tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post6648602805328244275..comments2023-10-19T09:50:06.691-05:00Comments on Parajunkee's View: Book Blogging 101 - Blogging Changed My LifeParaJunkeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874529185180873346noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-14051205881772592432011-10-05T17:51:25.892-05:002011-10-05T17:51:25.892-05:00I couldn't agree more on the sound thing. I HA...I couldn't agree more on the sound thing. I HATE it when a blog has sound because a lot of times when I'm blog hopping, I'm listening to music or an audiobook so it really interferes with that.<br /><br />The worst though lately? That widget for Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick that's been floating around blogs lately. Hopefully it'll go away mostly now that it's out, but I HATE that it has this obnoxiously loud ocean sound to it that you can't turn off. It makes me jump every time I got to a blog that has it. And you know what I have to do when I go to those blogs? Leave them. I'm sorry, but no one should have made a widget like that. Or at the very least make it so you can mute it! lol<br /><br />♥ Sarah @ <a href="http://imlovingbooks.com" rel="nofollow">I'm Loving Books</a>Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441191010868988420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-85704956118120249372011-10-01T21:29:52.998-05:002011-10-01T21:29:52.998-05:00Congratz on your 1000th post - which you've pr...Congratz on your 1000th post - which you've probably already exceeded that as I write this comment! LOL You're an excellent and dedicated blogger, so I can see how perhaps blogging cost you your job - obviously blogging is more worth the time and effort anyway, right ;) Well, I hope it is! Plus, now you have time to focus on designing the webosphere :D<br /><br />For me - music on a blog is like drugs - JUST SAY NO! haha I steer clear of blogs with music, OR that annoying wind WOOSHING sound that so many blogger blogs seem to like (why, people WHY?!?!) esp if I can't turn the player off, or figure out the source right away, I just close the page as fast as possible. I just don't think it's worth potentially losing visitors to express your musical preferences on your BOOK blog. But like I said.. that's my opinion :D<br /><br />I think for me, a kind correction is alright in comments, but if it's something major, or might be embarassing, or you can't figure out how to word it right, email would be better. <br /><br />Congratz again on 1000 posts, a great blog, a lovely new avatar! Keep rockin' and we'll keep readin'! :) <br /><br />April @ <a href="http://www.myshelfconfessions.com" rel="nofollow">My Shelf Confessions</a>Fireflywisheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17976320685443207152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-2850032548383208552011-09-30T06:25:07.935-05:002011-09-30T06:25:07.935-05:00Congratulations on your post #1000! I imagine that...Congratulations on your post #1000! I imagine that those posts have also stolen quite a few hours of your days :)<br /><br />I've become a hoarder as well and I blame all of you other excellent book bloggers for that LOL. I just keep reading all these brilliant reviews and quite a few times I just HAVE to buy THAT book ;)<br /><br />Music is super annoying if you ask me, even songs I like. I tend to almost fall of my chair each time my laptop starts playing a song all by it self(well almost at least).Mari - Escape In A Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597584812785465678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-54485739701413819392011-09-29T17:40:48.331-05:002011-09-29T17:40:48.331-05:00Congrats on reaching 1000! It's a huge time co...Congrats on reaching 1000! It's a huge time commitment and I totally commend your dedication and willingness to help out other bloggers.J.J. Bondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394113844400286314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-91439621709922025272011-09-29T16:14:11.108-05:002011-09-29T16:14:11.108-05:00With regard to correcting an error, I definitely a...With regard to correcting an error, I definitely agree that it is best done via e-mail. I also think it's wisest to do this when it is something you are certain about. Some things can be blurry and open to more interpretation, which can lead to more issues then they are worth.<br /><br />I've needed to correct my name for someone writing something and I have edited a GoodReads summary for a book that I knew they had miswritten (they had a human character and another character's races mixed up.) <br /><br />I've never felt a need to contact a blogger about their content, and I know that if I did see something incorrect, I would really have to think about whether it would be worth contacting them over before I would do it. I think it would boil down to whether it's a blatantly obvious error that is going to embarrass them if I don't help them catch it. I wouldn't, for instance, contact someone to be "grammar police", but I would if they had two characters mixed up in a plot or something.<br /><br />As for the music on blogs thing... I'm not too crazy about that. It's one thing if someone is doing a "music Monday" and puts up a youtube video. But sound that instantly starts is dicey. Not everyone likes the same music and some people might have a baby sleeping, or a spouse or parent working a late shift, etc.<br /><br />As for a donation button... I don't have anything against people who have them, but I don't think that would be for me. <br /><br />I'll need to sit down and work on a response for "How Book Blogging Changed My Life"... That will take a few minutes. Have a great day!Kathy Ann Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836866225157439514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-37142639649434374102011-09-29T14:21:10.750-05:002011-09-29T14:21:10.750-05:00Yey, thanks for answering my question! :) I defini...Yey, thanks for answering my question! :) I definitely do it with the intentions to help bloggers out, not to be a stuffy know-it-all!Rywnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570805048440523383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-37463131136959309012011-09-29T13:53:40.305-05:002011-09-29T13:53:40.305-05:00Congrats on 1K posts! That's VERY many! Well d...Congrats on 1K posts! That's VERY many! Well done for keeping going and for having become so popular. <br /><br />Auto-music - Nah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-82136155729038165402011-09-29T10:22:50.013-05:002011-09-29T10:22:50.013-05:00I DESPISE auto-play music. I've categorized th...I DESPISE auto-play music. I've categorized those blogs in my blog reader as "annoying" so that I know which blogs do it. I only comment on those blogs if I have something substantial to say. Otherwise, I just pass them by, grumbling.Jenni Elysehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403700912436098391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-41963089944257233502011-09-29T09:46:09.151-05:002011-09-29T09:46:09.151-05:00Yay!! Twitter party!!Yay!! Twitter party!!Jen at Red Hot Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898978782639965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-13138979592040436232011-09-29T09:04:03.932-05:002011-09-29T09:04:03.932-05:00I loved reading about all the ways blogging change...I loved reading about all the ways blogging changed your life. I started blogging per direction of my publisher as a way to promo my book but I've found that I lOVE it. It's funny when you have those little revelations in life ;)Johannahttp://www.johannagarth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806690011500229962.post-82940431826539799802011-09-29T08:13:48.537-05:002011-09-29T08:13:48.537-05:00I can't believe that blogging got you fired fr...I can't believe that blogging got you fired from your job! Especially since you put so much effort inot your blog and clearly you're an intelligent and helpful person...their loss I guess. Thanks for BB101s Parajunkee, they're excellent posts and have helped me so much!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230890547043758352noreply@blogger.com