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January 3, 2006 by Kami Huyse

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Amazon is Hosting Author Blogs

The problem is that the conversation is one-way.

This development was first brought to my attention by Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing.

According to a recent New York Times article, Jani Strand, a spokeswoman for Amazon said the blogs:

“[give] authors a way to develop more of a one-on-one relationship with readers.”

But how is this possible without the two-way conversational aspect of comments?

Already, some authors are trying to find a way to connect more directly. Anita Diamant, guides readers from her Amazon blog to her own Web site, where they can write to her directly and she [promises to answer all polite e-mails.

Also, author David Dodd responded with a post on his Amazon Blog to a critical comment left in the “Spotlight Review” for Dodd’s book, “The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.”

This is a good use of the tools by the author, but for the average person this “conversation” is pretty tough to follow.

For fun, I looked up Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s “Naked Coversation” book listing at Amazon to see if they had a started an Amazon blog directing readers to the Naked Conversations
blog
.

They didn’t have one up yet, though I would suggest they do this as soon as possible, it would be one more place to expand the reach of the book and the blog.

Tags: Amazon|Amazon.com|Marketing|Blogs|Blogging|Conversation|Social Media||PR|Public Relations

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About Kami Huyse

Kami Watson Huyse, CEO of Zoetica, is passionate about great communication. Working in Public Relations since 1994, and blogging since 2005, she has seen trends come and go, but one thing has stayed the same – people are looking for ways to authentically connect. She loves to connect with readers, so leave a comment or follow @kamichat on Twitter and connect there.

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