Comments on: Author Weblogs

By: William Gibson Blog Rest | John's Jottings

William Gibson Blog Rest | John's Jottings — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:52:19 +0000

[...] of weeks. It’s been a pleasure to be able to read him in this more raw form and as I’ve written about before this short foray of his into weblogging has certainly gained him some new [...]

By: Various Articles From Five Years Ago | John's Jottings

Various Articles From Five Years Ago | John's Jottings — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:14:25 +0000

[...] Author Weblogs – I really like this post on the value an author could find in maintaining a blog to extend a readership base and accelerate sales. At the time I was reading William Gibson’s blog – now it’s Scott Adams. [...]

By: Anders Jacobsen

Anders Jacobsen — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 15:08:28 +0000

I think especially for technical and/or IT-related authors, building credibility and an increased number of readers (and hence potential buyers) through maintaining a weblog is an increasing niche.

Examples of authors using blogs to promote their works include recent books on blogs (megnut et al) as well as Jeremy (who dropped me from the blogrolls too and a couple of others I have only later (after starting to read their blogs) realized are authors as well…

PS Good catch on Gibson’s blog – I will have to check it out.

By: john

john — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 13:12:17 +0000

I was just giving you crap Jeremy – but glad to see you stop by. Good luck on the book!

By: Jeremy Zawodny

Jeremy Zawodny — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:29:32 +0000

Dropped? Yeah.

Forgotten? No.

Ignored? No.

I just don’t read your blog daily. In fact, I need to update the blogroll again. My daily reads have decreased quite a bit with my vanishing spare time. I tend to catch up with all the others a few times a week, though.