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ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
$24.99
I found Problogger a valuable read that provided a nice overview and background about what blogs are, developing and establishing one, writing the blog, and then promoting and marketing it. I recommend it. Kenneth H Marks, lead author of the The Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies, Capital Structure, and M&A Transactions (Wiley Finance)

Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read
$29.99
For all this book was hyped about to me by other reviews, etc., I found it to be lacking in some serious ways.

First, there are some crucial points in setting up a wordpress blog that you need to know, part of the initial steps of setting up files on your computer, downloading, zip files, etc. These are only BRIEFLY covered at best...the author really misses the point that most people are going to require instructions on the basics of file and computer knowledge, not just getting around wordpress knowledge.

Second, the author jumps around too much. Every other paragraph is something about "this is covered later on" or "see another chapter for advice on this subject". I found myself skipping ahead, then trying to go back, losing my place. He often piles too much knowledge at once on a certain step, then fails to follow through with the rest of the knowledge needed to actually complete the task.

I hope someone will create a "comprehensive" wordpress book, that covers all the angles, every step from absolute start to finish, and that'll be a 5 star book.

Amazon Daily
$0.00
UPDATE: I "reset" my kindle and the blog is now updating again, so I am happy. The blog itself has a wide variety of topics; I am a geek so technical articles interest me, but the cooking articles don't. There's probably something for everyone in this blog. I'd revise my number of stars to 4, but the web page won't let me.


My last delivery of the Amazon Daily onto my Kindle was August 18th. This is a free blog, and they advertise multiple updates daily. So what is up with that? I had been enjoying reading it as most of the articles were at least somewhat interesting to me. But now it has just stopped and no word from them. I'm disappointed.

No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog
$19.99
Just the fact that someone bothered to write this book and you're considering buying it is proof enough that no one really cares about your blog.