7 Free Books on Blogging for Beginners

How to get started, build an audience, and make money

Pepper Lowe
Selftastic

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Starting a blog when you have no experience can be daunting, especially when you’re looking at making your first website. Because there is so much involved in building a successful blog — picking the right name, finding a domain name that hasn’t already been taken by someone else, finding a way to get your blog seen, and making money on your blog — it’s easy to get overwhelmed and frustrated.

Below is a list of 7 free ebooks on Amazon that address all of these aspects — and more — to help newbies get started. Almost all of them are under 100 pages and include external links, and sometimes free courses, that point to further blog-related resources.

How to Start a Blog Today

This 48-page ebook (2017) by author and blogger Scott Chan will help you get your blog started in under half an hour. You’ll learn how to:

  • Get a domain name and hosting for your blog
  • Use WordPress to create and customize your blog
  • Market your blog
  • Monetize your blog.

The author includes links to more tutorials so you can expand your knowledge on the ins and outs of blogging, and he also gives his…

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Pepper Lowe
Selftastic

Editor for Selftastic. Writer for Illumination, Creatures, and Playback Memoirs. Lifelong learner. Psychology grad. Never growing up. pepper@self-tastic.com