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Do you remember back a few years ago, when a blogger getting a book deal was pretty much unheard of, and when it did happen it was major news? Some of the most beloved books in my collection are by people whose blogs I read every day. It's no longer uncommon for me to head to the bookstore and recognize author's names from my feed reader. Bloggers getting published doesn't always make the top of the news cycle anymore, so I gathered together some blogger publishing news for you.
From where I sit in my reading chair, I see two different types of books coming from bloggers. The first is the bloggers who write well and tell us fantastic stories. Sometimes their books are based on their blogs, or maybe they write a work of fiction. Sometimes a bunch of these bloggers band together and publish a book of essays, like Sleep is For the Weak. And other times their book deals are the result of their particular brand of blogging expertise. No matter what kind of book they are publishing, we read them because they engage us, touch us and, let's be honest, annoy us (because darn it, we wish we could write like them). Let's start off by looking at some of those bloggers.
BlogHer Contributing Editor Melissa Ford announced some pretty big news in April. She sold a novel!
It's about a blogger, rebuilding her life in the year after her divorce and can be summed up with one sentence: it’s the story of a woman who stops waiting for happiness to find her and starts cooking it herself.
Melissa's turned her book news into a community event on her blog. She got her readers involved when it came to naming the book. She had a number of suggestions that were being tossed around and asked her readers to tell her what titles they loved/hated and why. Melissa's novel should be out in late 2010.
In May, Jenny, the Bloggess announced she sold a memoir. As a reflection of the work it takes to get published title title of her post says is all -- "It only took me ten years to become an overnight success."
I just sold my book. The book I've been working on for 10 years. The book that I quit my job to write. The book that still isn’t finished but that has taken every spare moment that I had and that I never talk about because I'm so afraid of someone calling me a fraud because I can't even use punctuation properly.
You can expect to see her book hit the shelves in 2012.
Contributing Editor Karen Walrond announced her book news about a year ago. In her case it's not just her words that move us, but her photography as well. Karen's book The Beauty of Difference will be released in October 2010. This is what Karen has to say about knowing that she's so close to seeing it on bookstore shelves and in her hands.
I'm really just beyond excited about this. I'm also slightly stunned: though I've been working diligently toward this goal for a while, actually seeing the book on my publisher's site makes it feel like it's actually going to happen. I can't imagine what my emotions are going to be when I finally have the finished product in my hot little hands.
I love food blogs, and my favourites are the ones that not only give me great ideas for dinner but that tell me a story, too. I've been reading Homesick Texan for years and was thrilled when it was announced that she was publishing a book. Her cookbook, which will contain photos and stories much like her blog, is expected in the fall of 2011. In true food blogger fashion she offered up her recipe for how to make a cookbook.
4. In your tiny Manhattan kitchen, you attempt to recreate your favorite Texan dishes for your New York friends as it's important that they learn the joys of your homeland's cuisine. You also buy a camera and start taking photos of food and words and such. One day, you decide to combine these two joys into a blog. You name it Homesick Texan.
Blogher Contributing Editor Susan Getgood's book deal was the result of her social media expertise. She is the author of the forthcoming Professional
