Get Blogging Now

My friend Ajeet from DP forums wrote this post

Isn't it amazing how blogging has really penetrated the market and now everyone wants a blog? Indeed blogs have become so common that one can no longer sidestep them. Take for example all these friends I have who run their own blogs: Nicole, Helen Constantine, Mickey Temp, Sharon Steele, Dave Abigail, Kathy Bright, Casper DoGood, Charlene Coop, Edwina Warner, Gina Turner, Glenn Alvarez, Eva Gardner. And then of course there are those who are running several services on their blogs. For instance: Directory Owners Interview Blog, Web sites review, Major blog, Tamale Pie. Clearly the epoch of the blogs is here.

The reason that TIME magazine selected YOU as the person of the year was because of the power of citizen journalism -- primarily driven by blogs. So, what are you wasting your time for? Go over to one of the free services like blogger or some other, or get your own word press blog.

What is very lovely about the blogosphere is the way you can actually generate an avalanche of a response to your thoughts. Just be true to yourself and post something that you truly believe in. And quite literally, you are "the man" or "the woman" for that purpose.

Of course, if you are a techno-repelled person, you will face some initial hesitation in getting this entire process going. Not a problem, blogging technology is notoriously easy to use. In many senses it is an entry level content management system. Something like a CMS for the masses.

If you do not possess your own blog, then now is a good time to do so. Look at some of my other friends who run their own blogs: Mike Horner, Tyran Mike, Noel Page, Ted Nestle, Terresa Hopkins, Zoe Martini, Ajeet Khurana, Joy, Kendall, Madlaine, Maria, and get a good plan for what you could do.

Website Review : Dublin Guide

Dublin Guide is a website dedicated to the Irish capital. The home page has a short history and some interesting facts about the city itself. There are also links to a selection of books which would be useful to anyone who was visiting the city - things such as tourist guides and maps. There is a section dedicated to Irish Adventures which gives information about the attraction in the area such as the surrounding countryside and garden tours. There is useful information about the Dublin Tourist Offices which gives the location and details of the type of information available from the tourist offices. What I liked about Dublin Guide was that it was neatly organised and not overwhelmingly full of information. It just provided a useful overview of what visiting Dublin would be like.

Website Review : Spy Review

Spy Review is a blog all about spy gadgets. There are posts on a variety of categories including the BBC TV show Bugs (I used to love it!), surveillance and spy cameras, gadgets and even spys in the news. There are articles on everything that any spy fan (or wannabe spy!) would be interested in. The articles are lengthy and informative as well as being clearly written. They have a friendly tone, which I like and also photographs which makes the site easy on the eye. I was particularly drawn to the article about GPS trackers for children. Having young children myself it is tempting to have the peace of mind that I would always know where they were. They can be hidden in clothing and be traced globally from your web browser. I think this is a great idea as long as the children are aware that you were doing it and your reasons behind it.

This is a sponsored post.

Website Review : Beboinfo

Bebo is a social networking website. It could be a great opportunity to find booksellers or children's book collectors. However, there could be difficulties with using this website if you are not at home as some companies feel that they do not want to have their employees use a social networking sites and they therefore block them. However, there is software available which will unblock Bebo and therefore mean that you can continue to use it, even when you are in an environment which usually bans it. In order to do this you may need to download some software - there are full instructions on the Bebo website as to how to unblock it.

This is a sponsored Post.

Buy on ebay

If you are looking for some great bargains at the moment the eBay is a great place to look. During the summer a lot of people are on holiday and I find that prices for auction items tend to be lower. So take a look and see what bargains you can find:

Website Review : Craigs List Info

Craig's list is the Internets equivilant of a classified advertisement website as it is a combination of advertisement service and a discussion forum. You can advertise a wide range of services including goods and services as well as events posting, advice and romance activities. It was started in 1995 and has grown massively in that time, has won 4 awards from webby, PC World and NYPRESS. You can use the site to search for jobs, search ads or place an advertisement, there is even a section on housing. You can even use it to buy and sell things so you may find some books listed that you may be interested in buying. So if you are looking to browse or place advertisements then take a look:
http://craigslistinfo.info

Make Money by Putting Banners on Your Website

If you have your own website you may be interested to know that there is a great new site which will pay you for putting banners on your website. they are called Money4banners and will pay you £10 just for signing up and £5 a month as long as you have 3 banners on 3 different pages of your website. It is a great way to make a bit of money each month with hardly any effort - it may even cover the cost of your website hosting.

New GGBP Book

Girls Gone By have announced that they will soon be reprinting Prefects of teh Chalet School. This is one of the rarist titles and therefore hard to get hold of and expensive. It will be available in unabridged paperback for £10.99.

Great For Mums

If you are a Mum (or dad!) then you might be interested in our Podee Bottle Blog. It has information about bottles and feeding but also things which would be of interest to any parent. It is not necessarily aimed at parents of babies.

GGBP Christmas Book

In October Girls Gone By will be publishing The Chalet School Christmas Story Book. This is the synopsis:

Christmas in Chalet-land. Sleigh-rides and carols, shoes full of chocolates, the Christmas Play. Angel choirs and an angelic Robin. Snow, candles and laughter.

All these and more may be found in The Chalet School Christmas Story Book, a feast of fabulous fiction with something to suit every taste!


Stories by Helen Barber, Katherine Bruce, Caroline German, Heather Paisley and many more


Five brand new stories specially commissioned for The Chalet School Christmas Story Book, plus a selection of previously-published Christmas tales from the Friends of the Chalet School annuals and magazines.


Stories from all the eras - Tyrol, the UK, Switzerland


The original uncut text of the Christmas chapter of Jo of the Chalet School


An article and carols by EBD herself


Lavish Illustrations


Not to be missed—the perfect gift for a Chalet friend, or a Christmas treat for yourself!


We plan to publish The Chalet School Christmas Story Book in October 2007, which means that we shall be setting the print run in early September.


In order to make sure of your copy, please make sure that you order it (ie with cheque or Euros as applicable) as soon as possible. This is not a title which is going to sell many copies in January, so we shall not be printing extra copies.

NB For those who have bought the FOCS annuals in the past, this is not an annual - it is a normal Band A book!

You will need to order early for this one as I can see it flying off the shelves as it woudl make a fantastic Christmas present for any little girl as well as Chalet School collectors. I will certainly be ordering a lot of copies to sell.

New Titles

Fidra Books have some new titles planned. these are :

Six Ponies by Josephine Pullein-Thompson
Silver Snaffles by Primrose Cumming
Alison's Christmas Adventure by Sheila Stuart.
If you are interested in any of these titles, please let us know and we can pre order copie(s) for you.

Fidra Books

If any of you are enjoying Fidra Books reprints, then you might be interested in taking a look at the blog of the owner of the company. Vanessa's blog is very interesting and not just about the books but about her travels and other interesting things.

New Chalet School Title

Just to let you know that Girls Gone By's next Chalet School title will be 'A Genius at the Chalet School'. We have 30 copies pre ordered so as soon as they arrive we will list them on our website as well as on ebay and amazon.

Make Money Online

As a Mum who stays at home to look after her children, I feel that I want to do my best to help towards the family income. I run my own online business selling books as well as earning money through making money online. I try all sorts of things including writing blog articles for money and clicking adverts to earn money.

With affiliate marketing come the perks of affiliate resources. This kind of affiliate information sharing makes a software of spyware removal madatory.

Amazon Shop

We now have an Amazon shop where we sell a selection of books. So if you want to see what other books we have available then please take a look.

Rare Topsy and Tim Titles

We have some rare Topsy and Tim Blackie paperbacks for sale at the moment. These are Topsy and Tim go Sailing and Topsy and Tim go to a Football match. We hae a few other of their titles as well. these adorable stories are about twins who have all sorts of lovely adventures and the stories always introduce the readers to useful concepts. These two books have not been reprinted so are much sought after.

Ant and Bee book

We have a copy of Ant and Bee and the Rainbow by Angela Banner. It is a small hardback book which introduces children to colours. This series is very sought after and these lovely little books are very rare. This is a 1992 reprint with a laminated cover, which tend to be more popular than the original first editions with dustwrappers - probably because the first editions tend to have more wear.

New Books

I have finished listing my new stock on ebay, the books included were some by Judith Kerr, Allan Ahlberg and Maurice Sendak. You can find the items listed in my ebay shop.

Blog Contests

For anyone reading this who has their own blog, you may be interested to know about the website Blog Contests. It lists contests open to bloggers and run by bloggers and you don't even need your own blog to enter all of them.

Website Review : Welcome to the Blogosphere

Welcome to the Blogosphere is a great blog. It has articles on things such as competitions open to bloggers and reviews of websites which other bloggers are likely to enjoy, so it is great for anyone who blogs to pick up tips and find useful sources of information. The articles are detailed but concise and the pictures on teh site make it all more fun.

Blogosphere are running a competition at the moment. They are offering a blog review for anyone who does a review of their site.

New stock

i am sorry but there has been a bit of a delay in getting the rest of my new stock up on ebay. I have been too busy to do it and when I got around to doing it today my card reader stopped working on my computer so I wouldn't upload the photographs. Hopefully I will get it fixed tonight.

New Stock

We have lots of new stock available in our ebay shop. there are several really interesting items such as some rare Topsy and Tim books and an Ant and Bee book.

Requests for titles

If there are any specific books that you require, either from series that we currently stock or not, then please make sure that you let us know. We have quite a few contacts and even if it is a ttle we do not normally stock we could easily ask around to find out if anyone else has a copy. Thank you.

MMMTalk

Just to let you know about a great forum called MMMTalk. There are sections on all sorts of topics so you are bound to find discussions about something you are interested in, or you can just start your own. They are running a great competition this month too.

New Stock

We do not have too much stock on the website at the moment. We will be going to a book sale on Sunday and hopefully will get some more. We will definately be adding new items to our ebay shop early next week - so please check back then. We have some great offers in the ebay shop at the moment - we have fidra books starting from 99p.

Change of Domain

My blog about how to make money online has just changed its domain name. If you are linking to it, I would apprecaite it if you could change your link. The link is http://www.turnonepoundintoonemillion.com. Thank you.

Chalet School Books

If you are looking for some Chalet School books we have quite a large range on teh website at the moment. We have all of the girls gone by latest titles as well as some of the out of print titles, we also have some of Bettany Press titles as well as The Chalet School Librarian. We have a small range of second hand titles too.