Baby Got Books

I.B. of B.G.B., Local #1

There was plenty of flipping out here at BGB world headquarters a few weeks ago. Through an automated Google search for all things Baby Got Books, I stumbled across a book blog titled, Baby Got Books. Only it wasn’t the one that I was used to writing and editing. Clearly this meant only one thing – someone was out to rip us off and cash in on our good name. Outrage! As it turns out, all it took was a few e-mails back and forth to realize that despite our ego, Lila (hostess of the other BGB) had never heard of us and was actually a very nice person. In the end, we decided that a simple way for our sites to be distinguishable from one another was for her site to become Baby Got Books UK. She has also noted on her site that we are not affiliated. Problem solved!

After sorting that all out, Lila asked if I had ever had any contact with this other Baby Got Books (third! if you’re keeping track at home). Adding insult to injury, we started out on the very same blogspot URL before buying our own domain name. I’m not sure what to make of this interloper. The site is in Swedish, but blogspot/Google offers one click translation. It’s “a blog for all bibliophiles and bookwhores.” What the what? As you may know, I’ve declared our BGB “huge in Sweden”, based largely on some linky love from the wonderful Swedish book blog Bokhora (Bookwhore!). What are you playing at Svenska BGB? Most of the posts are less than 50 words long, and it seems unlikely that anyone will confuse Svenska BGB with either BGB-UK or The Original Baby Got Books™. I can’t find any contact info, so we may never know the full story with this third BGB.

The important thing to remember is that the three Baby Got Books sites have nothing to do with one another. We are not franchising. Also, if you are a blogger, you might want to take a moment to tighten down your site name – maybe scoop up similar URLs before you find yourself in an uncomfortable spot.