tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post114036837210020937..comments2024-03-29T11:20:37.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: The impact of blogsMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1140536665003135452006-02-21T15:44:00.000+00:002006-02-21T15:44:00.000+00:00Breakfast with Pandora appreciates the link, GOB, ...Breakfast with Pandora appreciates the link, GOB, and I would like to add that posts on comparative mythology, writing, publishing, and good stories in general make up the bulk of my posts, not food.<BR/><BR/>Blogs may never make any money, it's true. But to echo Paul, I had an unsolicited article accepted for the mainstream print magazine Tastes of Italia, and they refused to pay for it. Most of my print publication has been non-remunerative, whether popular or scholarly, and I have been publishing for more than a decade.<BR/><BR/>In any case I appreciate the strengths of a good food blog, and in aggregate I much prefer them to food magazines.<BR/><BR/>A while back an editor for Wired magazine wrote a book arguing that the 21st century would be the century where content would be king and people in creative professions would make a killing. Has anyone read that book?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1140534285813422982006-02-21T15:04:00.000+00:002006-02-21T15:04:00.000+00:00The majority of writers make no money. I can't see...The majority of writers make no money. I can't see that bloggers (who KNOW they are not making money) are in any way inferior.<BR/>As for having fewer than 500 readers.. plenty of modern novels havn't reached that number. Even a couple of prize-winning ones, I suspect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1140532011581395762006-02-21T14:26:00.000+00:002006-02-21T14:26:00.000+00:00Bear in mind that if you use sitemeter, "visits" d...Bear in mind that if you use sitemeter, "visits" doesn't equal "unique visitors". If somebody visits twice, that's counted as two visits. I don't know if I'm typical but I visit once some days; two or three times on others. A long time ago when I used Blogger and had to rely on sitemeter, anything between 25-100 daily visits would come from myself. (Returning to read & post comments, theme maintenance, etc.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com