TY - BOOK AU - Amir,Nina AU - Katz,Christina AU - Garrett,Chris TI - How to blog a book: write, publish, and promote your work one post at a time SN - 9781599635408 (pbk.) AV - PN 142.5 A517h 2012 U1 - 006.7/52 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Blue Ash, OH PB - Writer's Digest Books KW - Blogs KW - Authors and publishers KW - Authorship KW - Books KW - Reviews KW - Autoría KW - Autores y editores N1 - Includes index; Book blogging basics -- Why blog a book? -- How to prepare to blog your book -- Developing your blogged book's business plan -- Creating your blog -- Writing your blogged book -- Driving traffic (readers) to your blog -- I've finished my blogged book, now what? -- How to repurpose your blog posts for profit and promotion -- Blog-to-book success stories -- How the How to blog a book blog got published N2 - How to Blog a Book teaches 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 postSteps for writing a book easily from scratch using blog postsAdvice 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 ER -