Amazon Image Links – Build Your Own
I am avid reader and since I also blog it seems only natural that I should write about the books I read.
I only review the technical stuff. Fiction does little to expand one mentally, other than hone reading skills and that, only if you make an exercise of it.
Yes, reading of any kind can improve vocabulary but only with a dictionary in one hand and a writing tablet in the other and the classifications are really not that broad: well researched or not. The categories are fairly general also: children’s, mystery, romance, science fiction, horror, fantasy, thrillers, westerns and so on.
Non-fiction, however, covers an endless range of topics and often makes a point that can change your life or at least the way you think about life. For that reason I read non-fiction quite a lot and I find it helps if I write down ideas to take away from the read. Blogging is a good way to share it with others.
It also helps to let people know where they too can buy the book. For that reason I include images and links to a site – usually Amazon – where they can purchase the book inexpensively.
The problem is, Amazon image links don’t always work very nicely. To say they are “uncooperative” is an understatement especially in the platform I use, WordPress. Blogger is much more compatible with Amazon links and is a great platform for blogging but it comes with limitations. I chose to develop a stand alone blog and you can find my reasons here. Read more
The Difference Between an Academic and a Blogger
On the surface you would say there is no comparison between an Academic and a Blogger but a little thought can highlight some interesting insights. Don’t be fooled by the stuffy snobbish nature of Academia or the brashness of bloggers. Both are valuable, neither more so than the other, both have weaknesses and the initial impression is they work at cross purposes. Read more
How To Develop A Stand Alone Blog
If the blogging bug has bitten you recently you are part of a very large and growing community. Caslon Analytics cited claims that 184 million blogs had been started by March 2008.
Not all of them are still active but the ones that are originate from all over the world and they fall into many different categories: personal journals, knowledge sharing, creative writing, political reporting/ranting, religious teaching/sharing, philosophical debating, etc.
Blogging has even become a serious marketing tool for all kinds of products and services from which bloggers can benefit financially as well. Read more
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