{"product_id":"9781101571996","title":"Freedom Is Blogging in Your Underwear","description":"This is a book about freedom. Specifically the personal freedom I discovered from the wonderful world of blogging, the freedom I hope everybody will eventually discover for themselves. The freedom that, I believe, will permanently and irrevocably change the world for the better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving a blog, a voice, having my own media, utterly changed my life. Suddenly my career as a cartoonist wasn’t dependent on other people: “The Gatekeepers”—publishers, editors, Hollywood executives, etc., etc. Sud­denly I had direct contact with my audience. They had direct contact with me. I could just do my thing, without having to wait for some­body else to give me the “green light.” I didn’t have to wait around for somebody else to deem me “worthy.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was the freedom I spent most of my adult life searching for, the same freedom I believe we’re ALL searching for, in one way or another. Careerwise, blogging gave me everything. Even in the early days, the ben­efits of blogging were so glaringly obvious to me, I couldn’t understand why more people weren’t doing it. Ten years later, I still can’t. So I decided to write a book about it; maybe I can help other people find this freedom, too. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Hugh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133357867248,"sku":"9781101571996","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101571996_p0.jpg?v=1763688460","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101571996","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}