Today Book Blogger Appreciation Week (BBAW) asked us to share some tips for finding and keeping community in book blogging despite our daily hectic demands and the overwhelming number of blogs out there.
For starters, I think BBAW is a great link to explore new blogs and to connect with other blogs which you have subscribed to. I wish I have some new and interesting tips to share but all I can say is: visit and leave comments. I understand with our busy schedules and all, it is hard to visit all the blogs daily and leave comments but I think as long as we visit (no matter if it's a day or a week late) and to show our presence (yes, the comments if you have things to say), I think they are good enough (well at least in my opinion).
I know what I have shared above isn't new but what I'm trying to say is to find the time in making the connection - whether it is to share your opinions on your own blog or making rounds on other blogs. That said, I have to confess that I haven't been spending much time on commenting blogs (even on my own!) although I do read them on my Google Reader (on an average about 200+ posts per day), and for this it always makes me feel guilty and wish there are more than 24 hours in a day.
Also, I think joining memes is another way of getting to know book bloggers. A few which I participated are: Mailbox Monday, Teaser Tuesday and Wordless Wednesday, etc. Not only these memes are fun but they also allow me to see things which are out of my boundaries (e.g. Wordless Wednesday, where some bloggers will share pictures of the interesting things they do or the places they live/visit).
I also find Facebook or Twitter is a great platform to connect with other book bloggers as this is easily accessible through our mobile phones and aside from book talks we can also catch up with one another through updates and/or sharing pictures, which we may not post these on our blogs all the time.
What about you? What great tips do you have for finding and keeping community in book blogging?
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