Extending your authors blog reach into other great blogging communities is a great way to market both your authors blog and books. The Blog Catalog is one of the industries premiere blogging communities. At The Blog Catalog you can create groups, join groups, create widgets for your blog and choose from quite a selection in The Blog Catalog Directory.
This is a great way to share your authors blog and books within a well established community with a very large readership and following that is daily growing.
