Offline reading for bloggers – books on blogging

There are a lot of books about blogging around these days. Most of them will cover the same topics – which blogging platform best meets your requirements, the importance of defining your own voice and creating a style, finding a niche, attracting an audience, building a readership, staying up to date with online developments and making money.

Deciding which books are best for you depends upon what you want them to do for you…here are some of the better blogging books currently available.

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

If you have spent even a minuscule amount of time researching how to make money from blogging you will surely have come across ProBlogger. This has to be one of the most popular blogging advice websites around.

One of the authors of the book, Darren Rowse, has been named in the Top 10 Marketers of 2008 and it is not difficult to see why. Darren and his writing partner Chris Garret offer excellent advice in a non patronising and very informative way. They have been there and done that, so you know they know what they are talking about.

If you are new to blogging and want some serious information about the way forward, this is the best book for you. If you are an experienced blogger or webmaster this book has some excellent advice and ideas for you too. If you only buy one book about blogging, make sure this is the one you buy.

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

The Huffington Post Guide To Blogging

The Huffington Post is a heavyweight blog covering a whole range of topics including entertainment, politics, style, and business. The co-founder and editor-in-chief is Arianna Huffington. Arianna is supported by a substantial workforce, some of whom have contributed to this book of advice, tools and tips.

The book contains a lot of information specifically relating to the Huffington Post, but it also contains general ideas for experienced bloggers amd newcomers. It provides an overview of some of the various blogging platforms and offers essential advice on how to operate a functional and profitable blog.

The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging

Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

Until recently blogging has been seen as a platform for individuals to express themselves, but many businesses are beginning to see the benefits of running a blog alongside the everyday website used to promote a business. A blog allows continued dialogue between the business and its customers and it can be updated by people who do not understand the intricacies of how a website works.

This book is aimed at people who are not very tech savvy, but do understand the importance of having an impressive online presence and communicating ideas and news to its customers.

Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

The Rough Guide to Blogging

A very comprehensive book which covers virtually every subject relating to blogging you can think of. The book is well written and very easy to dip into and out of whenever inspiration or direction is required. It looks at the history of blogging, the various blogging platforms available, making and taking money, RSS feeds, writing advice and a plethora of further reading by virtue of it’s own personal blogroll featuring 250 of the top blogs.

The Rough Guide to Blogging 1 (Rough Guide Reference)

Blogging For Dummies

The “for Dummies” series has proved to be an excellent resource for advice and information over the years and with “Blogging for Dummies” the success contiues. Find out how to choose the correct blogging platform, generate revenue, attract readers and cope with the relentless surge in technology in order to keep your blog up to date.

Blogging For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World’s Top Bloggers

Author Michael A Banks has published many computer and web related books and has now turned his attention to bloggers. He has spent some time picking the brains of 30 of the most successful and well known bloggers around today and has brought the results from the interviews together in this book.

There are insights into the ups and downs of blogging, advice on how to achieve success and how to find inspiration for content and articles, something which all bloggers will struggle with from time to time.

Here is a full list of all the people who have been interviews and the associated blog.