How to Blog a Book

December 13, 2012 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

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, […]

December 11, 2012 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

Why You Should Promote Your Blogged Book on Pinterest

A major key to promoting your blogged book lies in utilizing social networks.Each time you write a blog post, you share the link to that post in an update on each of your social networks, like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Facebook. (I wrote a post about this here.) However, if you aren’t expanding these efforts […]

December 6, 2012 by Nina Amir 6 Comments

What Is SEO and Should Book Bloggers Care About It?

Bloggers and website owners seem to obsess about search engine optimization (SEO). As a writer or book blogger, you might be wondering, “What the heck is SEO and should I even care about it?” You do need to know what SEO is and care about it to some extent, but if you write a good […]

December 4, 2012 by Nina Amir 7 Comments

How Blogging a Book Provides You with a Continuous Flow of Blog Posts

The core principle behind blogging a book lies in having the forethought to plan out your idea in post-sized bits that you write and publish on your blog. Instead of blogging aimlessly and then going back and booking your blog, prior to beginning to write your book you develop a content plan that determines the […]

November 29, 2012 by Nina Amir 7 Comments

How a Blog Series Created Reader Demand for a Booked Blog

When Angela Ackerman and I started The Bookshelf Muse back in 2008, we had no intention of turning its content into a book. Mostly, we just wanted to help and encourage other writers. As critique partners, we knew that our characters tended to repeat body cues for certain emotions (mine were always shifting their feet […]

November 27, 2012 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Simple Book Title and Content Idea for Blogging a Book

Today’s guest post is by Roger. C. Parker. It is reprinted with permission from his Published & Profitable blog. If you’re looking for a simple book title & content idea for blogging a book in your field, take a look at 100 Ideas that Changed Photography. Often, startlingly simple, effective ideas provide the foundation for […]

November 22, 2012 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

Why You Need an Email List and a Subscriber List for Your Blogged Book

As you blog your book, provide readers with a way to subscribe to your blog’s feed. Encourage them to become “subscribers” so they can get the most recent posts using a variety of really simple syndication, or RSS, applications or readers or in their email box. But don’t forget to also encourage readers to sign […]

November 20, 2012 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Universal Content Marketing Productivity Tip For Blogging A Book

Today’s guest post is by Roger. C. Parker. It is reprinted with permission from his Published & Profitable blog. Are you looking for a content marketing productivity tip to save time blogging your book? The hardest part of blogging a book is choosing a book title and selecting topics for your content marketing blog posts. […]

November 15, 2012 by Nina Amir 8 Comments

Will Someone Really Steal Your Idea If You Blog Your Book?

If I had a dollar for each time an aspiring author voiced a concern about his or her blogged book idea getting stolen or actual blog content getting pirated, I’d be rich by now. This fear is similar to the one harbored by a person I know who won’t allow agents to look at his […]

November 13, 2012 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Is Subsidy Publishing the Same as Self-Publishing?

If I told you to publish your blogged book with a vanity publisher you’d probably tell me I was crazy. Yet, many of you will consider (or may be considering) doing just that and will call it self-publishing. About now you’re probably scratching your head and trying to figure out what the heck I’m talking […]