Blogging for a book deal

Blogs are the cheapest form of self-publishing and can help you get published offline, says Biz Stone.

Back in the day, book deals were few and far between. You had to be a literary genius, a member of the super-elite writerly crowd, or some kind of insanely talented professional in your field. Then you needed an agent, a publicist, and a body of work to prove you had what it takes to be part of the chosen few, the noble, the proud, the published. Now, you just need a blog and some chutzpah.