Booked
November 23rd, 2005
You’ll never guess what! Remember when this blog used to be good, and I moaned on about ID cards? They’ve only gone and stuck it in a book. So now you too can live the glory days of qwghlm.co.uk, but with the twist of using old-fashioned paper. Crazy stuff. So, waste no time: go pick up your copy of 2005: Blogged - Dispatches from the Blogosphere - the official best of British blogging from the past year. Pages 142 to 145 are what you should be reading first; not that you’d be able to work it out from the index - I am the only blogger in the book to be listed under “www.” rather than my real name. Hmph.
Seriously though, having had a quick flick through, it does look good and there is some high-quality writing there, both from blogs I know and those I don’t; in fact, what will probably follow in the next few days are links to a whole set of newly-discovered blogs to link to. Also, some long-stewing thoughts on the future of blogging and British blogging in particular, a mere six months after everyone else weighed in on the same topic. And also, more interesting posts in general, I promise…
November 24th, 2005 at 15:16:09
Is it just the blogs, or the comments too? I’m tempted to get the book either way, but I’m curious to see if my ill-thought out reply is intact, complete with risible grammar.
November 24th, 2005 at 18:21:52
Are they paying you royalties? Did they ask permission? If not, then surely it’s just a big rip-off.
November 24th, 2005 at 19:52:25
Yes, of course they asked permission. I would be rather more miffed if they hadn’t…
November 24th, 2005 at 20:08:53
Woo to you!
Having said that, no book should ever have two variants on the word “blog” in the title. That’s just wrong…