Books and Blogs a Natural Pairing

The New York Times has a piece today that talks about the benefits and problems for authors who get discussed on blogs:

At best, blogs can be the electronic version of word-of-mouth selling. Luis Alberto Urrea has written more than 10 books, but it wasn’t until he published his novel “The Hummingbird’s Daughter” earlier this year that he experienced the joys of being blogged (sympathetically) on sites like Bookslut and La Bloga. “I had never paid attention to that whole world before,” said Urrea. Now, he has his wife comb the Web every morning, filtering out anything too harsh. “You’re always braced for bad news,” he said, “but blogs have been so friendly.” Urrea (who said he responded to every e-mail message he got) compares the blog world to a country store with a cracker barrel, where he and his readers are playing checkers. “It’s so immediate and informal.”

Read “What Are the Blogs Saying About Me?”

Shameless professional plug: Hop Studios recently produced a blog for cookbook author Rose Levy Beranbaum. The blog, Real Baking with Rose, is sponsored by Gold Medal Flour, and is being featured on flour packages in grocery stores. Author Rose has transitioned seamlessly from book writing to blog writing, making herself part of the conversation instead of just observing it from the outside.

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 12/19 at 10:57 AM • Blogs
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  1. Interesting article. We just started one for our acting school.

    Los Angeles Acting School

    Posted by Los Angeles Acting School on 10/05/06 at 04:57 PM
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