TypePad For Dummies

Wiley Publishing is putting out yet another fantastic book on blogging technology from the '...For Dummies' series of books - I'm convinced that while other publishing companies try hard, Wiley really has cornered the market on getting quality, relevant books on various blogging technologies and methods.  Everything from how to work with individual platforms to marketing and social media - - they get it.

This time around, the buzz is TypePad For Dummies - and it couldn't come at a better time, either!  Having just recently put out a great new upgrade, TypePad has seen so many changes over the past few months, what a great way to celebrate their successful upgrade for their users than to have a big publishing giant like Wiley put out a book that is up to date with all the great new changes that TypePad users (new and old) will be able to benefit from.

Melanie from Blogging Basics 101 and Shannon from Rocks in my Dryer (great blog name, btw!) are co-authoring the TypePad For Dummies book, due to be released (according to Amazon.com) in March 2010.  I don't know these ladies personally, but have recently corresponded with them and I'm supremely confident that the two of them will put out a solid reference to help TypePad users on their way to successfully publishing their own blog on the TypePad platform.  Congratulations, Melanie and Shannon!

Small disclaimer: I am also an author for Wiley Publishing, with 2 books under my belt and 3 more coming in the next year and half!  Wiley doesn't give me any pats on the back for posts like these -- I do it on my own because in the last 3 years, I've grown quite fond of the company and the people I've worked with there.  I happen to know that they are very tuned into new media and their publishers and execs work hard every day to stay informed and up to date with their ear actively to the ground on what users of the vast amounts of internet, blogging and social media technology their readers hunger for.

I'm looking forward to TypePad For Dummies coming out - it will be a very valuable reference guide for several of my clients!