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June 24, 2014 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Can You Blog a Telelvison Series or Sitcom?

Do you think your book idea would make a great television series? Or have you dreamed of writing a sitcom? Go ahead and blog it into existence. I have to admit that I have little knowledge of the television industry or even about script writing. However, a while ago I had a conversation with someone […]

Filed Under: What Subjects to Blog About Tagged With: blogging a sitcom, blogging a television series, repurposing blog posts

March 20, 2012 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

Two More Ways to Extract Book Content from Your Blog

I’ve written searching through your categories and using tags to find content for your booked blog manuscript. You also can find content in your existing blog post to repurpose into your book in other ways. Some of these require manual work, others more technical savvy. An old search method, of course, simply requires you put […]

Filed Under: Booking a Blog (Repurposing Content into a Book) Tagged With: book a blog, database, repurposing blog posts, search engine, writing a book

March 13, 2012 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

Mine Your Categories for Blog Content Gold

If you have done a good job of mapping out your booked blog’s content, you should now have a table of contents for your book and a list of subject you will cover in each chapter. Now it’s time mine your blog for gold: existing blog posts that will provide the content for your book. […]

Filed Under: Booking a Blog (Repurposing Content into a Book) Tagged With: book a blog, booking a blog, categories, repurposing blog posts

March 8, 2012 by Nina Amir 10 Comments

How to Map Out the Content for a Booked Blog

Let’s assume you’ve been blogging for a while—maybe even a long while. You’ve got a lot of posts to rummage through. This can feel quite overwhelming, maybe as overwhelming as writing a book from scratch. So, let’s chunk the process down. Just like with any book, you have to begin by planning out your book’s […]

Filed Under: Booking a Blog (Repurposing Content into a Book) Tagged With: booking a blog, creating content for a book, recycling blog posts, repurposing blog posts

January 5, 2012 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

Chris Garrett on How to Blog a Book or Book a Blog

  My last post featured the first part of my interview with Chris Garrett, co-author of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, in which he discussed how to convert blog readers into book buyers using attraction, retention, conversion, and referrals. Today, in part two of the interview, which I conducted at […]

Filed Under: Booking a Blog (Repurposing Content into a Book), Create an E-Book, How to Begin Blogging a Book, Increasing Traffic, Publicizing Your Blog, Selling Books and Information Products, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blogging a book, book a blog, Chris Garrett, repurposing blog posts, strategic planning

December 18, 2011 by Nina Amir 6 Comments

What NOT to Do When You Book a Blog

I highly recommend repurposing, or recycling your blog posts into a book. However, you can’t just slap you posts together and say, “Done!” Just this morning I was reading an announcement about a booked blog, one that was repurposed into a book, and thinking, “Wow. This guy has it all wrong.” The blogger and author, […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, Selling Books and Information Products Tagged With: booking a blog, editing books, proofreading books, repurposing blog posts

December 15, 2011 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Turn a Series of Blog Posts into a Short Book

I often teach a workshop called “How to Write a (Short) Book Fast.” As part of this workshop, I discussing booking a series of blog posts, which means repurposing 10 or 15 posts you’ve written in succession on the same topic. I did this with my book, 10 Days and 10 Ways to Your Best […]

Filed Under: Blogging Short Books, Blogs Turned Into Books Tagged With: how to blog a book, how to write short books, repurposing blog posts, repurposing blog posts into a book

March 8, 2011 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

10 Things to Do While Waiting for Your Blog to Be Discovered

Let’s say you’ve finished blogging your book. Or not. Maybe you are still blogging your book. In either case, you are still waiting to be discovered. What should you do while you wait? Here are 10 things to keep you occupied and attract attention to your blog at the same time. Tweet about the subject […]

Filed Under: Publicizing Your Blog Tagged With: attracting an acquisition editor, publicizing blog posts, recyling blog posts, repurposing blog posts

February 14, 2011 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blog-to-book, booking a blog, Joel Friedlander, recycling blog posts, repurposing blog posts

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