How to add an email subscription function to Blogger (Blogspot)

One of the features I have appreciated on WordPress is the email subscription “widget.” This function allows readers to subscribe to my blog and receive new posts via email.

My book review blog, which has been hosted on Blogger since 2010, didn’t have an email subscription option, but as I was thinking about how important this was, I decided it was time to figure out how to add it.

I figured it out but also discovered that setting up an email subscription field in Blogger takes a little more work…