The following post is a list of books that would be helpful for bloggers – particularly those wishing to make a business from their blogging activities. It has been compiled both from my own suggestions as well as those of a number of other bloggers (see the bottom of the list for those who helped).
When I called for suggestions for books I said that they don’t have to be blogging specific (although they can be) but rather they should be books that help bloggers to improve any aspect of their blogging. As a result the topics in the list are quite wide and cover a range of topics including marketing, creative thinking, web development, other business topics as well as a few blog specific books. I’ve tried to put them in some sort of categories – however I don’t know all of them so please forgive me if my categories are not quite right. All books are linked to Amazon with affiliate links
Blogging
- ProBlogger the Book (mine!)
- 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (another of mine – this one is an ebook)
- Blog Marketing
- Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
- The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get It Right
- Blogwild!: A Guide for Small Business Blogging
- Blogging for Business: Everything You Need to Know and Why You Should Care
- Buzz Marketing with Blogs For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
- Money For Content and Your Clicks For Free: Turning Web Sites, Blogs, and Podcasts Into Cash
Copy Writing
- Zen in the Art of Writing
- Write It Right: The Ground Rules for Self-Editing Like the Pros
- 1000 Most Important Words
- Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing
- On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well)
- Rules for Writers
- Choose the Right Word: Second Edition
- Advertising Secrets of the Written Word: The Ultimate Resource on How to Write Powerful Advertising Copy from One of America’s Top Copywriters and Mail Order Entrepreneurs
- Breakthrough Advertising: How to Write Ads That Shatter Traditions and Sales Records
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells. Revised and Expanded
- Hot Text: Web Writing that Works
- Advertising Secrets of the Written Word
- Tested Advertising Methods
- Ogilvy on Advertising
- The Story Factor
