 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Plug Your Book!
85
Mystery
www.Hackoff.com. Tom Evslin, a former executive with
Microsoft and AT&T, started this blog to serialize his first book,
hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble
and Rubble. Each passage from the book was published on the blog as
Evslin wrote it, automatically building an audience for the book. He self-
published the story in 2006 as a 642-page hardcover, supporting it with
a book tour and Amazon Connect blog, where he publicized each tour
appearance.
Evslin also has the entire text of the book posted for free viewing on
his site in the format of a blook, a term combining book and blog. To aid
readability, blooks are presented in chronological order, as opposed to
a blog, which presents material in reverse chronological order—most
recent on top. While Evslin’s blook is designed to be read online, other
authors have used the term blook to describe printed books composed
mainly of blog posts.
You can read Evslin’s book on the site or subscribe to daily episodes
delivered via e-mail or an RSS feed. You can also listen to free audio
podcasts of him reading each section.
Evslin also publishes a popular technology blog, Fractals of Change,
http://blog.tomevslin.com, which helps funnel traffic to his book
blog.
www.DailyPundit.com. Longtime fiction writer William Quick
used his popular political blog as a launch platform for a self-published
novel. After five years of trying to sell his conspiracy novel Inner Circles
to a trade publisher, Quick posted it on his blog in e-book form in
September 2005. Within weeks, he sold more than 900 copies at $5
apiece, raking in $4,500. Blog visitors still buy about 100 copies of the
book per month.
Since releasing his e-book, Quick has also begun selling hard copies.
The 329-page paperback costs $17.95.
Publishing
www.MJRoseblog.typepad.com. You’d think M.J. Rose would
be busy enough writing her bestselling novels, but she also publishes two
popular blogs aimed at writers. Backstory features guest columns by
novelists who want to share the “secrets, truths, and logical and illogical
|
 |
|
