Crazes come and crazes go.

Flip Flops are still around.

Croc shoes barely.

Could Kharawon Wooden Slippers be next?

Spotted them here ….

Hilary Niederer’s Stitchwallah blog.

http://stitchwallah.com/2009/11/27/khrawon-wooden-slippers/

Looking through New South Books back catalogue you can see they have a number of books that embrace very specific and often passionate niches. There are books about Rosa Parkes and Mohammad Ali!

They are keeping their readers updated with what their authors are doing!

A good blog use. Here is an excerpt from their recent blog post and a link to their blog.

However, if you missed Reverend Graetz last night, you can still catch a video interview with him from WSFA TV in Montgomery; just follow the link and search for keyword: Graetz. Reverend Graetz will also sign copies of his book at an open house at the mmanuel Presbyterian Church on August 6.

NewSouth Books

A sign of the times.

Penguin dips it’s toe in the blogging pool.
Liked their description of what the blog will be about.

“an editor will post the latest news from the company:
new acquisitions, sneak previews from works
in progress of some of Penguin’s best-loved
authors, industry gossip and advice on
how to get published”.

Which will be invaluable for many.

Eoin Purcell, from a small publishing house has been
active in this soace for a while.

Wonder what Eoin has to say about this?

The Penguin Blog

Penguin Books launches the first blog from a mainstream publisher on Monday 31st July. Having led the way in bringing publishing into the digital age with its award-winning podcasts, Penguin’s blog will be a destination where an editor will post the latest news from the company: new acquisitions, sneak previews from works in progress of some of Penguin’s best-loved authors, industry gossip and advice on how to get published.

I always try to highlight people’s view on making moneu blogging.
From earlier posts you will know that I’ve managed to do that but us always interesting to learn of ways others are making money from blogging.

Spero News | How to make money from a blog as a marketing tool

“Can I make money from a blog?” and “How do I make money from a blog?”

Those two and other similar questions have appeared repeatedly both on blogs and my email inbox for some time. The fact that so many people are asking those questions implies that there is quite a bit of confusion, especially for those who are new to a blog or blogging.

Here is just part of a great interview with Eoin Purcell …

“I think Blogging is huge news for publishers.
Firstly, a blog is just a website by another name. Secondly, it is
breaking down the barriers that prevented many from posting their own
websites. Thirdly, through blogs on services like Myspace, bebo and
MSNspaces young people are blogging in huge numbers.
How is that changing matters for publishers? It is increasing the
appetite for online content, which will make acceptance of e-books and
online books easier. It is creating a mass of writers many of whom
over time may well develop enough skill to write more than just a
blog. I think too that over time it will reduce the market for certain
types of books. For instance, in this more open age if your story is
written in a blog archive then a tell-all book might not be such a hot
property. That is why such services as Blurb.com and Lulu.com are
important. They drain a certain share of the market from the pool. I
think that is healthy and perhaps over time it will encourage the type
of publishing I hope to be a part of.”

Tales from the Reading Room » Interview with the Publisher

“I have about 1000 readers a week, and that’s a very small blog.
I know other people who have major academic blogs and I would
expect their readership to be between 5000 and 10,000 a week,” Mr
Miles says.

“Even if I get published in a major international journal,
realistically, maybe 100 people would read my article.” Mr Miles’
blog – VLOG 3.0 – is about video blogging.

Adventures in blog land – Education News – theage.com.au

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research will fund a three-year research project
shepherded by Versatile Information Systems Inc. that will seek out
“relevant and credible” information pertaining to terrorist activity on
blogs.

Truthdig – Ear to the Ground – Department of Defense Funds $450K Blog Research Project

JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and
emerging consumer technologies on business, reveals that 35 percent of
large companies plan to institute corporate Weblogs this year. Combined
with the existing deployed base of 34 percent, nearly 70 percent of all
site operators will have implemented corporate blogs by the end of
2006.

JupiterResearch Finds That Deployment of Corporate Weblogs Will Double in 2006 – JupiterResearch

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