How to Create a Book Out of Your Blog Content
Today’s writers don’t have to choose between managing a blog or writing a book. They can do both, and each effort can help the other. For many bloggers, taking the leap to write a book is a natural next step (take a look at this Goodreads list of “Popular Blog Turned Book Books”). It’s an upward move that makes sense and they’ve already crossed two barriers to entry: bloggers can write and they’ve built a following thanks to their writing. Also, altogether they may have already written a book’s worth of content. Here are three reasons to turn a blog into a book: 1. To monetize an existing audience Blogs can help you build an audience, but blog content alone won’t earn you money. You need some type of monetization, and a book can be one of many income streams. A book lets you leverage an existing audience that’s willing to pay for even more content if that content is different or superior. 2. To grow your audience There are plenty of people who would love your work and what you ha...