About a month ago I was contacted by a rep from Packt Publishing. Packt publishes a wide range of Internet and IT related books.

They had discovered by blog and asked if I would consider reviewing one of their books and post the review on my blog. I was a bit surprised but flattered at the same time. It wasn’t a very hard decision. Free book (I enjoy reading technical books), great content piece for my readers, and a chance to network with members of a publishing company…well, of course I’ll do it :D.

So I receive my complementary copy of Blogger: Beyond the Basics over the weekend and have done a quick overview of the book and have read chapter 1 in detail so far.

One of the things I wondered about while I waited for the book to arrive was what I would learn from the book. I ususally use WordPress for my blogs but have used Blogger on occasion. I was sure I would find some great gems about Blogger that I was unaware of.

After my first run through the book it is clear that is packed full of great content for using Blogger but it also has very valuable information of the mechanics of running a blog from setup, creating a plan for your blog’s marketing and goals, to how to customize every square pixel of Blogger to increase your success. This is a must read for anyone starting a blog or wanting to kick their blog into high gear.

I am looking forward to reading this book over the next couple of weeks, yes I read slow, and will be posting a detailed review of the book which I am sure you will enjoy.