How to Blog a Book

by Amir, Nina; Katz, Christina; Garrett, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781599635408
• ISBN10: 1599635402
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-21
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books

Summary

How to Blog a Bookteaches you how to create a blog book with a well-honed and uniquely angled subject and targeted posts--and how to build the audience necessary to convince agents and publishers to make your blog into a book. Inside you'll find: Basic information on how to set up your blog and the essential plug-ins and other options necessary to get the most out of each post Steps for writing a book easily from scratch using blog posts Advice on how to write blog posts Tips on gaining visibility and promoting your work both online and off Tools for driving traffic to your blog Information on how to monetize an existing blog into a book or other types of products Profiles with authors who received blog-to-book deals Author Nina Amir explains how writing a book in cyberspace allows you to get your book written easily, while promoting it and building an author's platform. It's a fun, effective way to start writing, publishing, and promoting a book, one post at a time.

Author Biography

Nina Amir is a nonfiction editor, book proposal consultant, and writing coach with more than 33 years of experience in the publishing field. She is the founder of Write Nonfiction in November, a yearly writing challenge, and the author of four blogs, including Write Nonfiction NOW! and How to Blog a Book.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why I Started a Blog About How to Blog a Book	p. 1
Book Blogging Basics	p. 3
Why Blog a Book?	p. 11
How to Prepare to Blog Your Book	p. 29
Developing Your Blogged Book's Business Plan	p. 41
Creating Your Blog	p. 65
Writing Your Blogged Book	p. 78
Driving Traffic (Readers) to Your Blog	p. 102
I've Finished My Blogged Book, Now What?	p. 123
How to Repurpose Your Blog Posts for Profit and Promotion	p. 136
Blog-to-Book Success Stories	p. 142
Conclusion: How the How to Blog a Book Blog Got Published	p. 161
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