The Book Blogger Platform
by Barb
Drozdowich
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BLURB:
Book
Blogging - One of the Best Hobbies in the World!
Join
thousands of book bloggers in expressing their joy of reading!
Are
you a book blogger or do you want to be one? Are you having trouble handling
the technical details of blogging? The Book Blogger Platform can be a
"user manual" for your blog! A book written by a book blogger for
book bloggers and that answers all your questions!
The
Book Blogger Platform covers topics such as:
1. What a book blogger blog needs to
contain
2. A step by step guide to manipulating
images and videos
3. A description of all the common
features hosted by book bloggers
4. A description of the social media
aspect to a book blogger platform
5. Being Social - the social aspect of
book blogging
If you are tired of always asking other
bloggers questions
Let
The Book Blogger Platform guide you painlessly. Over 80 color graphics lead you
step by step through some of the more difficult technical issues that bloggers
face.
Pick
up a copy today and approach blogging with confidence!
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Review:
This book breaks down some of the lesser known facts about book blogging today. If you blog, review or just occasionally talk about books, this wonderful book should find a place on your e-reader. The information is top notch and has made me change the way I think about book blogs.
4.5/5
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Excerpt 2 from Chapter 2:
During the 1990s, a blog was known as a
weblog, indicating that it was something found on the Internet as a serial
recording of information—a diary, if you will. Today blogs are quite different;
they are personalized and modified to display information in a variety of ways.
But ultimately, a blog is still a serial collection of information.
In my experience, many book bloggers
either start their blog on Blogger or on WordPress.com because they both offer
a free platform. Whether you’re a new or seasoned blogger, I hope that by the
end of our discussion of blogs you will have a better sense of the components
required for a successful blogging experience.
This brings me to an important
point—regardless of your web designer’s opinion, ultimately your blog must be
easy to use and tailored to your
needs. If you have a blog that is too complicated for your skill level, ask for
help. If you have paid someone to design a blog for you, ensure that the
designer understands your skill level and creates something you are comfortable
using.
Blogging is a very popular activity. In
February 2011, it was estimated that there were approximately 152,000,000 blogs
worldwide on various platforms (according to Wikipedia). That number has only increased since then. There are many
different platforms for blogs. The most common include Blogger, free WordPress
(also known as WordPress.com), and self-hosted WordPress (also known as
WordPress.org). In addition, there is Tumblr, Medium, Google+, Squarespace,
LiveJournal, Weebly, Typepad, and Joomla. Each platform has positive and
negative aspects. For the purposes of this book, we will be talking about
Blogger and WordPress, as they are by far the most popular of the platforms.
When I went looking for some stats, I
found it impossible to get current numbers of Blogger blogs. Apparently they
haven’t published their numbers in over a decade. Of the numbers that are
published, they are impressive! As of midway through 2013,
·
There were
101.7 million Tumblr blogs
·
There were
63 million WordPress blogs
·
There were
62.6 million LiveJournal blogs
·
There were 12
million Weebly blogs
As I’m sure you will
determine as we go along, my preference for blogging is self-hosted WordPress.
As of this writing, a self-hosted WordPress blog costs no more than $100.00 a
year. There are some additional startup costs (for example, how much you spend
depends on the graphics selected for your blog). If you decide to go with a
“free” platform, you can register a domain for a nominal charge. I’m not a huge
fan of the massive URLs that come with WordPress.com or Blogger blogs.
Do you care if you register your own
domain? Only you can answer that question. In my opinion, you should.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Bio: Social
Media and Wordpress Consultant Barb Drozdowich has taught at Universities and
Colleges, trained technical personnel in the banking industry and, most
recently, used her expertise to help dozens of authors develop the social media
platform needed to succeed in today’s fast evolving publishing world. She owns
Bakerview Consulting and manages the popular blog, Sugarbeat’s Books.
Bakerview
Consulting (Business Site) http://bakerviewconsulting.com
Barb
Drozdowich (Author Site) http://barbdrozdowich.com
Sugarbeat’s
Books (Book Blog) http://sugarbeatsbooks.com
Facebook(Author
blog) https://www.facebook.com/BarbDrozdowichAuthor
Twitter
http://twitter.com/sugarbeatbc
Google+
https://plus.google.com/110824499539694941768
Buy link:
http://amzn.to/1seIYyc (only available currently on Amazon)
4 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Morning Dana!
Thank you so much for hosting and thank you for sharing your thoughts about my book! I'm honored that you read it and that you found it useful!
I'll be around today if anyone has any questions to ask - always happy to answer or just chat book!
Barb
I liked the review.
Interesting info
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