So I’ve been seeing this link to amaztype for a few days and finally decided to have a look at the results for a “blog” search on Amazon. Sheesh! There are dozens of blog related books out there suddenly. Who knew?
Like Road Blog:
When the Websters leave Normal, Illinois, for a family holiday, Austin and Ashley get pulled right back into the World Wide Web–and this time, Mr. and Mrs. Webster get sucked inside the Internet, too! What began as a relaxing getaway turns into a wacky road trip when they set out to find Lost Lake Resort. Soon, the Websters are stumbling through a long lineup of lost links, like LostKitty-dot-com, the Lost Sea cave, a long-lost Inca city, and a lost round-the-world flight.
Or The Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez:
Twelve-year-old Raisin Rodriguez has been uprooted from her life in California and plopped down in Philadelphia with her mother, sister, step-father, step-sister Samantha, and Samantha’s cross-dressing poodle Countess. The only way Raisin can survive the painful transition is by recording every detail in a secret blog she keeps for her best friends from home.
Wow! And how about Baghdad Burning : Girl Blog from Iraq:
In August 2003, the world gained access to a remarkable new voice: a blog written by a 25-year-old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad, whose identity remained concealed for her own protection. Calling herself Riverbend, she offered searing eyewitness accounts of the everyday realities on the ground, punctuated by astute analysis on the politics behind these events.
And, ahem, China, the Sexiest Country on Earth: Blogs of China Business & Life:
Our blog contributors lift the veil of mystery shrouding China …who you meet (students, secretaries and staff) …starting from zero …the wrong freedoms …takeaways (top ten MBA rules to break, top ten business rules to follow, top ten China/USA contradictions, top ten China/USA similarities, top ten adjectives Chinese use to describe Americans). China will be ‘on top of us [U.S.]’ sooner than anyone expects. Similar to the 1980’s economic ‘invasion’ by the Japanese, the impact of China’s economic penetration will erupt unexpected, unforeseen and overnight.
Mercy. And let’s not stop there. Looks what’s on the horizon: Blogs, Wikis, and Feeds In Action:
An innovator’s guide to application development with blog, wiki, and newsfeed technologies, this book introduces the new ways of collaboration enabled by these technologies and focuses on the fundamental concepts needed to understand how the technologies can be used in real world applications.
“Holy Spimoli!” as my grandfather used to say. It’s a veritable feast of blog books. Hmmm…
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