"Just FYI, a lot of book publishers are watching this book to see how it does. The big question in publishing circles is this: If you have a high-profile blog with a million or so readers, how many of those blog readers will buy a book by that blogger? One in ten would still mean 100,000 books sold, which would be great." - from a Fake Steve Jobs blog post
While reading the December 2007 Forbes magazine at lunch, I came across another "blogging/writer" connection, this time in Steve Forbes' editorial page. In place of the usual restaurant reviews is a book review of Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody by Fake Steve Jobs, published in October 2007.
Before Fake Steve wrote his book, he blogged his fake life at The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. Per his current Blogger profile he began blogging in June 2006 and is quite prolific, posting 1586 times so far this year.
Turns out there's a Forbes connection. Fake Steve Jobs is real Daniel Lyons, a Forbes' magazine senior editor. (His blog is now a "Forbes.com site.") Lyons has also published a book of short stories and a novel.
So, if you have some wicked parody skills, find a person of interest and start blogging. You may want to consult fake-blogs.com to see the competition.
Now, go get your blog on.
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