Smugglivus

The Book Smugglers: A Change is Gonna Come…

On January 7th we celebrate our first blog-o-versary and we decided it was time to shake things up a little bit. So that you don’t freak out when you come around then and notice that all the green is gone, we thought we should give you the heads up.

So what is going to happen?

Firstly, we decided to leave Blogger behind and migrate to WordPress, a platform that everyone and their dogs hail as the better one. AND we have bought a fancy new domain! Thus, our blog address will change. The new one will be:

http://www.thebooksmugglers.com

Secondly, since we were moving anyway, we decided to get a new look. Ever since we started we wanted a cool header that spoke of Book Smuggling. Our complete lack of design skills prevented us from doing so till now, when we just about had enough of being lazy on our asses and…hired someone to that for us! And since we were changing the header, we decided to change everything else as well. Hence , on Jan 7th we will have a sparkling new look! We really hope you’ll like it. (If you don’t please don’t tell us? We are already bipolar as it is. And for those of you that are deeply attached to the greenery around here as Ana is we are, no need to cry and hail How Green was my Blog. The blog will remain green…ish. Sort of. Maybe. Ok. It’s blue. But what is blue? Nothing more than green less yellow right?)

What else is going to change?

Nothing! Content continues the same: reviews, interviews, commentary, popgeekery. The usual Book Smuggler stuff.

The only thing you need to do is to come around and join the party! And if you have us in your blogroll, it is just a matter of updating the link. Simple as that! (We will have an auto-forwarding service in place too, so you actually don’t have to do anything. If you have us in your feedreader, we’ll change the source address so you won’t have to lift a finger!)

For now, keep on enjoying Smugglivus! Later today we will post our pictures with our Smugglivus Poles.

Hugs and Kisses,
Ana and Thea, your friendly neighbourhood Book Smugglers

17 Comments

  • Catherine J Gardner
    January 4, 2009 at 2:19 am

    Good luck with the new site – you’ve done amazingly well in your first year.

  • Wendy
    January 4, 2009 at 3:25 am

    I think the new site is going to be AWESOME. 🙂

  • Mishel
    January 4, 2009 at 6:06 am

    This is so exciting!

  • Li
    January 4, 2009 at 7:22 am

    The header pic is fantastic! And yay for WordPress 🙂

  • Amy C
    January 4, 2009 at 7:23 am

    The new site looks like it’s going to be pretty spiffy! Congrats on a wonderful year of blogging. I would have thought you both had been blogging longer than a year!

  • Karen Mahoney
    January 4, 2009 at 8:42 am

    Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

    *thud*

    Your designer has done a wonderful job with that header! 🙂

  • Katiebabs a.k.a KB
    January 4, 2009 at 9:23 am

    I Can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Hagelrat
    January 4, 2009 at 9:50 am

    exciting times. looking forward to it.

  • Lisa (alchemuse)
    January 4, 2009 at 9:50 am

    Looks fabulous, guys. How exciting!!

  • Kate
    January 4, 2009 at 9:52 am

    Oh, congratulations! It looks great! I can’t wait to see it “in person.”

  • Brie
    January 4, 2009 at 11:44 am

    It looks great!

  • icedtea
    January 4, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Love the new header and look!

  • Holly
    January 4, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    I love the new header! It’s perfect for you two.

    I’m sad you’re leaving Blogger and going to that icky WordPress, but it’s ok, I’ll still read you. lol

    Really, good luck in 2009!! So far I think you’re off to a wonderful start!

  • ediFanoB
    January 4, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    Good luck!

  • Angiegirl
    January 5, 2009 at 9:03 am

    I love it! It’s all very exciting…

  • KMont
    January 6, 2009 at 3:10 am

    So late to the game, but I bet yall will love WordPress. The back-end, har, controls are great. Much better than blogger. Although you two have done wonderful things with Blogger too.

    Good luck! Can’t wait to see it. 🙂

  • calsiled
    January 6, 2009 at 3:14 am

    I am dunce lol. You have preview right there in front of me.

    Ahem. I do love the header. The blog layout is nice and clean. Looks like you scored again! 🙂

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