No, it wasn’t me, but Twitter books are hot right now! Harper Collins just paid big money for a book of tweets. This guy didn’t even come up with anything original, he just made a book of other peoples tweets.
Here’s what gawker.com said about the book
“HarperCollins is paying Nick Douglas a five-figure sum for Twitter Wit, a book of the Gawker alum’s favorite Twitter posts. Is getting paid for aggregating other people’s “tweets” as lazy as it sounds?
Because it sounds somehow even lazier than making a book out of your mom’s email messages, a scheme hatched up, perhaps not coincidentally, by another Gawker writer.
Douglas insists the work is backbreaking — “reading a thousand jokes is like watching five hours of porn” — but he’s already automated the process of collecting submissions and permissions. Those who make it into the book get no royalties, but a free copy of the work ensures they at least won’t have to pay to see their own content in printed format.
So we’ve seen blog books, internet cat-picture books, a family email book and now the first book collection of tweets. Remember when the internet was the desperate medium, and had to steal its content from the incumbent players, rather than everything working the other way around? Those sure were the days.”
So, what does this mean for you? Twitter is going to be the in-your-face thing in 2009 that fact has been firmly established. It also means that you are going to have to sift through the sea of Twittertunist ( just made up that word) - people attempting to make a profit off of Twitters popularity, to find that one golden nugget that will really help you.
How do you do that? Well, I offer a 100% money back guarantee on my eBook, and my book is filled with step-by-step tips and techniques to get you started on Twitter. I even include instructional videos to show you exactly how to get the very best experience out of your time with Twitter. My book is not only entertaining but it’s informative.
Yes, I am a Twittertunist! lol and I hope you read my tweets and follow me and buy my book! and yes I would be open to a (high) 5 figure offer for my book, I m just sayin…….
