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August 9, 2016 by Nina Amir 5 Comments

Are Blogs Still a Viable Way to Build Platform and Get Published?

blogs are alive and well--just like blogging and blogging books

Blogs are dead. You may have heard someone make this statement or say something similar, like No one reads blogs any longer. Or Blogs are being replaced by newer technology for communicating with a target audience…like podcasting and live streaming video. Is it true? No. It is, however, true that the blogosphere has changed and […]

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May 10, 2016 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

8 Reasons to Book a Blog

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Long-term bloggers are in a fabulous position to turn their blog content into a valuable book. However, some bloggers don’t know why they’d want to go to the trouble of “booking” their blogs. If you are on the fence about transforming yourself from blogger to author, these eight reasons might convince you to book your […]

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April 19, 2016 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

How to Create a Successful Blogged-Book or Booked-Blog Project

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As a blogger, you are uniquely suited to become an author. If you have a successful site, meaning one with a large and engaged readership, you have set up yourself to produce bestselling books. You can use your blog effectively to transform yourself from blogger to author. Either blog a book or book a blog. […]

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June 16, 2015 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

11 Ways to Know if Your Blog Deserves to Become a Book

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Maybe you, like lots of bloggers, think your site contains enough content—or good enough content—to produce a book. And maybe your blog posts could be turned into a book (or “blook,” as they are called sometimes). Before you go to the time, trouble and expense of “booking your blog,” first evaluate if your blog deserves […]

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February 12, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

A Blogged Book Has to Be Greater than the Sum of Its Posts

What could be an easier process to write a new book than to go to my Memoir Writers’ Blog, pullout some articles on the same topic, and put them together? After all, I had read How To Blog Your Book by Nina Amir, a helpful book that inspired and guided me in the composition of […]

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February 3, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

7 Tips for Turning Your Blog into a Book

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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October 9, 2014 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

How to Test Market Your Book Idea with a Blog

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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 […]

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September 23, 2014 by Nina Amir 20 Comments

3 Ways to Convert Blog Content Into a Word Doc

For those bloggers who would like to book a blog, or repurpose their posts into a book, turning blog content into a word-processing file can pose one of the largest challenges. You likely need a Microsoft Word file, since these are used by designers and to create a variety of ebook formats. Yet, it’s not […]

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