Problogger: Essential Books for Bloggers

Darren Rowse, the problogger, has compiled a list of Essential Books for Bloggers after some feedback from his readers. There is a full list of almost 70 recommended books broken down into 5 cateogries - Blogging, Copy Writing, Business, Marketing, Creative Thinking & Miscellaneous.

While some of you may perceive blogging is just, well, blogging, to really market your blog and be successful at it, you need a fair knowledge of other business fields such as marketing and branding, hence the recommended non-core blogging books. Besides, it's always good to learn these topics for your own use or career, even if you're a weekend blogger...

Given below is an except of a few of the books, for the full list you can check it out here.

Blogging

• Blog Marketing
  
• Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers
  
• The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Get It Right

Copy Writing

• Zen in the Art of Writing
  
• Write It Right: The Ground Rules for Self-Editing Like the Pros
  
• 1000 Most Important Words

Business

• The Art of War: The oldest military treatise in the world
  
• Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service
  
• Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

Marketing

• All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World
  
• The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness
  
• Life After the 30-Second Spot: Energize Your Brand With a Bold

Creative Thinking

• Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas
  
• Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (Perennial Library)
  
• Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity