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HOW TO BE A BLOGGER AND VLOGGER IN 10 EASY LESSONS by Shane Birley

HOW TO BE A BLOGGER AND VLOGGER IN 10 EASY LESSONS

Learn How to Create Your Own Blog, Vlog, or Podcast and Get it Out in the Blogosphere!

From the Super Skills series

by Shane Birley

Pub Date: July 1st, 2016
ISBN: 978-1-63322-105-5
Publisher: Walter Foster Jr.

Some popular forms of online self-expression get the how-to treatment.

This brisk read provides 10 lessons for those interested in bringing their voices to the internet, covering blogs, vlogs, podcasts, and everything that goes with them. The book expands upon these lessons in each chapter. For example, the “Record Your Podcast” chapter not only covers basic podcasting formats, but highlights the anatomy of a podcast, how long shows should be, theme-music development, and more. The instruction is nicely digestible for the target audience of enterprising preteens. (Their grandparents might also pick up wisdom here.) The book also features a section dedicated to internet safety, one all kids should read regardless of their online ambitions. The graphics and charts are serviceable, featuring racially diverse children and dutifully breaking up the chunks of text in a format that’s easy on the eyes. A chapter focused on developing audience is especially helpful to those looking to get their voices heard. But above all, the book positions online expression as equal to any other form of artistic expression: maintaining a web series is just as valid as photography or painting in the eyes of the book’s audience, and the author treats the subject as such without trying to talk down to readers or exaggerate. The lessons are taught in the best kind of way: the way that will get kids to listen.

A handy and helpful guide for any aspiring web user.

(Nonfiction. 9-12)