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Apr 06 2008

Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal

We see more and more stories about blogging with a paragraph like this:

Random House announces that it has purchased the rights to a book by
the blog’s founder, Christian Lander, an Internet copy writer. The
price, according to a source familiar with the deal but not authorized
to discuss the total, was about $300,000, a sum that many in the
publishing and blogging communities believe is an astronomical amount
for a book spawned from a blog, written by a previously unpublished
author.

Read the full story at The New York Times Web Site

That’s right. An author got $300,000 because of his blog.

Need any more reason to start blogging about you, your expertise, and your book?

Written by warren · Categorized: blogging, book marketing, write a book · Tagged: author promotion, blogger, book advance, book deal, book marketing, publishing

Comments

  1. @CoachDeb says

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    yep – that’s a VERY good reason to blog!
    niiiiiice!!!
    btw: very resourceful blog you’ve got here
    Warren!
    Nice Tweeting with you on Twitter too!
    @CoachDeb

    Reply
  2. @CoachDeb says

    at

    yep – that’s a VERY good reason to blog!
    niiiiiice!!!
    btw: very resourceful blog you’ve got here
    Warren!
    Nice Tweeting with you on Twitter too!
    @CoachDeb

    Reply
  3. Christy says

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    Dear book publishers,

    Please read my blog and give me a book deal.

    Reply
  4. Christy says

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    Dear book publishers,

    Please read my blog and give me a book deal.

    Reply

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