Posted by Donna on June 28, 2009 under Twitter for Writers, articles | 
Online magazine, Publishing Trends posted a great article back in March that I re-stumbled upon, “Twitter Isn’t Stupid- but Publishers Need to Be Smart About Using It. Here’s How.”
The three-part article discusses how writers can develop a Twitter presence, how to use Twitter to connect with your audience and finally how Twitter can increase book sales.
Overall, a very informative article and worth a read!
Posted by Donna on under Twitter for Writers, events, publishers |
Last week, New World Stages in New York City was home to the first-ever 140 Characters Conference
Says founder, Jeff Pulver on the conference:
While the original scope of the event was to explore “the effects of twitter on: Celebrity, “The Media”, Advertising and (maybe) Politics”, the scope of the event has expanded and we will be covering these topics and a lot more. #140conf will be taking a look at twitter as a platform and will be taking a look at some of the industries which have been disrupted by the advent of twitter.
In particular, one panel discussion caught our attention: Book Publishing “Lies My Twitter Never Told Me” - Twitter Rocks Publishing; Authors Crush It! which featured participants Debbie Stier (@debbiestier) - SVP, Associate Publisher, Harper Studio; Kaylie Jones (@KaylieJones) - Novelist. Her upcoming memoir is: “Lies My Mother Never Told Me.” Her bestsellig novel: “A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries” (Merchant Ivory film); Kevin Heisler (@KevinHeisler) - Literary Executor; and Ron Hogan (@RonHogan) - Curator, Beatrice.com.
Social-Media-for-Writers featured Harper Studio previously, so it was very cool to see them continuing to show the publishing world how effective Twitter can be.
There is video from most of the conference at Blip.tv, but here is a link to the very informative “Lies My Twitter Never Told Me…” panel.
