There was once a discussion among some of my coworkers about documentation on using some sort of cloud platform tool. I have a paraphrased version here for the purpose of discussion. “The book? But there’s the blog too, what’s the difference?” “The blog is all online, and it was written first. The book, you have to pay for, but it contains more information.”
So, here’s the deal. All books start out as a series of notes that are then assembled and organized to create the final book. A blog, as it stands, is a collection of individual articles that are concatenated one after another, in chronological order. Suffice it to say, starting out with a blog is a great way to transition into writing a book. But a better question is worth asking. “Why would you want to write a book?”