Comments on: Book review: Problogger – Secrets for Blogging your way to a Six-figure Income

By: Vinterdekk

Vinterdekk — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:27:24 +0000

I bought the book.. just because it was nice to have a real print book. There wasn’t much new in it for me though.

By: Rodney Smith

Rodney Smith — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:37:58 +0000

Phil: you’re right – you could read most of this online – in fact a lot of the content is repackaged Problogger stuff. But I like having it all together in one spot – depends how you like to consume your information, I guess.

I don’t know a lot about publishers, but Wiley has been around for years – ever heard of the “xyz for dummies” books?

By: Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:56:12 +0000

Nice review Rod but I thumbed thru the previews on Amazon and didn’t see anything that couldn’t be gleaned during a few days of diligent reading on DigitalPoint or various other webmaster forums. Perhaps there is more “meat” inside but I for one wouldn’t pay to read it all. Never heard of Wiley publishing either … apparently it is doing well in sales as it is currently #5 on Amazon’s computer/web niche sales list.

By: Air Jordans

Air Jordans — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:21:03 +0000

That is true. Printed books are relatively more credible than an ebook considering that printed books go through a long process of review for quality.

By: Rodney Smith

Rodney Smith — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:00:22 +0000

Armen: I agree. One of the downsides of the ease of producing ebooks is that good content can be crowded out by a lot of low-quality stuff. Something that’s gone through the traditional print process has at least been thoroughly reviewed for quality. I’m sure this particular book would have been successful in either case though.

By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:17:45 +0000

Releasing content through an actual book has a more positive results because books are associated with all the wonderful knowledge that has come from publish-worthy material of the past. The difference between a book and a PDF file might be larger than one would estimate.

By: Rodney Smith

Rodney Smith — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:15:13 +0000

kahthan: thanks for the perspective. One thing I didn’t mention in the review is that the authors’ high profile status might just have had something to do with the publisher’s decision to print the book – the marketing would almost take care of itself. I somehow doubt they’d be quite so receptive if I approached them with a similar concept – at least not yet anyway

By: kahthan

kahthan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:58:33 +0000

Nice review,

i do agree that this being a print edition does give it some credibility, however i do not think that it was done with intention. while most pro bloggers have dominated the online ebook/course market, the printed book is still an untapped market for them and this was the reason i think they went with the book edition.