Comments on: Blog Improvement Project Week #11: Book Reviews by the Numbers

By: Callista

Callista — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:04:49 +0000

I’m really behind and just did a catch up post: http://smsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/07/bip-7-11.html

By: BIP #11: Analyze Some Book Reviews! – Farm Lane Books Blog

BIP #11: Analyze Some Book Reviews! – Farm Lane Books Blog — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:29:42 +0000

[...] BIP Week #11 project was to dissect some book reviews, and analyse the numbers. The idea was to compare the reviews of book bloggers with professional ones, and see if there are [...]

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:27:48 +0000

Hi Kim,
I went to the spread sheet and filled in all the info, well I think I did it right. I have also posted my thoughts on this project, if you want to take a peek, it’s at my place, Just Books. Have a great day!

Sherrie
http://sherriesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-improvement-project-week-11.html

By: Florinda

Florinda — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:40:56 +0000

This was an interesting task, although I’m not sure what it all means . I’ve filled in the spreadsheet, and posted about it here.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:45:10 +0000

This looks like fun (yes I am a stats geek despite a low maths GCSE) – I’ll fill it in tonight.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:22:30 +0000

That’s a good question — I hadn’t thought of it. Since you didn’t count the quotes, I put a note in the spread sheet for other people to not count quotes. That way we’ll be a little more consistent. Thanks for filling yours in so quickly, I was excited to see the spreadsheet worked!

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:12:09 +0000

Eek, that was fun! I wasn’t sure whether or not to include the summary and quotations in my count of paragraphs/words, though. I didn’t technically write them myself, but they’re part of my review. Um?

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:35:50 +0000

I’ve never shared one, so I’m learning too! I think it should be pretty simple, but e-mail me if you have any problems.

That’s a good idea, meshing a review and a meme like that. I love reading a review and seeing that I influenced someone to read a good book — it makes all the reviewing seem even more worthwhile.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:34:27 +0000

Welcome back! I’m glad you’re back with time to blog

By: Julia Smith

Julia Smith — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:58:44 +0000

This sounds really fun. I’ve never used one of those spreadsheets, but the BIP has been all about going where I’ve never gone before.

I do book reviews as a Thursday Thirteen event – because I get the highest traffic for those posts. I enjoy the set-up I’ve got for these reviews, and I’ve had a lot of feedback over the two years I’ve had my blog that I’m responsible for adding to many TBR piles! *high five between me and the author*