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Dispatches from Blogistan: A Travel Guide for the Modern Blogger (Voices That Matter)

Dispatches from Blogistan: A Travel Guide for the Modern Blogger (Voices That Matter)

by SuzanneStefanac (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

The term blog wasn't coined until 1999 and yet by 2004, it had become Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Globally, the number of blogs is doubling every six months, with more than 50 million blogs online today. Here to offer a unique overview of the emerging phenomenon that even armchair observers will find curiosity-satisfying is Dispatchesfrom Blogistan: A Travel Guide for the Modern Blogger.


Filled with practical, easy-to-implement advice for making blogging more enjoyable, useful, and profitable, this book covers everything from blogging and how it fits into the history of journalism to practical tips for planning and managing a blog, attracting and retaining an active readership. Written by noted technology journalist and interactive media veteranSuzanne Stefanac, the book features a fresh and succinct approach; quotes and commentary from noted and celebrity bloggers (author/futurist Bruce Sterling, NPR commentator Farai Chideya, Craig Newmark of craigslist.com, and Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing editor and science fiction author, among others); an accompanying blog site (dispatchesfromblogistan.com); and more. Stefanac explores issues of trust, influence, privacy, discovery, and the power of collaborative discourse, making this is a blog book like no other!

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: New Riders
Published: 20 Sep 2006
ISBN 10: 0321395557
ISBN 13: 9780321395559
Book Overview: The term blog wasn't coined until 1999 and yet by 2004, it became Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Globally, the number of blogs is more than doubling quarterly. Dispatches from Blogistan: A Travel Guide for the Modern Blogger offers a compelling, candid, and useful map of this quickly evolving terrain.

The book opens with an overview of blogging , illustrating how the phenomenon fits into the history of journalism, and surveying the various realms within blogging-annotated linkfests; public diaries; soapboxes and newsstands; virtual clubhouses; scrolling storefronts; animated photo, video and audio blogs. The book touches on the global issues raised by blogging (free expression, copyright, and the exposing of wrongs). Next, the book details practical tips for planning and managing a blog, attracting and retaining an active readership, and even generating revenue. It highlights blog tools (basic hosted services and standalone blog packages; RSS and Atom aggregators; mobile blogging or moblog solutions; types of design templates; and more), and promotion techniques for optimal visibility. Quotes from noted and celebrity bloggers (authors Bruce Sterling, Steven Johnson and Cory Doctorow, Craig Newmark of craigslist.org, NPR news commentator Farai Chideya, blog pioneer Justin Hall among others) provide commentary and context.

The book's accompanying blog features regular posts, discussions, interview content, select sidebars, a rich glossary, and more. More a detailed guidebook than a tool book, Dispatches from Blogistan will offer a unique overview of the emerging phenomenon and even armchair observers will find plenty to satisfy their curiosity about this much-touted world of blogging.

Author Bio
Suzanne Stefanac has written about technology and its social and business implications for more than fifteen years. Her work has been published inWired, Macworld, Salon, PC World, Publish, New Media, San Francisco Chronicle, California Lawyer, and Rolling Stone, among others. She was the founding editor of Macworld Online; executive producer forThe Site, an hour-long nightly MSNBC show about technology and it's implications; and co-founder/senior vice president for creative and production for RespondTV, an interactive television infrastructure company. More recently, she has provided strategic consulting and web development for General Wesley Clark's PAC; Quincy Jones' We Are the Future project; and Macarthur Fellow and American Book awardee Guillermo Gomez-Pena. She is currently Director of the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab.