MarsEdit uses a different organizational structure in that every blog is kept in a separate folder within the window, and each blog entry must be composed in one blog or the other, then copied-and-pasted into the other blog. Initially I liked MacJournal better, because you can create a single “entry” and once it’s composed, send it first to one blog and then to the other. I welcome “friends” and “followers,” especially people who share similar interests.īoth MarsEdit and MacJournal appear to have strengths and weaknesses relative to what I’m trying to do, which is compose and edit blog entries in a single location, and post them to both WordPress and Livejournal and thus keep two blogs synchronized while I figure out which to stick with. Obviously the benefit here is reaching a larger number of people quickly, so I use these for announcements and links to heartier content at the various places above. I have fun with these things, make smart-ass little remarks, post pictures, but neither one of them is really built for posting serious or even half-serious writing. I don’t post the reviews themselves here (at least not in full), but links to some of the above do appear. Not many people ended up switching over to Dreamwidth, though I suppose it could still happen.įACEBOOK – ( Facebook profile) and TWITTER – ( Twitter profile) In the old days, the real benefit to LJ was the “friends list” and the centralized way it let you review all your friends’ recent blog entries on one page. Increasingly I direct people toward the WordPress blog, and I may eventually narrow it down to just this one blog.īLOG – Dreamwidth – ) )ĭreamwidth began as an offshoot of Livejournal, and there was some indication that DW might carry forward some of LJ’s community or “social network lite” benefits. That, and Livejournal seems to be a dying community.īLOG – WordPress – ( )Īs mentioned above, this has the same entries as my Livejournal, but WordPress looks better and has nicer tools for announcing posts to Facebook and Twitter in a nice, automated way. More and more, I’m pointing people to my WordPress just because it looks better.

This began as my main blog, the one I usually told people about, but I’ve gradually evolved to having the same blog entries cross-posted to three blog platforms. I prefer my reviews to be seen by as many people as possible so I like those “helpful” ratings.īLOG – Livejournal – ( )

One way you can help influence how the books you like (or don’t like) are perceived is by rating Amazon reviews “helpful” or “not helpful,” which will make them more or less likely to be viewed by other shoppers. This way my review will be shown more prominently, with other reviews considered helpful. If you see a review of mine that you like, remember to mark my review “helpful,” which increases Amazon’s ranking of my reviews’ influence. I crosspost the same reviews to the book’s Amazon product listing, assuming it has one. Some of it’s good, some of it’s self-promotional and lame (lots of self-published people spamming groups with announcements and sales efforts) but I really like Goodreads. There are lists, suggestions, book groups, all kinds of stuff. It’s a place to see what other people are reading, and many members post reviews, which in some cases are useful. Serious readers and book lovers who don’t know about Goodreads should check it out. In most cases I post the review first to Goodreads. Here’s where they go, in case you’re a reader interested in seeking out other places to read book reviews, a writer whose work I’ve reviewed who wants to see all the places those reviews appear, or an amateur book reviewer looking for places to put your own reviews. Lately I’ve been writing reviews of almost everything I read, and posting those reviews in several different places.

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