Overall, the book emphasizes building community and your own creative practice and I think that's where the voices of other crafters really help demonstrate that this sense of community is very real. I appreciate the voices of other crafters woven into the chapters. This book is fun, easy to read and knows its audience of crafters very well. It may not be all that it can be, but it's a good resource nonetheless. The information may not be as clear and substantial as it could *possibly* be, but it is definitely current for contemporary selling methods-an important point in a rapidly changing area. For other subjects, while there's an overall fluffy filler style, there's a steady smattering of real content as well, useful information and thought provoking tidbits. And there definitely is substance in here, especially when it comes to the really obscure aspects of selling your handmade goods, like taxes. It's an instructional book (or is instructional not the right term?).

You often learn very little, because the Successful Blogger has learned to save time by presenting less substantial content after a great header, yet it reinforces your sense of style, current or desired, often cultivating a weird new spin on the Keeping Up With The Jonses dynamic.Īnd yet this is not a blog. Ultimately the Successful Blogger sells (via advertising) this back to you. The premise is usually something you find deeply fascinating, that fills your mind with a sense of interest, curiosity, and promise. What is Successful Blog Style, you ask? Well, it's a style of writing that mainly says bland, incomplete, obvious things that you already know, but presented stylishly, charmingly, disarmingly and warmly. To be honest, most of this book is written in Successful Blog Style.

The handmade marketplace by kari chapin