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Author-Hosted Twitter Feed Launched by Tor Books

| Feb 10 | 0 Comments

Tor Books

Fans of science fiction are about to get the chance to interact with some of their favorite writers. According to Publishers Weekly, Macmillan’s science fiction imprint, Tor Books(@TorBooks), is launching a new Twitter feed. The feed, #Torchat, will feature a number of the publisher’s marquee authors. The writers will host hour-long discussions on the social networking site, about various SF topics. The chats will go [...]

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Twitter Propels Republished Book up Kindle Charts

| Feb 1 | 0 Comments

Something Beginning With

I have a story to tell about a little book called Something Beginning With by Sarah Salway. This little book was originally published in 2004 and although it had a blog, this was in the days before Twitter, Facebook, and the huge word of mouth possible to achieve with them. Cut to 2010, when this little book was republished by the Friday Project. What happened, [...]

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Use KindleTwit to read Twitter on your Kindle

| Jan 24 | 2 Comments

Kindle 3

Ever been without your phone and wanted to check your Twitter feed? Well if you have a Kindle, you’re now in luck. According to eBookNewser, there’s a new program called KindleTwit that will let you access Twitter from your Kindle reader. Lifehacker describes the simple interface: “You can post through a simple text input box, read your Twitter stream, and check out your replies. You’ll [...]

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Books That Made You Cry

| Sep 17 | 2 Comments

Books and Tissues

Not long ago, the hashtag #booksthatchangedmyworld took Twitter by storm. The latest literary hastag to go viral is #booksthatmademecry. It was started by author Jason Pinter, who urged people to share which books made them reach for the tissue box. Popular responses included Where the Red Fern Grows, Charlotte’s Web, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Check out a few of the many responses: [...]

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Bookstore Bingo: People Say the Dumbest Things

| Aug 27 | 1 Comment

Bookstore

Have you seen the Bookstore Bingo hashtag (#bookstorebingo) on Twitter? Booksellers have been sharing the most ridiculous comments and dumbest questions they get from customers, and, oh my god, they are hilarious. I mean, how do you even respond to questions like “Who wrote Jane Austen?” or “Do you have the sequel to The Diary of Anne Frank?” The Shelf Awareness blog and The Huffington [...]

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Books That Changed Your World

| Jun 18 | 4 Comments

Twitter

If you’ve been on Twitter in the past few days, you might have noticed that people are tweeting about their favorite books using the hashtag #booksthatchangedmyworld. It’s fun to browse through all of the tweets and see what books people are talking about. The Bible seems to be a popular choice, as well as To Kill a Mockingbird. Author Susan Orlean is the one who [...]

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One Book, One Twitter Update

| May 4 | 0 Comments

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

A few weeks ago Amie wrote about the One Book, One Twitter initiative that is being headed by Jeff Howe of Wired magazine. The goal was to get a large group of people on Twitter to read the same book and then tweet about over the summer. A variety of books were nominated, and Jeff announced last week that American Gods by Neil Gaiman won [...]

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Twitter Book Club: Update

| Apr 8 | 0 Comments

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So last week, I told you that Wired had the awesome idea of starting a book club via Twitter. When the first announced their idea, they began getting ideas for the book to review. Based on the votes they received, they have narrowed it down to 6 books, with a final vote to be held next week. I should also mention that in addition to [...]

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A Twitter Book Club?

| Mar 27 | 2 Comments

Twitter

Wired is asking the question “What If Everyone On Twitter Read One Book“? The idea being that you get tons of people reading the same book, Tweet about it, and thus create the biggest, baddest, book club ever. In your face Oprah! Right now they are taking votes on what the book should be and it looks like Fahrenheit 451 is in the lead. So [...]

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