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July 7th, 2007

Why blogs-to-books suck if you want to make serious money: Advice from a book promo guy

By David Rothman

Plug Your Book“These services might attract a small number of people who want to print a vanity coffee table book. But anyone who’s got material for a commercial book will see too many downsides.” - Steve Weber, author of the well-received Plug Your Book (Amazon ranking #8,448 in Books—not bad for a self-published title).

A target of Steve’s skepticism: Blog2Print. Again, keep in mind he’s not saying that blog-to-bookware uses are bad—just not to expect any real money out of such efforts.

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