The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
tsutrav's review
3.0
If you're going to read this book, read it now (as in early 2008). Many of the trends, programs, etc. are already starting to shift and one of the sites referenced is already defunct.
This book was finished in early to mid-2007 and does a fair job of trying to report on all things book blog related. The book is written by two British independent publishers which, at times, gives us a nice glimpse through the eyes of someone on the other side of the fence. These are rare gems of insights in the book (mainly focusing in the last third of the book) it's just too bad there is so much else to wade through.
The book crams a lot in a pretty slim read. So at times it's obvious we're just skimming the blogs, trends, analysis and at times just feels like a big magazine article. The writers do a good job of connecting all the dots surrounding book bloggers and mentioning all of the hot-button issues. But it just doesn't go deep enough.
It's obvious that the writers are connected and have their favorites as the same bloggers and sites are mentioned throughout the book. This gets a little tiresome, especially when some bloggers get their posts quoted verbatim, in the book, for pages at the time.
If you're a book blogger, you'll probably want to check this out as it gives you tons of info on many of the more established lit-blogs out there.
But the book surveys too much to offer much substantive insight (again, other than the last pages) to folks who are frequent guests in blogland and familiar with what is out there.
I was and remain so glad that there is enough interest out there to compile a book like this. These ladies know how to write and I enjoyed their style and quips. I do hope they use it as a springboard to pen a more analytical book based on their publishing experiences and less about the people they know and their blogs.
That would be a book worth blogging about.
This book was finished in early to mid-2007 and does a fair job of trying to report on all things book blog related. The book is written by two British independent publishers which, at times, gives us a nice glimpse through the eyes of someone on the other side of the fence. These are rare gems of insights in the book (mainly focusing in the last third of the book) it's just too bad there is so much else to wade through.
The book crams a lot in a pretty slim read. So at times it's obvious we're just skimming the blogs, trends, analysis and at times just feels like a big magazine article. The writers do a good job of connecting all the dots surrounding book bloggers and mentioning all of the hot-button issues. But it just doesn't go deep enough.
It's obvious that the writers are connected and have their favorites as the same bloggers and sites are mentioned throughout the book. This gets a little tiresome, especially when some bloggers get their posts quoted verbatim, in the book, for pages at the time.
If you're a book blogger, you'll probably want to check this out as it gives you tons of info on many of the more established lit-blogs out there.
But the book surveys too much to offer much substantive insight (again, other than the last pages) to folks who are frequent guests in blogland and familiar with what is out there.
I was and remain so glad that there is enough interest out there to compile a book like this. These ladies know how to write and I enjoyed their style and quips. I do hope they use it as a springboard to pen a more analytical book based on their publishing experiences and less about the people they know and their blogs.
That would be a book worth blogging about.
raehink's review
2.0
UK slant, quite choppy writing with lots of typos/grammatical errors, somewhat out-of-date by now.
A decent browse.
A decent browse.
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