Top 10 Reasons to buy this book
1. This book is a great read. It's funny,
touching, interesting, and the perfect companion for
Spring/Summer.
2. Because of
comments like
this:
“I just
think that not enough people care about blogs to make this bigger than a small
anthology of unknown
writers.”
-An agent
explaining to me why this book would fail.
I heard essentially the same comment
from about 10 different
agents/publishers.
The Machine
(literary establishment) decided that bloggers weren't interesting enough. That
blogs wouldn't and couldn't translate into book sales. Ever book we sell is
another slice of crow.
3.
Every sale is a show of support for the blog community. When you buy this book,
you tell publishers that you care about this type of content and that this
content has value.
4. Every
sale is a show of support for the bloggers. I did something interesting with
this book. Usually in an anthology, you pay each writer a flat fee for their
content. I made each blogger in this book an equal partner in the royalties.
5. You make it possible for
us to do other types of books in this series. We plan on doing blog books for
travel, food, dating/love/relationships, politics, fiction, humor, and of course
another anthology.
6. You are
a partner in this venture. I care about your input. The Machine is not here to
keep the reader at bay. My email is available on this site. You can interview me
personally on this site.
I'm
sure there are things we could have done differently or better and we want to
make each blog book better than the one before. That means your input
counts.
7. Something could
change your life. I had a number of profound experiences putting this book
together. I've read this content hundreds of times, and I still find myself
touched by much of it. You may discover something about yourself you didn't know
before.
8. You can help open
the door for others.
The
success of this book might just lead to the success of one of the contributors.
One of my secret fantasies will be that one of the bloggers will get
"discovered" and get their own publishing deal as a direct result of the book.
No matter how many copies sell, that would really be the highlight of my
career.
9. If the book sells
well, all the critics who dismissed blogging as
banality
personified, will also have a little
crow.
‘While the unexamined
life may not be worth living the overexamined life is not worth
reading.’
--Scott Simon of NPR on
“inane weblogs”
10.
You might just be inspired to start blogging and add your voice to ours.
Posted: Sat
- March 27, 2004 at 12:17 PM
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