The net is filled with thousands of tips and tutorials on our favourite software - WordPress, but sometimes there’s nothing like having tangible product in our hands, and so with that in mind here’s a list of WordPress related books that you might want to read.Have fun!

Blogging Tips: What Bloggers Won’t Tell You About Blogging (by Lorelle VanFossen)

Desciption: Returning to the basics, Lorelle VanFossen has put together hundreds of the tips you need to know before you start blogging, and after.

* Learn how to define your blog’s purpose.
* Learn how to build your blog’s plan.
* Explore the pros and cons of blog design.
* Learn more about writing interesting and attention-getting content.
* Develop your blog writing voice and style.
* Tips on writing with keywords and search terms.
* Learn how to encourage your readers to respond.
* Deal with comment spam and other nasty comments.
* Explore the new PageRank, TrustRank, and SEO techniques.
* Learn how to improve SEO with podcasts, video, and other multimedia.
* Tips to prevent blog burnout.
* Tips on developing a blog plan of action in response to disasters, emergencies or accusations.
* Tips on administrating and maintaining your blog.
* Tips on online social networking and interaction.
* Learn how to respond to copyright violations.
* Learn about your rights as a blogger.

By the way if your a current WordPress user and you have never heard of the name Lorelle, you should change your software.

Reviews: by successcreeations.com | by kamigoroshi.net

WordPress For Dummies by Lisa Sabin-Wilson

Description: Unlike other blog hosts, WordPress gives you the ability to create a blog that is tailored to your own tastes and needs. Sure, the codes, tags, and terminology can seem a little intimidating at first, but WordPress for Dummies breaks it all down to show you just how intuitive, friendly, and extensible the software really is. This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to:

* Sign up for a free WordPress account
* Set up and use a hosted blog with WordPress.com
* Install and set up the WordPress.Org and WordPress.MU software for single- and multi-user versions
* Find great themes, plugins, and consultants that will help you achieve JUST the kind of blog you want
* Use tags to work with WordPress templates
* Combat challenges with comments, trackback spam, and “splogs”
* Add special technologies to your blog, such as RSS feed, podcasting, vlogging, and photoblogging
* Find online support, tips, and resources for WordPress software

Reviews: by essentialkeystrokes.com | by nevillehobson.com

WordPress 2 (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Description: Taking the average blogger further than blogspot can, WordPress allows bloggers to create more complicated sites with their open-source technology, rather than blogger which is limited by HTML changes to their templates.

This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide shows you how to install, use, and customize WordPress to get the most from the software. Includes tips that explain why certain techniques are better than others, how to watch for potential problems, and where readers can find more information.

Author’s Site

Reviews: by pcbookreview.com

WordPress Complete: set up, customize, and market your blog

Description: It is an ideal tool for developing blogs and though it is chiefly used for blogging, it can also be used as a complete CMS with very little effort. Its versality and ease of use has attracted a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users. If you want to create powerful, fully-featured blogs in no time, this book is for you. This book will help you explore WordPress showing you what it offers and how to go about building your blog with the system. You will be introduced to the main aspects of a blog - users, communities, posts, comments, news feeds - and learn how to manage them using WordPress. You will develop the skills and confidence to manage all types of content, be it text or images, on your blog, and also understand how users interact with the blog.

Reviews: by blog.dreamhosters.com | by freesoftwaremagazine.com

Building Online Communities With Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress

Description: Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and Wordpress is authored by a team of experts. Robert T. Douglass recently created the Drupal-powered blog site NowPublic.com. Mike Little is a founder and contributing developer of the WordPress project. And Jared W. Smith has been a longtime support team member of phpBBHacks.com and has been building sites with phpBB since the first beta releases.

Review: by freesoftwaremagazine.com

WordPress Themes by John Godley

Description: A guide to creating your own themes with WordPress. The guide begins with a short introduction to installing WordPress locally on your own PC, and then follows with a thorough look at how a WordPress theme is constructed. A basic design is established and then expanded upon, ultimately leading to the creation of three example themes. An online accompaniment provides all themes and graphics for download.

**Note by Me: This book by John Godley was written in 2005 so as you might expect there were some changes to WordPress and theme structures since than, you might really want to consider a chunk of great online tutorials on WordPress themes by WPDesigner.

WordPress (Japanese) - 標準ガイドブック―導入&基本操作からフルチューンまで
Description: Well i don’t understand japenese and BabelFish translation ain’t any good, but if for some unknown reason your looking for a WordPress book in Japanese, look no futher!.

eBook Optimize Niche - WordPress

Description: Optiniche is a superb package if you’re interested in using Wordpress to set up niche sites, or if you’re a blogger looking to make some income from your blogging.

The key to using Wordpress for niche websites is to make your sites search engine friendly. The same goes for getting more search engine visitors to your blog.

Review: by adventuresinnetmarketing.com

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