PureBlogging

If you are serious about being a better blogger, you’re probably already highly familiar with the name Darren Rowse (or at least his Problogger blog). You might also know Chris Garrett who blogs about new media. These guys are leaders in the industry who have gained recognition for their success (including their financial success) in the business. Yesterday they both published announcements on their respective blogs about the fact that they have co-written a book about blogging together that will be released within the next few weeks.

The ProBlogger Book

You really only need to know the title of the book to understand what it’s all about; it’s called ProBlogger Book: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income. If you want to know more, Chris’s announcement says that the book was quite difficult for the two of them to work on over the course of the last year due in no small part to the fact that they really wanted to live up to the book’s title. These are guys that have done well in the business of blogging and they want the readers of the book to benefit from their experience.

The bloggers behind the book

If for some strange reason, you don’t know about these bloggers, they are guys who have gotten attention for leading the areas in which they work. Here’s a little bit more information for you to chew on:

Darren Rowse, who is probably best known from his leading blog about blogging ProBlogger, is an Australian blogger who got attention in part because of his Six Figure Blogging telecourse. He was among the first to suggest the bloggers can not only survive off of their blogging income but can actually do quite well for themselves if they put in the time and effort to do so. In addition to the Problogger blog, Darren is the co-founder and VP of the b5 media blog network which includes numerous different blogs. He has contributed to numerous blogs and websites and has gained experience in blogging from the ground up.

Chris Garrett is a name that’s not as well known to many bloggers but is even more well-known than Darren to a few. That’s because his specialty is working in “new media” and he has worked as a consultant for numerous people who are making their living in the new media world. That includes blogging, of course, with which he is familiar for a number of different reasons. The main reason is that he is a founding member of Performancing, a site which is geared towards helping bloggers succeed in blogging.

Why bloggers would want to read this book

The main reason that you’d want to read this book as a blogger is because there is bound to be a lot of good advice for you about how to be financially successful at blogging. Additionally, you can probably avoid a lot of beginning blogger mistakes by reading a summary such as this one from two bloggers who have already been there before you. But there’s a more important reason that bloggers should consider reading this book. If you want to take blogging seriously then you need to know what’s going on in the world of blogging around you. You can’t just stay confined to the niche of your own blog. And right now, what’s going on is that two leading blog consultants have published a book about blogging that is sure to be read by a majority of your blogging competition. In order to be a leading blogger yourself, you have to know what others are referencing and this book is sure to make that list.