Not Even People on Your Blogroll Would Buy Your Book
Jessica ยท 09/25/06 11:00AMThe Boston Herald reports that book deals given to bloggers tend to result in lackluster sales; though anyone with Wordpress can likely score themselves a nominal deal, it certainly doesn't mean the book is going to make any money. And the big blog-to-book deals โ such as those of Stephanie Klein (Greek Tragedy), Gawker Media alum Ana Marie Cox (Wonkette) and Jessica Cutler (Washingtonienne) โ are almost guaranteed to disappoint publishers when the titles finally hit the stands. Says one agent: "Paying $500,000-plus for that Greek Tragedy blogger was pretty dumb."