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Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World (2005)

by Hugh Hewitt

Interesting book that combines the history of blogs with lots of good advice about blogs.

Documents how blogs were instrumental in the crash & burn of people like John Kerry, Dan Rather, and Trent Lott.

Has some additional history of text, Gutenberg, Luther, and other topics.

Very interesting how a book published so recently is out of date regarding personalities:

Peter Jennings is dead
Katie Couric is no longer at Today
The Dixie Chicks are no longer a top draw at the box office

Furnishes some interesting statistics. For example, out of 4 million blogs, only fifty thousand are updated every day. That seems like a low percent to me.

The author recommends many blogs:

Instapundit.com
RealClearPolitics.com
Command-Post.com
NationalReview.com/thecorner.corner.asp
NationalReview.com/kerry/kerryspot.asp
PoliPundit.com

PowerLineBlog.com
BelmontClub.blogspot.com
RogerLSimon.com
LittleGreenFootballs.com
Lileks.com
CaptainsQuartersBlog.com

FratersLibertas.com
CadetHappy.com
ScrappleFace.com
InfiniteMonkeysBlog.com

This book recharged my blogging battery. Well worth reading.