Going Hard Copy

So far Hugh Hewitt's new book Blog seems to be doing quite well (Amazon rank #287), Scott Ott's Axis of Weasels continues to sell, and Bill Whittle is finding success with Silent America.

A half dozen or more other bloggers are also getting into the publishing game, trying to turn their digital reputation into hard copy sales. It is going to be interesting to see who triumphs and who doesn't in this attempted transition from digital to print. Laura McKenna has an interesting take on it over at her blog, 11D.

I agree with her opinion that non-fiction is the way to go. I don't know how many bloggers have the ability to write good book-length fiction, such as the novel for which Wonkette scored a $275,000 advance. I'm sure there will be some, but I'd be surprised if blogger/novelists sell all that well.

This is going to be interesting to watch.