Blog Bestsellers

My apologies if recent posts that direct readers to N.Y. Times articles lead to dead ends for you. Apparently they've reverted to demanding payment instead of just the annoying registration scheme. Fortunately material from Book Standard is still available. That's where I read the intriguing Blogs and Bestsellers: One and the Same?.

If anyone is sure to have a real blog-to-print success story, it may be Julie Powell with Julie & Julia. After blogging daily about her year-long attempt to cook every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Powell attracted media attention and, ultimately, landed her book deal with Little, Brown.

Of course, you realize a blog is a website. [writers' websites blog to book]