140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form
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Description
THANK YOU APPLE for FEATURING US as NEW AND NOTEWORTHY!
The Hypertext Edition of "140 Characters" is a new book format that is constantly updated with fresh content.
Twitter Co-creator Dom Sagolla covers all the basics of great short- form writing, including the importance of communicating with simplicity, honesty, and humor.
"A code of honor for the new way of doing business."
-@24kLogos
This is the first writing guide specifically dedicated to communicating with the succinctness and clarity that the Internet age requires.
"The book is awesome, but the app is sexy."
-@atebits
- The equivalent of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style for today’s social media & marketing messages
- Inspiring quotations from comedy to poetry from some of the best writers
- The authoritative approach to Twitter, written by its creators to include other social networks like pure text messaging
140 Characters is a much-needed guide to the kind of communication that can make or break a reputation online.
"This is game-changing."
-@schwa
The Hypertext Edition has several features that distinguish it from the print or Kindle edition:
- Built-in Web browser, with Bookmark
- Regular updates to the text, which may be read Offline
- Integrated Twitter streams of all 140 "characters" to follow
- Additional Video and Photo content
The text is also supports Copy/Paste throughout. Even if you have the Kindle edition, this condensed and updated text will provide the freshest reading experience.
@Dom, author and developer
style@140characters.com
What's New In Version 1.3
+ Full support for multitasking on iOS.
+ Additional text, including the Bonus Chapter 20: Organize. Read the History of iPhone Developer's Camp.
+ Links to all @usernames in updated text.
Customer Reviews
Real-Time Reading
Just When You Think You Understand The Game... It Changes!
This is an entirely new way of looking at/reading a book. When Dom Sagolla wrote the book, '140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form,' he must have been thinking of ways to integrate it into Twittter (which he Co-Created), but it looks like he Re-Invented the Book instead. By turning the text in his book into HyperText and marrying it with the Real-Time Web, Dom has made it possible to Update his book on the fly and thus keeping it current and interesting, which is extremely helpful when writing about something that is constantly changing like things on the Web. Imagine writing a book on Twitter and not including Ashton Kutcher and CNN. You can always write a New Edition with New Updates, but by the time you send it to the printer it's already out of date. But wait! What if you could update your book and everyone who purchased it could have the Update as soon as you uploaded it. What a godsend. This Hypertext version of Dom Sagolla's book is going to send shockwaves throughout the publishing industry as people start demanding Real-Time Reading as opposed to Offline and Out-of-Date Reading. So, if you are interested in things like 'How Twitter Was Born' and how best to write for and utilize it, then this book is for you.
Great companion to the book
Really enjoyed the book, and now with the app its really cool to get the interactive piece. Seeing examples of what @dom refers to in the book in real-time is great.
The publishing revolution is here
Game changing doesn't cover enough of the ground that has been broken. We the People are now We the Writers. The short form will give voice to all who care, and to all who wish to be heard. Grasp and embrace. Publishing will never be the same. Get the book and the app, and expand the present and help shape the future.
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$4.99
- Category: Books
- Updated:Jul 22, 2010
- Current Version:1.3
- 1.3
- 0.9 MB
- Language:English
- Seller:Dominic Sagolla
- © 2009 Dom Sagolla
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
