Share Your Story: Blogging with MSNŽ Spaces [Paperback]

Katherine Murray (Author), Mike Torres (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2006

What’s your story? Get creative and tell the world with MSN Spaces! This fun and colorful book guides you through the basics of creating your own personal blog in no time. Whether tales from a recent adventure, your life history, views on hot topics, or anything else you want to share—learn how to make the Web your space.

Learn how to:

• Set up your own space in 10 minutes or less
• Write and publish your blog—no HTML required!
• Share favorite photos in albums and slide shows
• Create any list you can dream up—books, movies, rants, raves
• Add instant messaging, music, and video to your space
• Syndicate your space and build and build an enthusiastic following
• Get tips for creating great content and design

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The only how-to book on MSN Spaces written by a key member of Microsoft's MSN Spaces team—along with a popular book author and blogger on Microsoft Office—featuring essential insights and tips for the beginning blogger

Key Book Benefits:

Introduces the novice to the fun and social aspects of blogging on MSN Spaces Co-written by a lead program manager on the MSN team, this book provides essential insights on all key features of the service Provides practical, how-to information--including do's and don'ts--for setting up and managing your own blog

About the Author

Katherine Murray is a communications expert who specializes in teaching people and businesses how to improve their productivity with Microsoft® technologies. She has written more than 50 books related to Microsoft® Office, Web technologies, and the digital lifestyle, including MICROSOFT® OFFICE WORD 2007 INSIDE OUT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (March 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735622418
• ISBN-13: 978-0735622418
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,287,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hi! Thanks for taking a look at my books. I've been writing about all kinds of topics--technology, digital lifestyle, parenting, nature, eco-spirituality, fundraising, and more--for more than 20 years, and I still love it. Writing lets me follow my curiosities (Evernote, Mango, Windows 8, green tech, and more), explore what fascinates me, and then share what I learn. I love that! My most recent books include "My Evernote" (Que, 2012), "A Simple Guide to Eco-Spirituality" (Luminis Books, 2012), "My Windows 7 PC" (Que, 2011), "Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime" (Microsoft Press, 2011), and "Listening to the Earth: Meditations on Experiencing and Belonging to Nature" (Lorian Press, 2011).

Over the years I've written a number of books about Microsoft Office (in all its versions), but my favorites are my most recent ones: "Microsoft Office 2010 Plain & Simple," "Microsoft Word 2010 Plain & Simple," and "Microsoft Word Insight Out," all from Microsoft Press. It is great fun to work with the software over many years and be able to see how things develop and change. Fascinating!

I hope one of these books--or another book you find today--meets a need you have or answers a question you've been wondering about. Thank you for taking a look at my work! Kind regards, Katherine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good book, March 29, 2006

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Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Share Your Story: Blogging with MSNŽ Spaces (Paperback)

I've been blogging since long before the practice became known as "blog," and I've tried many different blog servers. By far I like the new MSN Spaces the most because it really is colorful and easy to use, and gives you lots of storage. This book is a good book to introduce people unfamiliar with blogs to creating their own blogs. It has lots of cool examples. Next to my first edition of "eBay for dummies," this is another really useful book even for an Internet veteran like myself.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, March 2, 2006

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Robert F. Naples "Collector" (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Share Your Story: Blogging with MSNŽ Spaces (Paperback)

This is the first how-to book on MSN Spaces featuring essential insights and tips for the beginning blogger. It introduces the novice to the fun and social aspects of blogging on MSN Spaces. Some MSN features have changed since the book's publication and some features may be forthcoming. The book was based on "beta." Use this book to get started on your blogging adventure. I got my copy from Amazon on 2/27/06 and have already put it to good use. Check out this site: http://spaces.msn.com/rfnaples/

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars skip it, April 27, 2006

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tyler - See all my reviews

This review is from: Share Your Story: Blogging with MSNŽ Spaces (Paperback)

this is a pretty basic book everything that is in this you could very easily find in the msn help thing or whatever it is called. Im not critisizing msn spaces though it is great place to start blogging, but i think that this book was someones get rich quick scemes. By just copying and pasting it all out of the help menus. Final word skip it but try msn spaces