Comments on: Here Come the Twitter Books! http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/ Twitter Tips in 140 Characters or More Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:01:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nicole Simon http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-6894 Nicole Simon Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:50:43 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-6894 Alex, you would be surprised how much rocket science it is for many people. I agree with you, that for an experience person there should not even be a need to look up 140 characters about it. As such a person you should be able to login and just get everything in some minutes. But fact is, most people are not that way and they are very happy about having a guideline on how to do stuff. Reading a book for a few hours and being guided helps them to enter this space quicker and in a more secure way. Secure for us that is. So that they dont do all the stuff we know they should not do. And tell you what, explaining how to best set up your account, what the different switches mean, how to add tweets from different sources and just how to understand why certain replies show up on the reply tab or not - you can explain that in a way everybody understands. When I went for a more basic approach with the book, I was really unsure if that was not too basic, but the respsonses from readers have been overwhelmingly positive and included many "thank you" feedbacks because somebody took the time to explain it to them. Alex, you would be surprised how much rocket science it is for many people. I agree with you, that for an experience person there should not even be a need to look up 140 characters about it. As such a person you should be able to login and just get everything in some minutes.

But fact is, most people are not that way and they are very happy about having a guideline on how to do stuff. Reading a book for a few hours and being guided helps them to enter this space quicker and in a more secure way. Secure for us that is. So that they dont do all the stuff we know they should not do.

And tell you what, explaining how to best set up your account, what the different switches mean, how to add tweets from different sources and just how to understand why certain replies show up on the reply tab or not – you can explain that in a way everybody understands.

When I went for a more basic approach with the book, I was really unsure if that was not too basic, but the respsonses from readers have been overwhelmingly positive and included many “thank you” feedbacks because somebody took the time to explain it to them.

]]> By: Alex -S- http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-6728 Alex -S- Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:07:17 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-6728 Love the blog BTW -I saw @jamesdickey mention your post about blip and it brought me here. Ahhhh - just what i need - another great read into my RSS folders :) I'll try to keep up with your postings honest :) Personally i kind of laugh when i see twitter guidebooks: 1: create account 2: Find people you think are interesting 3: Tweet 4: Have Fun 5: Be Yourself (Business or personal - the old "Do unto others" thang folks) 6: Add new "friends" 7: Repeat And thats about it - its not rocket science. LOL (The way twitter's codes been acting of late - thank goodness it's not rocket science:) A book about twitter could almost be written in 140 characters or less - its that simple! I'm sure the books out there are great and insightful - but really - what next "The pop-up toaster handbook?" ;) Keep up the good work. Love the blog BTW -I saw @jamesdickey mention your post about blip and it brought me here. Ahhhh – just what i need – another great read into my RSS folders :) I’ll try to keep up with your postings honest :)

Personally i kind of laugh when i see twitter guidebooks:
1: create account
2: Find people you think are interesting
3: Tweet
4: Have Fun
5: Be Yourself (Business or personal – the old “Do unto others” thang folks)
6: Add new “friends”
7: Repeat

And thats about it – its not rocket science. LOL
(The way twitter’s codes been acting of late – thank goodness it’s not rocket science:)

A book about twitter could almost be written in 140 characters or less – its that simple!
I’m sure the books out there are great and insightful – but really – what next “The pop-up toaster handbook?” ;)

Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Nicole Simon http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-6660 Nicole Simon Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:44:45 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-6660 I hope you can add a section of non english books ;o) I am the lead author of "Twitter - Mit 140 Zeichen zum Web 2.0" which roughly translates to "Twitter - with 140 characters to Web 2.0" and is a complete guide for newbies as well as more experienced users, covering everything from an overview of the twitterverse and its history, over first steps to your own account, a reference chapter for settings as well as a chapter on twitter versum. To make this book usable for both business and personal use we put the content on how to use Twitter for business in a separate chapter. Published in December 2008, 235 page and doing quite well on Amazon Germany. ;) http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3937514740/twitterbuch-21 The link on my name leads to the overview page with the table of contents and I love input for the second edition. ;) I hope you can add a section of non english books ;o)

I am the lead author of “Twitter – Mit 140 Zeichen zum Web 2.0″ which roughly translates to “Twitter – with 140 characters to Web 2.0″ and is a complete guide for newbies as well as more experienced users, covering everything from an overview of the twitterverse and its history, over first steps to your own account, a reference chapter for settings as well as a chapter on twitter versum. To make this book usable for both business and personal use we put the content on how to use Twitter for business in a separate chapter.

Published in December 2008, 235 page and doing quite well on Amazon Germany. ;)
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3937514740/twitterbuch-21

The link on my name leads to the overview page with the table of contents and I love input for the second edition. ;)

]]> By: Cheap Cindy http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-6228 Cheap Cindy Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:29:42 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-6228 I was just thinking I needed a Twitter for Dummies book and it looks like there's one coming out soon. Thank goodness - I'm so lost on Twitter. I was just thinking I needed a Twitter for Dummies book and it looks like there’s one coming out soon. Thank goodness – I’m so lost on Twitter.

]]> By: Netalytics http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-5242 Netalytics Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:14:32 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-5242 @joel looking forward to your book. :) @joel

looking forward to your book. :)

]]> By: DoFollow Blogger http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-5216 DoFollow Blogger Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:14:43 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-5216 As an author I am not sure why I get so frustrated with so many books being published, but in the end I still find myself asking why we need so many technical books about things already on the internet. The grand hope internet was supposed to be free information or at least free access to it, but here we are in an age with dwindling environmental resources yet creating tons of dead tree publications about subjects that can only be accessed online. I understand and approve of the fact we will always have books in print, but it seems absurd and obscene to have thousands of pages of printed material about twitter when there are thousands of websites about twitter. Maybe it is because I read books for enjoyment and download tech information to my computer or Palm Pilot, but I just have a hard time with the concept of pouring a glass of wine, running a bath and having a good relaxing moment with Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time or any of the others. As an author I am not sure why I get so frustrated with so many books being published, but in the end I still find myself asking why we need so many technical books about things already on the internet. The grand hope internet was supposed to be free information or at least free access to it, but here we are in an age with dwindling environmental resources yet creating tons of dead tree publications about subjects that can only be accessed online. I understand and approve of the fact we will always have books in print, but it seems absurd and obscene to have thousands of pages of printed material about twitter when there are thousands of websites about twitter.

Maybe it is because I read books for enjoyment and download tech information to my computer or Palm Pilot, but I just have a hard time with the concept of pouring a glass of wine, running a bath and having a good relaxing moment with Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time or any of the others.

]]> By: Dr Shock http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-5212 Dr Shock Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-5212 Written a review recently about one of these books: Twitter: Free Social Networking For Business - 100 Success Secrets To Increase Your Profits and Sales Using Twitter Business Strategies You can read it here: http://tinyurl.com/67bhoe Kind regards Dr Shock Written a review recently about one of these books: Twitter: Free Social Networking For Business – 100 Success Secrets To Increase Your Profits and Sales Using Twitter Business Strategies
You can read it here: http://tinyurl.com/67bhoe
Kind regards Dr Shock

]]> By: Thomas Flight - Netager.com http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-5210 Thomas Flight - Netager.com Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:32:02 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-5210 Each book is 140 paragraphs or less... LOL. Each book is 140 paragraphs or less… LOL.

]]> By: Joel Comm http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-5207 Joel Comm Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:28:18 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-5207 Thanks for the mention, Darren. You are actually IN Twitter Power, due in stores February 17th-ish. None of the titles that are already out have received any kind of widespread distribution. My publisher is going to see to it that Twitter Power changes that. :-) Thanks for the mention, Darren. You are actually IN Twitter Power, due in stores February 17th-ish. None of the titles that are already out have received any kind of widespread distribution. My publisher is going to see to it that Twitter Power changes that. :-)

]]> By: Netalytics http://www.twitip.com/here-come-the-twitter-books/#comment-5188 Netalytics Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:20:31 +0000 http://www.twitip.com/?p=1016#comment-5188 Personally,i dont like for dummies titles. i will definitely go for book no5 "twitter api" as i'm web developer. Personally,i dont like for dummies titles. i will definitely go for book no5 “twitter api” as i’m web developer.

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