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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Twitter Co-creator Dom Sagolla to publish “140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form.” Printed by John Wiley & Sons, the book is scheduled to appear in bookstores in the US and Canada on 10/19/09. The product of four years of research and writing, this field manual to social media has three […]

Tuesday October 20, 2009 7:00pm BookShop West Portal 80 West Portal Ave. San Francisco, California 94127 Get Directions Join Twitter co-creator Dom Sagolla as he debuts his first book, “140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form.” Bookshop West Portal is a local, independently-owned bookstore frequented during the creation of the text. Event includes a […]

Here are a few ways to include a reference to “140 Characters” in a tweet, email, or article. Instead of a hashtag, just use the mention: The Full Mention @thebook by @Dom Sagolla. http://140Characters.com A Style Guide for the Short Form. The Big Mention @thebook by @Dom Sagolla. http://140characters.com The Short Mention @thebook “140 Characters” […]

Catch an early glimpse at the Recommended Reading section of 140 Characters over on Amazon’s Listmania: Mastering Social Media This list contains books listed at the back of 140 Characters, as well as a few extras I’ve added since sending the book to print.

I’m honored to report some early reviews. From a designer: Inspired by new mediums of publishing, such as Twitter, this book provides a refreshing look at the breadth of linguistic techniques that shine with the advent of the modern short form. Britt Selvitelle, Front End Engineering Lead, Twitter A developer: In the midst of all […]

140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form is now available for pre-order from these fine booksellers: Amazon Barnes & Noble Borders Books-A-Million Product Description Make the most of your messages on Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites. The advent of Twitter and other social networking sites, as well as the popularity of […]

Brian Oberkirch captured a few thoughts about writing “140 Characters” during last weekend’s iPhoneDevCamp in Sunnyvale. Enjoy a nice, brief interview about some of the principles behind the book. Not only was I organizing iPhoneDevCamp, but I also attempted to finish up the first draft of the book over the weekend. Hectic, but — I […]

The Wall Street Journal has taken note of the small form: The literary topic du jour is Twitter, with an onslaught of book deals about the site being made in recent months. For example, former Gawker blogger Nick Douglas snagged a book deal with HarperCollins on a tome about the wittiest messages written on Twitter, to […]

I’m excited to announce that John Wiley & Sons have agreed to publish the book 140 Characters! I’ve already begun to work with Shannon Vargo over at Wiley, to bring this work to print and digital download. In addition, my company DollarApp is producing a companion application which should ship by the time the book […]

Have you watched the video demonstration of Google Wave yet? What we have here is shrinkage: shorter times to update, shorter updates themselves, by word in translation, or by character in live typing. Any time we see an acceleration of realtime transmission like this, we witness a revolution. With the telegram, then email, texting, instant […]