designing original craftwork for some time, but was reluctant to take on the project because I knew I’d be unlikely to finish. I’d already tried to write one book before, […]

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