The sharp rise (and quick fall) of the bloggers' books

It's hard to guess from their casual, nickname-sounding titles: D-nasty, Instapundit, Wonkette, Poundy, that the writers behind those four popular blogs are now published authors. Yet once the least media-savvy of the masses finally latched-on to the idea of blogs a few years back, the publishing world took notice by swiftly snapping up the Internet's rising stars with highly lucrative book deals (and advances), one of the most famous being the $250,000 advance Wonkette's Ana Marie Cox received for her pseudo-memoir.

By Kara Warner

December 11, 2007