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    The Book Blogger Platform
    The Book Blogger Platform
    The Book Blogger Platform
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    The Book Blogger Platform

    By Barb Drozdowich

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    Book Blogging - One of the Best Hobbies in the World!

    Join thousands of book bloggers in expressing your 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 is a "user manual" that answers all of your blogging questions. A book written by a book blogger for book bloggers! The content is based on surveys with 700+ active book bloggers.

     

    The Book Blogger Platform covers topics such as:

    • Essential content of a book blog.
    • Primer on obtaining free books, growing an audience & monetizing
    • Common features hosted by book bloggers.
    • Technical aspects of blogging using a website
    • Over 60 videos that simplify blogging technical issues
    • ...and many more subjects!

    Learn what you need to know from a book blogger with 10+ years experience as well as 20+ years as a successful technical trainer.

     

    Pick up a copy today and approach blogging with confidence!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarb Drozdowich
    Release dateJun 17, 2020
    ISBN9780993879579
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      The Book Blogger Platform - Barb Drozdowich

      The Book Blogger Platform 2nd Edition

      THE BOOK BLOGGER PLATFORM 2ND EDITION

      THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BOOK BLOGGING

      BARB DROZDOWICH

      BARB DROZDOWICH

      Copyright © 2022 by Barb Drozdowich

      All Rights Reserved. This copy is intended for the original purchaser of this book only. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned or distributed in any printed or electronic form without prior written permission from Barb Drozdowich.

      This Ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This Ebook may not be re-sold or given away to others. If you would like to share this book with others, please purchase an additional copy.

      Cover Design by Michelle Fairbanks/Fresh Design

      ebook ISBN: 978-0-9938795-79-4

      paperback ISBN: 978-1-988821-51-1

      I would like to thank the 700+ bloggers who patiently answered my survey questions - both the first survey in 2013 and the more recent one finishing up this past January.

      You repeatedly asked for a primer on book blogging - I have created one!

      I would like to thank you for buying one of my books!

      I tend to focus on the technical tasks which authors and bloggers need to learn. As of this publishing I have 9 books in print and several more in various stages of completion. I’m always looking to be helpful - often creating books around subjects that I get a lot of questions on from authors and bloggers just like you.

      On to the book - I hope you enjoy and learn lots!

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Introduction

      1. Who Are Book Bloggers?

      2. Introduction to Blogs and Blogging

      3. Blogging Platforms

      4. The Blog

      5. Blog Post Extras

      6. Plugins, Gadgets, and Widgets

      7. Blog Sidebars

      8. Blogging—Additional Thoughts

      9. Monetizing Your Blog

      10. Sources of Books and Sources of Posts

      11. Backing Up and Updating Your Blog

      12. Types of Posts Common to Book Bloggers

      13. ARC (Advance Reading Copies) Reviews and Beta Reading

      14. Social Media Platform: Twitter and Facebook

      15. Social Media Platform: Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram

      16. Social Media Platform: Goodreads

      17. Amazon

      18. Being More Social

      Conclusion

      Technical Help

      Glossary

      Your Helpful Hints are waiting…

      About the Author

      Also by Barb Drozdowich

      FOREWORD

      Welcome to the third edition of The Book Blogger Platform. The main goal of this book is to serve as a primer for not only new Book Bloggers but also as a refresher for bloggers that have been blogging for a few years. There is a lack of this sort of information in the marketplace, and I wanted to fill that gap with this book. I so enjoy blogging, I want to share my information and help my fellow book bloggers.

      The first edition of this book was chock-full of screenshots and instructions on how to do various technical things on blogs. What looks really good on a 27-inch desktop screen, is simply unreadable on an iPhone screen or even a 6-inch Kindle screen. So, I went back to the drawing board and decided to find a different way to create a primer than a whole bunch of screenshots. What I’ve put together for this second edition is a series of YouTube videos that walk through the various problematic technical issues that we as book bloggers have to deal with. In addition to that, I’ve created a technical section at the back of the book that adds to the information available on the YouTube videos. Finally, a detailed Glossary brings this information all together. All of that combined with pages and pages all about book blogging, I feel that this book is now the go-to resource for book blogging.

      INTRODUCTION

      Welcome to The Book Blogger Platform. This book is aimed at all book bloggers—those just starting out, as well as bloggers who have gotten their feet wet and are settling into their hobby. I hope that this book can even serve as a refresher for those bloggers who’ve been around for a few years!

      I'm Barb Drozdowich, and I blog at Sugarbeat's Books. I started my book blog in 2010 and quickly discovered that the world of book blogging is the world where I fit in. Everyone in this world loves books, loves to read, just like I do.

      I am a lifelong, voracious reader who always has a book at my side. I’m also one of those people who stays up late reading, well past bedtime, because I have gotten caught up in a magical world and can’t bear to leave it.

      Once my new blog was up and running, I started posting reviews of books I had read—books from my shelves and books I’d found at the library. I then ventured out, virtually, to find others like me—those who wanted to express their love of books on their blogs. I also needed to find other blogs to read and learn from. And find them I did; they were everywhere! There were so many people who loved books every bit as much as I did. Over the past few years, I have met book lovers from all over the world. I have also found so many exciting authors and been truly overwhelmed with the sheer number of books to read.

      Some time after I started blogging, the science grad in me came out, and I decided to do a survey of my fellow book bloggers. I wanted to learn more. I wanted to get their opinions on various topics.

      I posted the survey on my blog and advertised it on Facebook and Twitter. To my amazement, I heard from 215 book bloggers.

      Overall, did the answers surprise me? Not really. What I found was that bloggers were experiencing the same things in their interactions with authors as I was. What did amaze me was the variety of bloggers. There are book bloggers in many different countries. They span a wide range of ages and reading tastes. Some see themselves primarily as reviewers. Others see themselves as communicators, sharing information about books they have read or books that are available for reading—books on sale or books newly released.

      Book bloggers, after all, are individuals, and their blogs reflect this individualism.

      The other main concern that came out of this survey is that there is a need for a basic primer on book blogging. Most of us start blogging without knowing what we are doing. My first blog was created by a student from the local university. He designed it, but I received no instruction whatsoever. I can remember the panicked feeling I had when I realized I was on my own to learn whatever I needed to learn.

      I’d like this book to serve as a primer, a basic guide, to the blogging platforms, to the types of posts that book bloggers commonly post, and to the other components of the book blogger’s platform.

      Book blogging is a relatively new hobby. It used to be that a website was something that a highly-trained professional created at a cost. I know the first website I contracted came at a high price! There have been huge advancements in computer software technology over the last decade, and with the advent of WordPress, Blogger, as well as the other low-cost or free platforms, a website/blog is either free or well within the means of the average person.

      Blogs reflect the reading taste of their owners. Book blogs, like other blogs, can vary in focus. Many readers will read a wide variety of genres, and as a result, their blogs will feature posts on the genres they read. Some blogs, like mine, are narrower in focus. Since I read romance, the only books featured on my blog are romances of one description or another.

      As you go through the various chapters of this book, we will discuss not only who book bloggers are, we will also cover an introduction to the technical aspects of blogging, the types of posts and interactions with authors, and lastly some of the social aspects of blogging. The Tech section at the back of the book is filled with tutorials and sources of information. There is also a fairly extensive Glossary at the end to help with some unfamiliar words. I hope you enjoy what I have to share.

      Note: This book will cover book blogging using a website. The website aspect of blogging is the point that many find challenging and require help with. I do acknowledge folks who blog using various video platforms like YouTube or Facebook live as well as Instagrammers who blog on Instagram. These

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