Week 7: Blogger Review - Melville House

So instead of posting about a lecture topic this week, I've decided to review a blog somewhat related to my own topic of technology mixed with the publishing industry.

After doing a Google Blog search, I came across Melville House, which is an independent publisher located in Brooklyn, New York that was founded in 2001 by Valerie Merians and Dennis Johnson in order to publish Poetry After 9/11, a book of material culled from Johnson’s groundbreaking MobyLives book blog. Melville House runs a blog of sorts, which publishes many articles and stories about the ebook and the publishing industry as a whole.
In terms of appearance, the Melville House website is very clean and concise - there's not very much clutter and all of the important elements on their homepage are highlighted very well. In terms of content, many articles have been published on their blog concerning the electronic publishing industry, including this insightful one, which talks about Barnes & Noble expanding its ebook business. Many of their articles focus on the transitions in the publishing industry, some involving technology and others involving the retail side of the publishing industry. Overall I think that Melville House runs a very informative blog of up-to-date information based on the publishing industry, always making sure to provide great information on how the electronic publishing industry is expanding and gaining popularity, especially among Amazon users.
In terms of differences between Melville House and my own blog, it seems that I cover more of the technological side of the electronic publishing industry, while Melville House covers more retail driven topics. Nevertheless, I think that we both run very informative blogs that talk about how the publishing industry is changing rapidly to include more electronic based products.
My Professional Blog Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Reasoning: I wish there was more of a technological basis to some of their blog articles, so that way users know more about how ebooks actually work, in terms of operating systems and other little technological perks like a color LCD screen and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Only one more post left for my blog! Get excited!

Until next time -