Most new bloggers get into the blogging for a variety of reasons. I started because I wanted to enable the post/comment dialog format for articles I’ve published at places that don’t enable that type of author/reader connection. I also wanted a place for ongoing communication with the students from the classes I teach via local community education. Finally, I also got into blogging because of its pure power and reach which I originally doubted but later changed my mind after reading Blog!: How the Newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture by David Kline and Dan Burstein.

Kline and Burstein’s book on the blog-o-sphere, already 2 years old, feels a little out-of-date. Duh! That’s not a criticism about the book because any book specific to the computer industry runs the risk of being out-of-date even before its first printing makes it to the store shelf. Despite the age of the book, it’s certainly worth the read provided you get it used from Amazon, mooched from bookmooch.com, or borrowed from your local library.

The first third of the book was very inspirational and part of the reason I’m blogging today. The rest of the book, however, gets fairly redundant fairly quick. Honestly, how many times can you read about how the blog-o-sphere’s impacted on the Dan Rather document scandal? Despite the redundancy, the interviews with various well read bloggers makes the book shine, and the comments and insights from the authors adds some sparkle here and there as well.

Thinking about blogging or just want to learn a little more about some of the pure power and reach of the blog-o-sphere? Borrow, purchase or mooch a copy of Blog!: How the Newest Media Revolution is Changing Politics, Business, and Culture by David Kline and Dan Burstein. I’d give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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