Quora is a website where people can ask questions and get answers from the community. In some ways, it’s similar to LinkedIn Groups, where members ask a question and others respond. In other respects, it’s like Twitter, where you have followers and see a feed of the latest questions scroll up on your home page.

Beyond that, I haven’t quite figured it out. I find it difficult to use (I know I’m not the only one) but maybe it’s because I haven’t spent enough time exploring it yet.

Authors, are any of you using Quora and finding it a great way to talk to people? What tips can you share?

The idea: take selected tweets, gather them all on a single web page, then share them with your followers in a familiar newspaper-style format. Paper.li is an app designed to do just that.

Lots of people are using it. If you’re on Twitter and haven’t yet received one of these daily newspapers, you probably will soon. But is Paper.li a new and helpful tool that you, too, could use? Or is it just another waste of Twitter time?

Let’s take a closer look.

What Is It?
Paper.li “newspapers” are generated from lists of people on Twitter or a Twitter hashtag.

The Paper.li engine pulls the tweets of all the people on the list you specified into a web page that looks something like a newspaper layout. The software automatically sorts content into sections, such as technology or health, much the same way a print newspaper has sections. If a tweet has a link to a website or a video, that linked content is pulled right into the newspaper.

Once your Paper.li newspaper is created, you can choose to tweet about it to your followers. Here’s where things get tricky.

The Complaints
More and more people are using Paper.li and are tweeting their followers every 24 hours about the latest edition. It’s an auto-generated tweet and it’s the same every day. If you’re following a person who’s publishing a Paper.li newspaper, you’ll get this tweet whether you’re interested in his paper or not. As a result, some people are complaining that Paper.li is spammy.

Another complaint I’ve seen about Paper.li: It imitates an archaic form of communication that’s slowly dying. In other words, why make your tweets (new media) look like a newspaper (old media)?

When Could It Be Useful?
I see a few different reasons why a Paper.li edition might make sense:

• Your audience isn’t on Twitter but you know there’s information circulating there that could be valuable to them. You cull the best tweets and present them with a daily web-based digest.
• Your audience is on Twitter but finds it overwhelming. They don’t visit frequently and when they do, they can’t find what they want. Again, you cull the best tweets and present them with Paper.li, a daily web-based digest.
• Your audience enjoys reading a newspaper. They appreciate Paper.li’s format and find it easy and intuitive to navigate.
• Your audience is strapped for time and would appreciate a curated selection of content on your topic, rather than scrolling through a long tweet stream.
• You audience is on Twitter but doesn’t follow all the people within your newspaper, nor do they want to start following them. They read your paper periodically to catch up on content they normally wouldn’t see.

I’m sure there are more. (Leave a comment if you have another.)

Lesson #1: Paper.li isn’t for every audience, but could be phenomenal for some.
Don’t publish a Paper.li newspaper just because you can. First, make sure it fits and could offer value to the people you want to communicate with.

I decided to experiment by creating my own daily Twitter newspaper.

I based my first paper on a list of people in the Highspot book trade directory. What I hoped to get was a gathering of relevant and valuable publishing industry content. What I got instead was a newspaper that had hardly anything to do with publishing, and a lot to do with politics, food, and television shows.

I tried again with a different list out of the directory. This time I got a lot more book-focused content.

Lesson #2: Build your newspaper carefully.
Presumably, you’re publishing a Paper.li newspaper around a specific topic or theme. It might be self-publishing or women in finance or pitbulls. If people are going to find value in your paper, the content needs to be tightly focused on your theme, and that means you need to be building your paper around people who you know tweet consistently on your theme.

If I was going to use Paper.li as a tool to communicate with my followers, I’d start by custom-building a Twitter list whose sole purpose was to form the basis of my newspaper.

The Bottom Line
If used thoughtfully, Paper.li has the potential to be helpful to certain audiences. First, decide if the people you want to speak to would appreciate a Twitter summary. (You might even use Paper.li to bring Twitter content to a whole new audience segment.) If the answer is yes, curate the content carefully so it’s focused and helpful.

Do you publish or read a Paper.li newspaper? What’s your take?

The Directory of Book Trade People quietly slipped past its first birthday on Sunday. When I launched the directory, I never could have imagined how it would grow. I don’t know how many listings were in the directory originally — certainly it was less than 75, maybe even as few as 50. Today there are 836 entries in 21 different categories, and more being added all the time.

Thank you to everyone who has used, tweeted, recommended, blogged, talked about, added to, edited and otherwise helped this directory develop into the resource it is now.

For the last several months, I’ve been mulling over ways to improve it, but I’d love to hear your take. What can we do to make the directory more helpful and easier to use?

I was initially excited about the Twitter List feature that was unveiled this past fall. I had planned to turn each category into a separate list. That plan fizzled when I discovered that Twitter limits both the number of lists you can have, as well as the number of people within each list. So for now, the directory continues to exist here, on our website, in its original form.

One thing you may not know is that we created some direct URLs to make referencing and linking to the directory easier. Typing in www.BookTradeDirectory.com takes you straight to the list. The companion directory of book authors on Twitter can be found at www.AuthorsWhoTweet.com. (That directory celebrates its first birthday in February, and is up to 539 entries.)

So tell us what you’d like to see for the Book Trade Directory in 2010. We at Highspot are looking forward to another year of connections!

Twitter chats are an excellent way to interact, learn, debate and discuss with others in the publishing and writing community.

What Is a Twitter Chat?
Chats are public conversations that take place on Twitter at a scheduled date and time. Often a discussion topic is set beforehand, but sometimes the floor is open to whatever participants wish to talk about.

Anyone can listen or contribute to a chat. No registration is required.

Each chat is given a hashtag, which is an agreed-upon name for the chat preceded by the pound sign (#). The hashtag is how you follow and contribute to the discussion.

How to Listen to a Twitter Chat

1. Use the Twitter search page and enter the chat’s hashtag. This will pull up all the tweets for that chat.
2. Set up a new column in TweetDeck using the chat’s hashtag as a search term. Again, this will pull up all the tweets for that chat.
3. Use an app such as TweetChat.

How to Speak During a Twitter Chat
Simply add the chat’s hashtag to the end of your tweet. That’s it!

This is an example of me speaking during a #followreader chat:

@jennifertribe: Current e-readers lack “sexy” factor. iPod took off bec/ it was beautiful AND functional. People wanted to be seen with it. #followreader

Twitter Chats for Authors & Publishers
There are a number of regularly scheduled Twitter chats for writers, authors, and others in the book trade. I’ve listed them alphabetically.

Know of other chats that should be listed here? Please tweet or email me the info and I will add it.

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#editorchat

When: Every Wednesday at 7 – 10 pm Central Standard Time
Hosted by: @LydiaBreakfast (Lydia Dishman)

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#followreader

When: 4 -5 pm Eastern Standard Time
Hosted by: @charabbott (Charlene Abbott) @katmeyer (Kat Meyer)

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#ISBNhour
A chat about book identification systems and industry best practices. Targeted primarily to small publishers and self-published authors.

When: Every Friday at 12 – 1 pm Eastern Standard Time
Hosted by: @ljndawson (Laura Dawson)

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#kidlitchat

When: Every Tuesday at 9 pm Eastern Standard Time
Hosted by: @gregpincus (Greg Pincus) @bonnieadamson (Bonnie Adamson)

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#litchat
A chat about books. Heavy focus on fiction. Often brings in authors to guest host the chat and answer reader questions.

When: Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 4 – 5 pm Eastern Standard Time
Hosted by: @litchat

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#platformchat

When: Monthly though the day varies; follow the hosts for announced dates
Hosted by: @thewritermama (Christina Katz) @merylkevans (Meryl K. Evans)

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#writechat
A chat for writers. Julie kicks things off with a question but everyone is encouraged to share whatever is on their mind about “writing, life, and this creative journey we all share.” / More info at http://blog.writingspirit.com/twitter/

When: Every Sunday at 12 – 3 pm Pacific Standard Time
Hosted by: @WritingSpirit (Julie Isaac)

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If you’re an author or publisher and still aren’t sure if the whole Twitter thing is for you, a couple of new resources may help demonstrate the value it can deliver.

Last week I was interviewed by Kirk Biglione, a digital publisher and new media consultant, about Twitter and the book trade people who are using it. You can listen to a recording of that interview.

Kirk has also put together a short video presentation that explains how Twitter is like the best cocktail party you’ve ever attended, and how authors and publishers can use it to their advantage.

If you’ve been a hold-out, now is the time to join the Twitter party. It’s probably different — and better — than you think. Look me up at @jennifertribe and say hello. Let’s start a conversation.

This is a directory of book publishers and others in the book trade who are using Twitter.

NOTE: Book Publishers does not include self-publishers. You must publish more than your own works to be listed here.

To add yourself or others to the list, please send me an @ message (not a Direct Message) on Twitter, or leave a comment below. I will update the directory regularly.

Looking for book authors who Twitter? They have their own directory, which you’ll find here.

Last updated: 6 Nov 2011

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Book Publishers – Company Accounts (246)

@AAKnopf / Alfred A. Knopf
@Abbeville / Abbeville Press
@AbingdonPress / Abingdon Press
@affirmpress / Affirm Press
@AlgonquinBooks / Algonquin Books
@AlternatePress / The Alternate Press
@alysonbooks / Alyson Books
@AmbassadorIntl / Ambassador International
@AmberQuillPress / Amber Quill Press
@AMACOMBooks / American Management Association
@AmericanBook / American Book Publishing
@AMidsummerNight / A Midsummer Night’s Press
@ammobooks / AMMO Books
@AndrewsMcMeel / Andrews McMeel Publishing
@AnnickPress / Annick Press
@AnovaBooks / Annova Books
@AquariusPress / Aquarius Press
@arcadegazette / Arcade Publications
@Arsenalpulp / Arsenal Pulp Press
@AtriaBooks / Atria Books
@auldhouse / Auldhouse Publishing
@aurumpress / Aurum Press
@BeaconPressBks / Beacon Press
@benbellabooks / BenBella Books
@BHpub / Broadman Holman Publishing Group
@bilingualrdrs / Bilingual Readers
@blackincbooks / Black Inc.
@BloomsburyBooks / Bloomsbury Publishing
@BLpublishing / British Library Publishing
@brascoebooks / Brascoe Publishing
@brickbooks / Brick Books
@CamberPress / Camber Press
@candlewick / Candlewick Press
@canongatebooks / Canongate
@centerstreet / Center Street
@champagnebooks / Champagne Books
@charlesbridge / Charlesbridge
@chelseagreen / Chelsea Green Publishing Company
@ChicagoPress / Lake Claremont Press
@ChiReviewPress / Chicago Review Press
@chickensoupsoul / Chicken Soup for the Soul series (Simon & Schuster)
@ChronicleBooks / Chronicle Books
@ciscopress / Cisco Press
@clavisbooks / Clavis Books
@coachhousebooks / Coach House Books
@Coffee_House_ / Coffee House Press
@ColumbiaUP / Columbia University Press
@ConariPress / Conari Press
@crownpublishing / Crown Publishing
@DamnationBooks / Damnation Books
@DarkHorseComics / Dark Horse Comics
@destinworld / DestinWorld Publishing
@discoveryhouse / Discovery House
@DKBooks / DKBooks
@doubledaypub / Doubelday Publishing
@dragonmoonpress / Dragon Moon Press
@DUKEpress / Duke University Press
@dundurnpress / The Dundurn Group
@DuttonBooks / Dutton Books
@DzancBooks / Dzanc Books
@eburypublishing / Ebury Publishing
@EccoBooks / Ecco Books
@echelonpress / Echelon Press
@ecwpress / ECW Press
@Egmontbooks / Egmont UK
@EgmontUSA / Egmont USA
@ENCPress / ENC Press
@EosBooks / EosBooks
@EternalPress / Eternal Press
@exislebooks / Exisle Publishing
@FaberBooks / Faber & Faber
@faithwords / FaithWords
@fantagraphics / Fantagraphics Books
@FeministPress / The Feminist Press
@freepressbooks / Free Press
@friendsofED / friends of ED
@fodorstravel / Fodor’s Travel
@fordstreet / Ford Street Publishing
@ForDummies / For Dummies
@foreverromance / Forever
@FTPH / Financial Times Prentice Hall
@GACPC_books / Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
@gdpeditor / Gray Dog Press
@GrandCentralPub / Grand Central Publishing
@GraywolfPress / Graywolf Press
@GriffynInk / Griffyn Ink Publishing
@GroundwoodBooks / Groundwood Books
@groveatlantic / Grove Atlantic Inc.
@HadesPub / Hades Publications Inc.
@HarlequinBooks / Harlequin Books, Digital Team
@hardiegrantbook / Hardie Grant Books
@HarperAcademic / HarperAcademic
@HarperBooksAus / HarperBooks Australia
@harperchildrens / HarperCollins Children’s Books
@HarperCollinsCa / HarperCollins Canada
@harperone / HarperOne
@harperstudio / HarperStudio
@harperteen / HarperCollins, Teen Division
@haymarketbooks / Haymarket Books
@headfirstlabs / Head First Labs, O’Reilly Media
@hersilia_press / Hersilia Press
@HollyridgePress / Hollyridge Press
@HouseofAnansi / House of Anansi
@iambikaudio / iambik audiobooks
@iconbooks / Icon Books
@InnerTraditions / Inner Traditions
@IslandPress / Island Press
@iupress / Indiana University Press
@IVpress / InterVarsity Press
@JBParenting / Jossey-Bass Parenting
@JosseyBassBiz / Jossey-Bass Business
@KallistiPublish / Kallisti Publishing
@Kensingtonbooks / Kensington Books
@kumarianpress / Kumarian Press
@LEEandLOW / Lee and Low Books
@lifestylePR / Wiley (lifestyle titles)
@littlebrown / Little, Brown and Co.
@MacKidsBooks / Macmillan Kids
@MaupinHouse / Maupin House
@McArthurCo / McArthur and Company
@mcgrawhillcos / The McGraw-Hill Companies
@MedallionPress / Medallion Press
@melvillehouse / Melville House
@mercuryrx / Mercury Retrograde Press
@mhbusiness / McGraw-Hill Professional
@MicrosoftPress / Microsoft Press
@Milkweed_Books / Milkweed Editions
@MinotaurBooks / Minotaur Books
@missingmanuals / Pogue Press
@mitpress / MIT Press
@MonacelliPress / The Monacelli Press
@morriganbooks / Morrigan Books
@mulhollandbooks / Mulholland Books
@muumuuhouse / Muumuu House
@nationbooks / Nation Books
@NAtlanticBooks / North Atlantic Books
@NewmarketPress / Newmarket Press
@newworldlibrary / New World Library
@NorthwesternUP / Northwestern University Press
@NortonAnthology / W. W. Norton
@NortonCriticals / W. W. Norton
@norton_fiction / W. W. Norton
@nyrbclassics / NYRB Classics
@NYUpress / New York University Press
@OceanPub / Ocean Publishing
@Octopus_Books / Octopus Publishing Group
@open_letter / Open Letter (University of Rochester)
@OmaraBooks / Michael O’Mara Books
@orbitbooks / Orbit Books
@oreillymedia / O’Reilly Media
@otherpress / Other Press
@oupblogusa / Oxford University Press
@ourlittlebooks / Our Little Books
@overlookpress / Overlook Press
@packtpub / Packt Publishing
@panmacmillanaus / Pan Macmillan Australia
@paperbagpress / Paper Bag Press
@peachpit / Peachpit Press
@peachtreepub / Peachtree Publishers
@pearpress / Pear Press
@pearson / Pearson
@PenguinBooks / PenguinBooks
@penguinbooksaus / Penguin Books Australia
@PenguinCanada / Penguin Canada
@PenguinClassics / Penguin Classics
@PenguinTeen / PenguinTeen
@penguinusa / Penguin Group (USA)
@phazeromance / Phaze Books
@picadoraus / Picador Australia
@picadorbooks / Picador
@picadorusa / Picador Paperbacks
@PlatypusMedia / Platypus Media
@plutopress / Pluto Press
@Pocket_Books / Pocket Books
@poetlariatt / Frontenac House
@politybooks / Polity
@porcupinesquill / The Porcupine’s Quill
@powerHouseBooks / powerHouse Books
@Prestel_UK / Prestel
@pyr_books / Pyr Books
@quakeme / Quake
@queeredfiction / Queered Fiction
@randomhouse / Random House
@RandomHouseCA / Random House of Canada, Digital Team
@randomreaders / Random House Australia
@ReadKaplan / Kaplan Publishing
@ReclinerBooks / Recliner Books
@redrockpress / Red Rock Press
@riverheadbooks / Riverhead Books
@rmbooks1 / Rocky Mountain Books
@Roaring40sPress / Roaring Forties Press
@samhainpub / Samhain Publishing
@saqibooks / Saqi & Telegram
@sarabandebooks / Sarabande Books
@ScholasticCda / Scholastic Canada
@SciNaturally / Science, Naturally!
@scribepub / Scribe Publications
@SelfCounsel / Self-Counsel Press
@Sentient_Pub / Sentient Publications
@SimonSchusterCA / Simon & Schuster Canada
@simonschuster / Simon & Schuster
@simonschusterau / Simon & Schuster Australia
@sleeperspublish / Sleepers
@snowbooks / Snowbooks
@spinifexpress / Spinifex Press
@SterlingBooks / Sterling Publishing
@StrangBookGroup / Strang Book Group
@SydneyUniPress / Sydney University Press
@tandfbooks / Taylor and Francis
@TarcherBooks / Tarcher/Penguin
@text_publishing / Text Publishing
@thisiscapstone / Capstone Publishing
@ThomasNelson / Thomas Nelson Inc.
@ThunderBayBooks / Thunder Bay Press
@tindalstreet / Tindal Street Press
@TinHouseBooks / Tin House Books
@torbooks / Tor Books
@torteen / Tor Teen
@TrapdoorBooks / Trapdoor Books
@tstcpublishing / TSTC Publishing
@TundraBooks / Tundra Books
@TyndaleHouse / Tyndale House Publishers
@UChicagoPress / University of Chicago Press
@UCPress / University of California Press
@UMinnPress / University of Minnesota Press
@unbridledbooks / Unbridled Books
@uncpressblog / University of North Carolina Press
@UnionSqPress / Union Square Press
@UofMPress / University of Michigan Press
@utpress / University of Toronto Press
@Velocebooks / Veloce Publishing
@velopress / VeloPress
@VikingBooks / Viking Books
@VintageAnchor / Vintage/Anchor
@vintagebooks / Vintage Books
@wallflowerpress / Wallflower Press
@walnutspringspr / Walnut Springs Press
@WeiserBooks / Weiser Books
@whitecapbooks / Whitecap Books
@wileybiz / Wiley Business Books
@WileyCanada / Wiley Canada
@wileytech / Wiley Tech
@wordfarmbooks / WordFarm
@WorkmanPub / Workman Publishing
@Wrox / Wrox
@yalepress / Yale Press
@ZestBooks / ZestBooks
@ZonderAcademic / Zondervan Academic
@Zondervan / Zondervan Publishers

Book Publishers – Individual Accounts (140)

@adamrochkind / Adam Rochkind, publicist at HarperCollins
@agatamontoya / Agata Mrva-Montoya, Production Coordinator at Sydney University Press
@allegra2157 / Allegra Harris, Sales & Marketing Manager at North Atlantic Books
@ami_with_an_i / Ami Greko, Digital Marketing Manager at Macmillan
@amscheff / Angela Scheff, associate publisher at Zondervan
@andkelly / Andrew Kelly, publisher at Black Dog Books
@angelajames / Angela James, editorial director at Quartet Press
@AnnKingman / Ann Kingman, District Sales Manager for Random House
@apackard / Amy Packard, Publicity Manager at Wiley
@ahrinehart / Amy Rinehart, president at Moonlight Publishing
@auguste7 / W. A. Auguste, senior publicist at Strang Book Group
@BantamEditor / Philip Rappaport, editor at Bantam Dell
@barbarfriendish / Barabara Friend Ish, publisher at Mercury Retrograde Press
@BenDawe / Ben Dawe, publisher at Macmillan (Australia)
@bkratchtech / Brittney Kleinfelter, Online Marketing Coordinator at St. Martin’s Press
@Bookgirl96 / Publicity Director at Atria Books
@bookmarketology / Darren Turpin, Digital Marketing Manager at Little, Brown UK
@booksin140 / Erin Balser, marketer for University of Toronto Press
@bsandusky / Brett Sandusky, Marketing Manager at Kaplan Publishing
@Candace_OLBooks / Candace Davenport, Our Little Books
@carrieberryo / Carrie Obry, acquisitions editor at Llewellyn
@castironowl / Sharon Casteel, Web & Direct Mail Manager at University of Texas Press
@chapmanchapman / Ryan Chapman, Online Marketing Manager at Farrar, Straus and Giroux
@chriswebb / Chris Webb, Associate Publisher at John Wiley & Sons
@CJFowles / Cynthia Fowles, Director of Rights & Publicity, Inner Traditions, Bear & Co.
@clarehitchens / Clare Hitchens, publicist at Wilfred Laurier University Press
@ClayBridges / Melissa Leembruggen, President at Clay Bridges
@clerisy_hillary / Hillary Bond, publicist at Clerisy Press
@clerisy_kara / Kara Pelicano, online marketer at Clerisy Press
@cincindypat / Cynthia Shannon, publicist at Wiley
@ColleenLindsay / Colleen Lindsay, business development at Penguin Group (USA)
@crissyb65 / Crissy Brashear, publisher at Samhain Publishing
@csummie / Caitlin Hamilton Summie, Marketing Director at Unbridled Books
@dangamber / Dan Gamber, publisher at Meadowhawk Press
@DaniellePoiesz / Danielle Poiesz, business development at Penguin Group (USA)
@davidmoldawer / David Moldawer, editor at Portfolio / Penguin Group (USA)
@DavidRozansky / David Rozansky, publisher at Flying Pen Press
@davulis / Laura Davulis / history editor at Yale Press
@debbiestier / Debbie Stier, SVP & Associate Publisher at HarperStudio
@DeborahMoss / Deborah Moss, associate editor at Strang Book Group
@DeniseOswald / Denise Oswald, Editorial Director at Soft Skull Press
@dickmansfield / Dick Mansfield, Vitesse Press
@draccah / Dominique Raccah, Publisher at Sourcebooks
@DMPublishers / Emiko Morita, marketer at Douglas & McIntyre and Greystone Books
@DonLinn / Don Linn, Quartet Press
@dougmillison / Doug Millison, editor at Nonhuman Communications Ltd.
@diybookgirl / Sarah Yu, publicist at Self-Counsel Press
@editsbooks / Barbara Dycus, Editorial Director at Strang Book Group
@edwinalui / Edwina Lui, Managing Editor at Kaplan Publishing
@eekottke / Erin Kottke, Marketing Manager at Greywolf Press
@EgmontGal / Elizabeth Law, Publisher at Egmont USA
@ElleAndraWarner / Elle Andra-Warner, River Rocks Publishing
@elleinthecity / Ellen Gerstein, Marketing Director at Wiley Publishing
@ennuiclaire / Claire Wachtel, Executive Editor, HarperCollins
@erictreynolds / Eric T. Reynolds, editor and publisher at Hadley Rille Books
@fadetheory / Rachel J.K. Grace, Digital Marketer at Unbridled Books
@fredramey / Fred Ramey, co-publisher at Unbridled Books
@GCPeditor / editor at Grand Central Publishing
@ggoldsmith / Gretchen Goldsmith, President at Rose Publishing
@GrahamLawler / Graham Lawler, publisher at Studymates & Aber Publishing
@greybon / Jen Hill, Internet Marketing Manager at Tor Books
@Helena_Markou / Helena Markou, publishing department, Blackwell UK
@HenryHolt / Jason Liebman, Marketing Manager at Henry Holt
@hollyblanck / Holly Blanck, Assistant Editor at St. Martin’s Press
@inigogil / Íñigo Gil, publisher at Bilingual Readers
@irisblasi / Iris Blasi, Associate Editor at Union Square Press
@iSkip / Kim Corbin, Senior Publicist at New World Library
@JackieGamber / Jackie Gamber, Executive Editor at Meadowhawk Press
@jackiemontalvo / Jackeline Montalvo, Editor at Random House
@jamesoreilly / James O’Reilly, Travelers’ Tales/Solas House, Inc.
@jamieadams76 / Jamie Adams, Senior Publicist at Cisco Press
@jcheiffetz / Julia Cheiffetz, Senior Editor at Harper Studio
@jcsimonds / Jacqueline Simonds, Beagle Bay Books
@jdeval / Jacqueline Deval, Hearst Books
@jeanenne / Jeanenne Ray, Senior Marketing Manager at Jossey-Bass/Wiley
@jevonbolden / Jevon Bolden, Developmental Editor at Strang Book Group
@jjp01 / Jenn Burgess, Advertising & Exhibits Manager at University of Texas Press
@jocelyncordova / Jocelyn Cordova, businss book publicist at Wiley
@jtribble / Jessica Tribble, associate publisher at Poisoned Pen Press
@jforrest / Julie Forrest, digital marketer at Random House of Canada
@jonedm / David M. Jones, Edamar Inc.
@julietrelstad / Julie Trelstad, Plain White Press
@kalenski / Kalen Landow, marketing & PR at Taylor Trade Publishing
@katetravers / Kate Travers, Strategic Marketing Director at powerHouse Books
@KeithWilliams / Keith Williams, editor at Tyndale House Publishers
@kimmcarthur / Kim McArthur, publisher at McArthur and Company
@laura7 / Laura Ross, Communications Manager at Peachpit Press
@LawrenceWilson / Lawrence W. Wilson, Wesleyan Publishing House
@LeighEllwood / Leigh Ellwood (a.k.a. Kathryn Lively), publisher at Phaze Books
@lisacharters / Lisa Charters, SVP Digital at Random House Canada
@literalicious / Cassandra Sadek, Digital Marketing Manager, Random House Canada
@lprevette / Lyndsey Prevette, Senior Publicist at Viking/Penguin
@LynneWScanlon / Lynne W. Scanlon, Back2Press Books
@MalleVallik / Malle Vallik, Director of Digital Content at Harlequin
@MaureenCole / Maureen Cole, publicist at Portfolio/Penguin
@meganrecords / Megan Records, associate editor at Kensington Books
@MenashaRidge / Rachel Freytag, marketer at Menasha Ridge Press
@MichaelHyatt / Michael Hyatt, President & CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers
@MissCellany / Elizabeth Jenner, children’s book editor, A&C Black
@Mitch_Hoffman / Mitch Hoffman, editor at Grand Central Publishing
@molly_oneill / Molly O’Neill, children’s book editor, HarperCollins
@MoniqueMarie / Monique Muhlenkamp, Publicity Director at New World Library
@Nan_A_Talese / Nan A. Talese, publisher at Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
@neilschlager / Neil Schlager, publisher at Schlager Group
@nicole_miller / Nicole Miller, Publicity & Marketing Manager at Allworth Press
@niki_pop / Niki Papadopoulos, business book editor at McGraw-Hill Business
@patrickmulligan / Patrick Mulligan, senior editor at Gotham Books
@philzuckerman / Phil Zuckerman, CEO of Applewood Books
@prebynski / Brandon Prebynski, Marketing Manager at Pearson
@publishingcynic / Liz Gooster, publisher at Financial Times Prentice Hall
@QueenBeeDM / Debbie Marrie, editor at Strang Book Group
@rblythe / Rolph Blythe, Marketing Director at Greywolf Press
@rebecca4ivp / Rebecca Larson, Web Content & Community Manager at InterVarsity Press
@SarahGorb / Sarah Gorback, publicist at Frommer’s (Wiley)
@sarahrusso / Sarah Russo, publicist at Oxford University Press
@sarakase / Sara Kase, Assistant Editor at Sourcebooks
@SGFrerich / Stephanie Frerich, business book editor at McGraw-Hill Business
@shanakimball / Shana Kimball, Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
@slipdown / Walt Shiel, Slipdown Mountain Publications
@sp_book_sales / Simone Parham, Special Markets Sales Director at Ryland Peters and Small
@sscraft / Sally Sampson Craft, Director of Digital Publishing at InterVarsity Press
@stasmithwiley / Stacy Smith, publicist at Wiley
@susanmpls / Susan Doerr, Operations Manager at University of Minnesota Press
@terrieakers / Terrie Akers , Publicity Manager at Other Press
@tessa619 / Tess Tabor, publicist at Sasquatch Books
@TheButlerEdit / Jo Butler, Senior Editor at HarperCollins
@thedaysbetween / Vicki Lame, editor at St. Martin’s Press
@threebeans / Rena D. Grossman, editor at Star Bright Books
@timoreilly / Tim O’Reilly, CEO at O’Reilly Media
@tinaburns / Tina Burns, publisher at Liquid Silver Books
@tsutrav / Travis Bryant, Director of Digital Products at Keen Communications
@tweetterena / Terena Scott,  publisher at Medusa’s Muse Press
@upneguy / Mike Burton, Director at University Press of New England
@utexaspublicist / Colleen Devine Ellis, publicist at University of Texas Press
@walkley / George Walkley, Marketing Director at Little, Brown
@wayzgoose / Nathan Everett, Managing Editor at Long Tale Press
@wileypublicity / Lori Sayde Mehrtens, PR Director at Wiley
@willweisser / Will Weisser, VP, Associate Publisher & Marketing Director at Portfolio
@worleygirl / Amy Worley, VP of Marketing at Andrews McMeel Publishing
@yodiwan / Yen Cheong, publicist at Viking Penguin

Literary Agents (59)

@AgentPete / Peter Cox, Redhammer
@bakersmark / Bernadette Baker-Baughman, Baker’s Mark Literary Agency
@BeMissH / Holly Bemiss, The Susan Rabiner Literary Agency
@BookEndsJessica / Jessica Faust, BookEnds
@BookEndsKim / Kim Lionetti, BookEnds
@BookJacquie / Jacquie Flynn, Joelle Delbourgo Associates
@BostonBookGirl / Lauren E. MacLeod
@bradfordlit / Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
@caroleagent / Carole Blake, Blake Friedmann
@chipmacgregor / Chip MacGregor, MacGregor Literary
@dananewman / Dana Newman
@DanielLiterary / Greg Daniel, Daniel Literary Group
@DaphneUn / Kate Schafer Testerman, kt literary
@DeidreKnight / Deidre Knight, The Knight Agency
@Donald Maass / Donald Maass Literary Agency
@dsvetcov / Danielle Svetcov, Levine Greenberg Literary Agency
@elainespencer / Elaine Spencer, The Knight Agency
@elanaroth / Elana Roth, Caren Johnson Literary Agency
@emevans11 / Elizabeth Evans, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
@epsteinliterary / Kate Epstein, The Epstein Literary Agency
@FolioLiterary / Folio Literary
@Ginger_Clark / Ginger Clark, Curtis Brown Ltd.
@HanburyAgency / The Hanbury Agency
@HayleyYeeles / Hayley Yeeles, Pollinger Limited
@hroot / Holly Root
@hswla / HSW Literary Agency
@janetkgrant / Janet Kobobel Grant, Books & Such Literary Agency
@Janet_Reid / Janet Reid, FinePrint Literary Management
@jasonashlock / Jason Allen Ashlock, Movable Type Literary Group
@jennybent / Jenny Bent, The Bent Agency
@JManTN / Jonathan Clements, The Nashville Agency
@JoSVolpe / Joanna Volpe, Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation
@JVNLA / Jennifer Weltz, Naggar Literary Agency
@kate_mckean / Kate McKean, Howard Morhaim Literary Agency
@katelaurielee / Kate Lee
@kid_lit / Mary Kole, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
@KnightAgency / The Knight Agency
@kristinaAholmes / Kristina Holmes, Ebeling & Associates
@laurieabkemeier / Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore and Company
@literaticat / Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
@MarleneStringer / Marlene Stringer, The Stringer Literary Agency
@mattwagner / Matt Wagner, Fresh Books
@MichaelBourret / MichaelBourret, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
@MiriamGoderich / Miriam Goderich, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
@NathanBransford / Nathan Bransford, Curtis Brown Ltd.
@pwheeler_agent / Paige Wheeler, Folio Literary Management
@petertallack / Peter Tallack, The Science Factory
@pwheeler_agent / Paige Wheeler, Folio Literary Management
@rachellegardner / Rachelle Gardner, WordServe Literary
@RebeccAgent / Rebecca Sherman, Writers House
@rossyoon / Ross Yoon Agency
@skagency / Stuart Krichevsky, Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
@StrothmanAgency / The Strothman Agency
@sztownsend81 / Suzie Townsend / FinePrint Literary Management
@thecroceagency / Nick Croce, The Croce Agency
@tomwillkens / Tom Willkens, The Jeff Herman Agency
@TracyMarchini / Tracy Marchini, Curtis Brown Ltd.
@wendylawton / Wendy Lawton, Books & Such Literary Agency
@WolfsonLiterary / Michelle Wolfson, Wolfson Literary Agency


Bookstores & Booksellers – United States (99)

@aaronsbooks / Aaron’s Books, Lititz, PA
@AnOpenBook / An Open Book, Newton, NJ
@atomicbooks / Atomic Books, Baltimore, MD
@Baker_Books / Baker Books, Dartmouth, MA
@barbarasbooks / Barbara’s Bookstore, Chicago, IL
@bayshorebooks / BayShore Books, Oconto, WI
@bknds / Book Ends, Fort Smith, AR
@bookbroads / Broadway Books, Portland, OR
@bookcentric / Ariana Paliobagis, bookseller at Country Books
@bookcourt / BookCourt, Brooklyn, NY
@BookCove / The Book Cove, Pawling, NY
@bookculture / Book Culture, New York, NY
@bookdwarf / Megan Sullivan, buyer at Harvard Book Store
@bookhousealbany / Book House, Albany, NY
@booknerdnyc / Jessica Bagnulo, McNally Jackson, New York, NY
@bookpassage / Book Passage, San Francisco, CA
@BookPeople / Book People, Austin, TX
@booksamillion / Books-A-Million
@booksliesalibis/ Drew Goodman, bookstore manager, Salt Lake City, UT
@booksmith / The Booksmith, San Francisco, CA
@booksoup / Book Soup, West Hollywood, CA
@boulderbooks / Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, CO
@BraveNewBooks / Brave New Books, Austin, TX
@breathebooks / Susan Weis, Breathe Books, Baltimore, MD
@Brilliant_Books / Brilliant Books, Suttons Bay, MI
@BunchofGrapesBk / Bunch of Grapes, Vineyard Haven, MA
@christinevans / Christine Evans, The Booksmith, San Francisco, CA
@CityLightsBooks / City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA
@ClintonBooks / Clinton Book Shop, Clinton, NJ
@cncbooks / Creatures ‘n Crooks Bookshoppe, Richmond, VA
@commongoodbooks / Common Good Books, Saint Paul, MN
@concordbookshop / Concord Bookshop, Concord, MA
@Copperfields / Copperfield’s Books, multiple locations, CA
@countrybooks / Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT
@edmondsbookshop / Edmonds Bookshop, Edmonds, WA
@ElliottBayBooks / Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
@flintridgebooks / Flintridge Bookstore, La Canada, CA
@FountainBkstore / Fountain Bookstore, Richmond, VA
@hangfirebooks / Hang Fire Books, Brooklyn, NY
@HarvardBooks / Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA
@HFBooks / Hooray for Books, Alexandria, VA
@HousingWorksBks / Housing Works Books, New York, NY
@IdlewildBooks / Idlewild Books, New York, NY
@jgonn / Joseph Gonnella, VP Inventory Mgmt & Vendor Relations, Barnes & Noble
@johnhugo / John Hugo, HugoBooks, multiple locations, MA
@JoniParagraphs / Joni Montover, Paragraphs bookstore, South Padre Island, TX
@josephbeth / Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Pittsburgh, PA
@kashbk / Arsen Kashkashian, Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, CO
@KatherineBoG / Katherine Fergason, manager & children’s buyer, Bunch of Grapes
@KatyBudgetBooks / Katy Budget Books, Houston, TX
@kingsbooks / King’s Books, Tacoma, WA
@kingsenglish / The King’s English Bookshop, Salt Lake City, UT
@LaurelBookstore / Laurel Book Store, Oakland, CA
@legacy_books / Legacy Books, Plano, TX
@LibertyBayBooks / Liberty Bay Books, Poulsbo, WA
@magersandquinn / Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN
@mainstreetbooks / Main Street Books, St. Charles, MO
@malaprops / Malaprop’s Bookstore, Asheville, NC
@MariasBookshop / Maria’s Bookshop, Durango, CO
@marthazinger / Megan Zabel, Marketing Coordinator, Powell’s Books
@matterbookstore / Matter Bookstore, Fort Collins, CO
@mcnallyjackson / McNally Jackson, New York, NY
@Metropolisbooks / Metropolis Books, Los Angeles, CA
@MFABookstore / The MFA Boston Bookstore, Boston, MA
@morrisbookshop / Morris Book Shop, Lexington, KY
@nantucketbooks / Nantucket Bookworks, Nantucket, MA
@newtonvillebks / Newtonville Books, Newtonville, MA
@NextPageBooks / Next Page Bookstore, Frisco, CO
@NorthshireBooks / Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT
@oblongbooks / Oblong Books & Music, multiple locations, NY
@odysseybks / Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, MA
@OFirehouseBooks / Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO
@onceuponastory / Once Upon a Story Books, Long Beach, CA
@othertiger / Other Tiger, Westerly, RI
@pagesbookshop / Pages Books & Coffee, Newton, KS
@PortraitBooks / Portrait of a Bookstore, Studio City, CA
@Powells / Powell’s Books, Portland, OR
@puddnheadbooks / Pudd’nhead Books, Webster Groves, MO
@QuimbysBooks / Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago, IL
@RainyDayBooks / Rainy Day Books, Fairway, KS
@readandbreathe / Events Coordinator at RiverRun Bookstore, NH
@RedFoxBooks / Red Fox Books, Glen Falls, NY
@richrennicks / Rich Rennicks, bookseller, Asheville, NC
@SamWellers / Sam Weller’s Zion Bookstore, Salt Lake City, UT
@SchulerBooks / Schuler Books, Grand Rapids, MI
@skylightbooks / Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
@sthelensbooks / St. Helens Book Shop, St. Helens, OR
@TatteredCover / Tattered Cover Book Store, Denver, CO
@TheBookTableOP / The Book Table, Oak Park, IL
@UTOrlando / Urban Think!, Orlando, FL
@vertigobooks / Vertigo Books, College Park, MD
@VillageBooksBham / Village Books, Bellingham, WA
@villagebookshop / Village Bookshoppe, Rockville Centre, NY
@VoraciousReader / The Voracious Reader, Larchmont, NY
@vromans / Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena, CA
@watchungbooks / Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ
@wlbooks / Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, WA
@wolfgangbooks / Wolfgang Books, Phoenixville, PA
@wordbrooklyn / WORD, Brooklyn, NY

Bookstores & Booksellers – Canada (6)

@cavershambooks / Caversham Booksellers, Toronto, ON
@GreenleysBooks / Greenley’s Bookstore, Belleville, ON
@MACBookstore / McMaster University Bookstore, Hamilton, ON
@NicholasHoareTO / Nicholas Hoare Books, Toronto, ON
@RoxanneReads / Roxanne Reads, Toronto, ON
@UBCBookstore / UBC Bookstore, Vancouver, BC

Bookstores & Booksellers – Europe, Africa, Australia (12)

@camdenlockbooks / Jason Burley, Camden Lock Books, Hoxton, UK
@chaptersbooks / Chapters Bookstore, Dublin, Ireland
@CrockPow / Crockat & Powell, London, UK
@danacea / Danie Ware, marketer for Forbidden Planet, UK
@forbiddenplanet / Forbidden Planet, multiple locations, UK
@fullersbookshop / Fullers Bookshop, Hobart, Tasmania
@InfinitasBooks / Infinitas Bookshop, Parramatta, Australia
@kinokuniyaaust / Kinokuniya, Sydney, Australia
@lehmanns / Lehmanns, Germany
@tallstoriesbook / Tall Stories, South Africa
@unicorntreebks / Unicorn Tree Books, Lincoln, UK
@waterstonesltd / Waterstone’s, UK

Bookstores & Booksellers – Online (18)

@AshleighGardner / Ashleigh Gardner, Kobo
@abebooks / AbeBooks
@amazonbooks / Amazon.com Books
@AmazonKindle / Amazon Kindle
@AmbireBooks / Ambire Secondhand Books (Australia)
@bokus_com / Bokus (Sweden)
@bookdepository / The Book Depository (UK)
@bookish_type / Catherine Campbell, Biblio.com
@bookscene / Bookscene.ca
@chaptersindigo / Chapters/Indigo (Canada)
@findbookstoread / Greg Schroeder, FindBooksToRead.com
@indiepride / {indie}dependent books
@kobo / Kobo
@mtamblyn / Michael Tamblyn, VP of Content, Sales & Merchandising at Kobo
@NextStep_Store / NextStep Resources
@ReadingsBooks / Readings (Australia)
@TheBookBlues / The Book Blues
@UsborneJody / Jody Dahlseid, Usborne Books & More

Libraries

Lindy Brown maintains two excellent directories of libraries that tweet: one for US libraries and another for international libraries.

Book Industry Publications (19)

@20xJENNY / Jennifer Brown, children’s editor, Shelf Awareness
@bookbusinessmag / Book Business
@b_plus_p_mag / Bookseller+Publisher
@calreid / Calvin Reid, Senior News Editor, Publishers Weekly
@charabbott / Charlotte Abbott, Contributing Editor, Publishers Weekly
@choice_reviews / Choice
@ForeWordmag / Victoria Sutherland, ForeWord Reviews
@GalleyCat / Galley Cat
@idtheory / Identity Theory
@jasonboog / Jason Boog, editor at GalleyCat.com
@KirkusReviews / Kirkus Reviews
@kishizuka / Kathy Ishizuka, Technology Editor, School Library Journal
@LibraryJournal / Library Journal
@nybooks / The New York Review of Books
@PublishersWkly / Publishers Weekly
@quillandquire / Quill & Quire, Canadian book industry publication
@theBDR / The Book Design Review
@TheBookseller / The Bookseller
@WritersDigest / Writer’s Digest

Book Industry Groups & Associations (26)

@ABPBC / Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
@AmericanPublish / Association of American Publishers
@BISG / Book Industry Study Group
@BookbuildersBOS / Bookbuilders of Boston
@BPPA / Book Publishers’ Professional Association
@CanBPA / Canadian Book Professional Association
@cwgi / Christian Writers’ Group International
@dancullen / Dan Cullen, American Booksellers Association
@ecpa / Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
@ibnyc / Independent Booksellers of New York City
@IndieBoundMeg / Meg Smith, Chief Marketing Officer, American Booksellers Association
@IndieBoundPaige / Page Poe, IndieBound outreach liaison, American Booksellers Association
@janicecampbell / Janice Campbell, National Association of Independent Writers and Editors
@JonSlack / Jon Slack, Society of Young Publishers
@Jules236 / Juli Schatz, Author! Author!
@nationalbook / National Book Foundation
@pubwest / Publishers Association of the West
@rwaus / Romance Writers of Australia
@SarahRettger / Sarah Rettger, marketing coordinator, American Booksellers Association
@scottflora777 / Scott Flora, Small Publishers Association of North America
@socednsw / The Society of Writers (NSW)
@spunc / Small Press Underground Networking Community
@SYP_UK / The Society of Young Publishers
@thrillerwriters / International Thriller Writers Organization
@WNBA_National / Women’s National Book Association
@WNBANYC / Women’s National Book Association, New York chapter

Book Festivals & Conferences (18)

@bkbf / Brooklyn Book Festival (USA)
@BookExpoAmerica / BookExpo America (USA)
@edbookfest / Edinburgh Book Fest (Scotland)
@emergingwriters / Emerging Writers’ Festival (Australia)
@ifoa / International Festival of Authors (Canada)
@kidsbookfest / O C Kid’s Book Fest (USA)
@melbwritersfest / Melbourne Writers Fest (Australia)
@MilngavieFest / Milngavie Festival (Scotland)
@NYIBC / New York Is Book Country (USA)
@pubbusiness / Publishing Business Conference & Expo (USA)
@sirenland / Sirenland Writers Conference (Italy)
@sydwritersfest / Sydney Writers’ Festival (Australia)
@toc / O’Reilly Media Tools of Change for Publishing (USA)
@ubudwritersfest / Ubud Writers Fest (Indonesia)
@VIWF / Vancouver International Writers Festival (Canada)
@WOTSvancouver / Word on the Street, Vancouver (Canada)
@wpbookfestival / West Port Book Festival (Scotland)
@writersfestival / Brisbane Writers Festival (Australia)

Book Prizes (2)

@GillerPrize / The Giller Prize
@nsw_pla / New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards

Publishing Education Programs (2)

@luthienrising / Stephanie Fysh, Coordinator, Ryerson University publishing certificate program
@sdnorman / Suzanne Norman, Summer Publishing Workshops, Simon Fraser University

Book Industry Suppliers & Tools (30)

@adamhodgkin / Adam Hodgkin, Exact Editions
@AppingoSally / Appingo
@bibliovault / BiblioVault
@BookNet_Canada / BookNet Canada
@BookStream / BookStream, wholesaler
@ConsortiumBooks / Consortium, distributor
@clintgreenleaf / Clint Greenleaf, Greenleaf Book Group
@curt_matthews / Curt Matthews, Independent Publishers Group
@danwagstaff / Daniel Wagstaff, Raincoast Books
@DiscoverBowker / Bowker
@ecolibris / Eco-Libris
@filedby / filedbyauthor
@ftoolan / Fran Toolan, Firebrand Technologies
@GreenleafBookGr / Greenleaf Book Group, distributor
@Hadrien / Hadrien Gardeur, Feedbooks
@HBFenn / HB Fenn and Company, distributor
@IntlPubMkt / International Publishers Marketing, distributor
@IPGbooknews / Independent Publishers Group, distributor
@ipublishcentral / iPublish Central
@keith_shay / Keith Shay, Ware-Pak, warehousing & fulfillment
@kkurtz / Kevin Kurtz, sales rep for publishers
@liza / Liza Daly, Threepress Consulting
@mesjak / John Mesjak, sales rep for independent publisher
@MyIdentifiers / U.S. ISBN Agency (Bowker)
@podiobooks / Podiobooks.com
@RaincoastBooks / Raincoast Books, distributor
@ScrollMotion / ScrollMotion
@stanza_reader / Stanza, e-book reader for iPhone
@suzannecollier / Suzanne Collier, book career consultant
@trkravtin / Teresa Rolfe Kravtin, independent publisher sales rep

Author & Publisher Services (80)

@1106Design / Michele DeFilippo, 1106 Design
@authortech / Thomas Umstattd Jr., Author Tech Tips
@beingwicked / Being Wicked, design studio
@BelieversPress / Believers Press
@bookcovers / Hayes Design & Editorial Service
@bookeditorLM / Laurel Marshfield, ghostwriter & developmental editor
@booker2 / Richard Hicken, BPS Books
@bookmidwife / Mindy Gibbins-Klein, book coach
@bradUK / Brad Scott, Brambletye Publishing
@brianoleary / Brian O’Leary, principal at Magellan Media Consulting Partners
@carteredit / Kathy Carter, non-fiction editor
@chameleon_net / ChameleonNet, web development for publishers
@ChameleonRoss / Ross Miles, ChameleonNet
@clarepainter / Clare Painter, digital rights consultant
@cosproductions / COS Productions, book trailers
@cpdavey / Christopher Davey, copyeditor
@cpickett / Cheryl Pickett, publishing coach
@dervish7 / Steven Seighman, book designer
@dmargulis / Dick Margulis, editor, typographer
@dwilk / David Wilk, book packager and marketer
@ebrenner / Erin Brenner, copyeditor
@electricbook / Electric Book Works
@EssentialWorks / Essential Works
@FernReiss / Fern Reiss, PublishingGame.com
@Georgetownbooks / Georgetown Booklab
@gkliewer / Gary Kliewer, Confluence Book Services
@Greg_Freed / Greg Freed, editor & writing coach
@HelpMePublish / Tamara Dever, book designer & publishing consultant
@imaginestudios / Kristen Eckstein, book coach
@indexperts / Wendy Allex, indexer
@jacquilofthouse / Jacqui Lofthouse, writing coach
@jane_mackay / Jane Mackay, copyeditor
@janetgoldstein / Janet Goldstein, publishing consultant
@Jan_Marshall / Jan Marshall, book designer
@JamesALamb / James Lamb, indexer
@jeffbarry / Jeff Barry, Soro Design
@jennifertribe / Jennifer Tribe, non-fiction publishing consultant
@JFBookman / Joel Friedlander, book designer
@jigsawindexing / Jenny Halteman, indexer
@jtallent / Joshua Tallent, Kindle Formatting
@KOKEdit / Katharine O’Moore-Klopf, copyeditor
@LisaJJackson / Lisa Jackson, editor
@ljndawson / LJN Dawson, LJNDawson.com
@markcoker / Mark Coker, Smashwords
@mattmcclay / Matt McClay, book designer
@margaretbinns / Margaret Binns, indexer
@martyhalpern / Marty Halpern, editor and book packager
@MichelVrana / Michel Vrana, book designer
@MikeShatzkin / Mike Shatzkin, The Idea Logical Company
@miriamberkley / Miriam Berkley, author photographer
@mtodeditor / Mary Tod, copyeditor, proofreader
@nivermoore / Heather Moore Niver, editor & proofreader
@PaulaGrunseit / Paula Grunseit, editor
@paulaindexer / Paula Unger, indexer
@peggyrichardson / Peggy Richardson, publishing consultant
@pilarw / Pilar Wyman, indexer
@publishingcoach / Diane Eble, publishing coach
@Rogercparker / Roger C. Parker, book coach
@RossSlater / Ross Slater, non-fiction publishing consultant
@ryanindexing / Sheila M Ryan, indexer
@SaimaAgency / Saima Agency, virtual assistance for authors
@scriptawords / Marg Gilks, book editor
@serpentstailpr / Rebecca Gray, Serpent’s Tail
@ShiftLearning / Shift Learning, market research
@slipdown / Walt Shiel, author services
@speakerservices / Susan Levin, author marketing
@stacylwhitman / Stacy L. Whitman, children’s & YA editor
@StephenTiano / Stephen Tiano, book designer
@STTBooks / Nan & Biff Barnes, memoir editors and designers
@suecampbell54 / Sue Campbell, book designer
@suecollier / Sue Collier, book coach and self-publishing consultant
@thecadencegrp / The Cadence Group, book packagers
@VictoriaMixon / Victoria Mixon, editor
@WIndexing / Jan Wright, indexer
@wisekaren / Karen Wise. copyeditor
@wordywoman / Shelley Lieber, publishing consultant
@writersinthesky / Yvonne Perry, Writers in the Sky
@WriteSyntax / Cori Padgett, ghostwriter
@xNEUROSPASTA / Lindsey J. Testolin, book trailer producer
@your_wordsworth / Catherine M. Albano, editor and proofreader

Book Publicity & Marketing Services (65)

@aboutyourbook / Renee Giroux, Stimulating Conversation
@AdrienneBiggs / Adrienne Biggs, Biggs Publicity & Events
@authorfriendly / David Berndt, publicist
@authorpromotion / Author & Book Promotion
@AuthorsOnTheWeb / Authors on the Web
@BackwordBooks / Backword Books
@BarbaraHenricks / Barbara Henricks, Cave Henricks Communications
@blogadsbookhive / Blogads Book Hive
@blueslipper / Sarah Shealy, children’s book publicist
@bookfan / Kae Tienstra, KT Public Relations
@Bookgal / Penny Sansevieri, Author Marketing Experts Inc.
@BookMarketer / Dana Lynn Smith, non-fiction book marketer
@BrandYou / Cindy Ratzlaff, Brand New Brand You
@CaveHenricks / Cave Henricks Communications
@CraneCreekPR / Stephen Crane, CraneCreek Communications
@DanielDecker / Daniel Decker, Higher Level Group Inc.
@DBerthiaume / Denise Berthiaume, Verso Advertising
@ddisney / Dennis Disney, D-Squared Entertainment
@debbieharry / Debbie Koenig, copywriter & marketing consultant
@dsloanandco / Deborah Sloan, Deborah Sloan and Company
@eegreene / Ellen Greene, library marketing consultant
@ellengm / Ellen Graf-Martin, Graf-Martin Communications
@fivebyfivepr / Five by Five PR, author publicity
@FrugalBookPromo / Carolyn Howard-Johnson
@HCSBspeak / HarperCollins Speakers Bureau
@JoanneMcCall / Joanne McCall, Joanne McCall Media Group
@JohnKremer / John Kremer, book marketer
@JulieSchoerke / Julie Schoerke, JKSCommunications
@KBStrauss / Karen Strauss, Strauss Consultants
@KelleyandHall / Kelly and Hall, book publicity
@KSBPromotions / Kate Bandos, KSB Promotions
@lisadubbels / Lisa Dubbels, publicist
@LisaEkus / Lisa Ekus-Saffer, The Lisa Ekus Group
@luxlotus / Lauren Cerand, publicist
@lyncadence / Lyn Cadence, Cadence PR
@LyndaOConnor / Lynda O’Connor, O’Connor Communications
@MarshaFriedman/ Marsha Friedman, EMSI Public Relations
@megsterr / Megan Mitzel, Blogads Book Hive
@MillerMosaicLLC / Yael K. Miller, Miller Mosaic
@MZPR / Meryl Zegarek, Meryl Zegarek Public Relations
@nettiehartsock / Nettie Hartsock, The Hartsock Agency
@OnlinePublicist / Lisa Roe, publicist
@Open_Book / Alistair Spalding, children’s book publicist
@PaulaatAME / Paula Krapf, Author Marketing Experts Inc.
@pauletteensign / Paulette Ensign
@phenixandphenix / Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists
@pigtailpr / Kim Bouchard, Pigtail Public Relations
@rebecaseitzGRPR / Rebeca DeBoard Seitz, Glass Road Public Relations
@ritabarrycorke / Rita Barry-Corke, RBC COmmunications
@russmarshalek / Russ Marshalek, book publicity
@sandydiaz / Sandy Diaz, Smith Publicity
@SandyDunwoody / Sandy Dunwoody, book publicist
@saraschneider / Sara Schneider, Cave Henricks Communications
@shelhorowitz / Shel Horowitz, publishing consultant
@SixEstate / Six Estate Communications
@skyeblue / Skye Wentworth, Skye Wentworth Public Relations
@StandardBookVid / Tim McDonough, Standard Book Videos
@suegreenbergpr / Susannah Greenberg, Suannah Greenberg Public Relations
@theprexpert / Brian Feinblum, Planned Television Arts
@thewriterslife / Dorothy Thompson, Pump Up Your Book Promotion
@TUnderwood / Tim Underood, Graf-Martin Communications
@TynishaThompson / Tynisha Thompson, book marketer
@wendylgardner / Wendy Gardner, Gardner Publicity
@writebrain / Denise Dorman, WriteBrain Media
@ZimblerMiller / Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Miller Mosaic

Book Printers & Paper Suppliers (7)

@blurbinc / Blurb
@copresco / Steve Johnson, Copresco
@kimcoprinting / KIMCO On Demand Printers
@lightningsource / Lightning Source
@morrissprint / Morriss Printing
@permanentpaper / Melissa Klug, Permanence Matters
@ThomsonShore / Thomson-Shore

Subsidy Publishers (11)

@BookPros / BookPros
@BrownBooks / Brown Books Publishing Group
@cosimobooks / Cosimo
@OutskirtsPress / Outskirts Press
@schieldenver / Schiel & Denver
@SilverWoodBooks / Helen Hart, SilverWood Books
@skoobebooks / Skoobe Books
@strategicin / Strategic Insights Publishing
@terrywhalin / Terry Whalin, Intermedia Publishing Group
@WheatmarkBooks / Wheatmark Books
@WheatmarkSusan / designer at Wheatmark Books

Book Reviewers (98)

@afewminutes / Michael, A Few Minutes with Michael
@allaboutromance / All About Romance
@audiobookdj / Susan Dunman, Audiobook DJ
@AurealisXpress / AurealisXpress
@Austenprose / Laurel Ann Nattress, Austenprose
@bbricke / Breia Brickey, Literaturely Speaking
@Belletrista / Belletrista
@BergersBookRev / Alice Berger, Bergers Book Reviews
@BethFishReads / Beth Fish, Beth Fish Reads
@bizbookreview / Mitch Joel
@bkfaerie / Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie
@bnreviewer / Bill Tipper, The Barnes & Noble Review
@bookbrothel / The Book Brothel
@book_blog / Debra Hamel, Book Blog
@bookchook / Susan Stephenson, Book Chook
@BookingIt / Laura de Leon, I’m Booking It
@BookPage / BookPage.com
@bookpleasures / Norm Goldman, Book Pleasures
@bookreviewers / Jamie Ratliff, Book Reviews Weekly
@bookroomreviews / Tracy Kokemuller, Book Room Reviews
@Bookworm71 / Marci, Travels of a Bookworm
@BookZone / Darren Hartwell, The Book Zone for Boys
@cafeofdreams / April, Cafe of Dreams
@CanadianAuthors / Lynn Bornath, Canadian Books & Authors
@CheriePie / Cherie B., CheriePie’s Books
@cherryblossommj / MJ, Creative Madness
@Chrisbookarama / Chris, book-a-rama
@cindyloveofbook / Cindy, Cindy’s Love of Books
@condalmo / M., Condalmo
@David_Heb / David Hebblethwaite, Follow the Thread
@djmont / David J. Montgomery
@drmabuse / Edward Champion
@EstefanieL / Estefanie Larranaga, Night Time Romance Reviews
@fiddler_crab / Fiddler Crab Review
@FLWbooks / Flashlight Worthy books
@galleysmith / Michelle, GalleySmith
@genrelibrarian / Diana Tixier Herald, Genrefluent
@GenreReviewer / Genre Reviewer
@globebooks / Global & Mail’s book website
@hefollowedme / Mel, He Followed Me Home
@hollowaymcc / Holloway McCandless, Litagogo
@HulaMonkey / The Book Trib
@iambrimful / Janelle, Brimful Curiosities
@ijustfinished / I Just Finished
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@janeciab / Jane Ciabattari, President of National Book Critics Circle
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@jennsbookshelf / Jennifer Lawrence, Jenn’s Bookshelf
@josephsreviews / Joseph Arellano, Joseph’s Reviews
@justonemorebook / Andrea Ross, Just One More Book
@kaysbookshelf / Kay, Kay’s Bookshelf
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@LiteraryMinded / Angela Meyer, Literary Minded
@LitHousewife / Jennifer, The Literate Housewife
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If you’re an author, you should be on Twitter. If you don’t know what Twitter is, it’s time to learn.

You’ve probably at least heard of it by now — the service has about 6 million users and is growing every day — but maybe you haven’t taken the plunge. You’re not sure what it’s all about or aren’t convinced of its benefits.

If that’s the case, make it a goal in 2009 to get started. Twitter is a micro-blogging tool. You get 140 characters to answer the question, What are you doing?

People share news about what they’re working on, what they’re learning, conferences they’re attending, people they’re meeting, books they’re reading, food they’re eating. OK, that last one isn’t really all that important, though people do tweet about it. People tweet about anything and everything under the sun.

Why Should You Care?

• Twitter is an amazing way to meet people and participate in conversations on an endless array of topics. You can start to “follow” people in the publishing industry, as well as potential readers, and begin building relationships with them. I’m active in several social networking venues but the people I meet in Twitter are usually people I have not, or could not, meet anywhere else.
• You’ll see an endless stream of as-it-happens news, be led to wonderful websites and blogs, get sneak peeks of products and content in development, and hear what people think about what’s going on in the world.
• You can tweet about new blog posts you’ve written, upcoming book signings, or your latest podcast. You can tweet about the chapter you just wrote, or the free download you just made available.
• You can ask questions and instantly get responses. The Twitterverse is a friendly place and people like to help and share their opinions.

These benefits only scratch the surface of what Twitter can do. You’ll need to try it to get a sense of just how powerful it can be.

Getting Oriented
Here are some basic pointers to get you oriented:

• Everyone has a Twitter handle. The protocol is to refer to people as @TwitterHandle. For example, my Twitter handle is jennifertribe so I am referred to as @jennifertribe.
• You can talk to other Twitter users by starting your tweet with their Twitter handle. If you tweeted @jennifertribe Wow, Twitter is cool! I would see that message in my Twitter stream. It becomes part of the public conversation so others can view it too.
• You can send private messages to other Twitter users. These are referred to as DMs (Direct Messages). To send a DM, you start your tweet with d TwitterHandle.
• Linking to websites you’d like to share can eat up valuable characters, especially when the URLs are long. So use a URL shortener such as TinyUrl.com or is.gd
  
• It’s considered good form to pass along interesting news from other tweeple (people on Twitter) instead of just talking about yourself all the time. RT is the Twitter shortform that means “retweet” or “retweeting”. It indicates that you are re-stating someone else’s tweet. Always give credit to the person you are retweeting. For example, here’s a tweet I made a few days ago:
  RT @booksin140 Hotel turns forgotten books into library for guests. Surely more hotels do this? http://tinyurl.com/67gmyb
  It tells people that @booksin140 made the tweet first and I am passing it along.

@jennifertribe’s Recent Publishing Tweets
Here is a selection of my tweets from the last couple of weeks. In addition to showing you some sample Twitter content, there is lots of good publishing-related information contained in all the links. You can follow me on Twitter to receive information like this as I post it.

Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan (yes, THAT Algonquin) offers guests loan of Kindle device and free e-book with each stay http://is.gd/ckoN about 2 hours ago from web

Facebook group to support Pages bookstore: http://is.gd/c3sa. See letter from city councillor in discussion area. 7:59 PM Dec 16th from web

Why am I just learning about this? Pages bookstore in TO is in trouble. Rent is doubling: http://is.gd/c3qx 7:57 PM Dec 16th from web

RT @booksin140 RT @mdash A look at literary agents in Canada, from the National Post: http://is.gd/bFkx 11:07 AM Dec 16th from web

RT @booksin140 Hotel turns forgotten books into library for guests. Surely more hotels do this? http://tinyurl.com/67gmyb 11:01 AM Dec 16th from web

RT @CanMediaLayoffs Canadian magazine industry is optimistic on weathering tough economic times. http://bit.ly/8188 10:29 AM Dec 16th from web

I’m loving this idea of curated subscription http://is.gd/ba9A 10:02 AM Dec 11th from web

If you haven’t bought your Amazon Kindle yet, you’re out of luck until Feb. (Say what? Not re-stocking for holiday sales?) http://is.gd/aTUL 4:56 PM Dec 9th from web

RT @sarahw Improvement in Canada’s book publishing climate http://is.gd/aQel 9:39 AM Dec 9th from web

RT @booksquare post with great comments about ebook prices. Publishing people, note how real customers think: http://snurl.com/7nwtz 3:44 PM Dec 8th from web

McMaster U in little ol’ Hamilton, ON has a POD Espresso Book Machine — one of only 9 in the world. Who knew? http://is.gd/a5Ur 3:12 PM Dec 3rd from web

9 cool gifts for authors and self-publishers: http://is.gd/a5wi 2:27 PM Dec 3rd from web

A new article in Publisher’s Weekly points out yet another potential casualty of the high price of gas: author readings. Bookstore owners are concerned that crowds won’t come out to hear authors speak if the price of gas goes much higher.

Already the publishing industry has been feeling pinches over gasoline shortages. Most notably, the price of paper has shot up this year, and the cost to ship books from printer to warehouse to customer is climbing also.

Yet a solution does exist, and smart authors are using it already: technology. A whole universe of media — from podcasts and viral video to live chats, blogs and Twitter — can be used to promote books and interact with readers far and wide. It’s low-cost and easy on the environment, too.

For marketing, virtual seems like a no-brainer. But how about on the production side?

The New York Times reports that among publishers at Book Expo America a couple of weeks ago, the feeling about e-books was “unease.” Seth Godin points out that publishers are missing the forest for the trees:

“The fastest-growing, lowest cost segment of the business, the one that offers the most promise, the best possible outcome and has the best results… is causing unease!”

Sales of electronic books are rising, thanks in part to the emerging popularity of Amazon’s Kindle reader. After just 8 months on the market, Kindle sales account for 6% of Amazon’s volume in books where electronic and print versions are both available.

So are we seeing the final days of print books? Not quite yet.

Many people still say they far prefer reading a print book over an e-book. Even among kids under 17 — the one group who you think would embrace a digital book — nearly two-thirds still prefer print versions.

So what’s a publisher to do? Know your market and what they want. Be open to changing tactics where it makes sense and can save you money. And keep your eye on the oil. Maybe the decline in fossil fuels will be the tipping point that pushes reading into the digital realm.

I’ve always been a fan of getting straight to the point. Being brief, being concise. Yet I’ve never been a big fan of Ernest Hemingway’s terse and minimalist style. Until the day I read about his 6-word story.

The exact details of how this story came to be are a bit sketchy. Most sources say it was a contest or challenge that Hemingway took up. A handful say he bet his round-table cronies (William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dororthy Parker et al) that he could write a novel in six words – no more, no less.

Whatever the circumstances surrounding the story’s generation, the result was astounding:

For sale: baby shoes. Never used.

A complete and compelling story in just six words. They are six words that stay forever etched in my memory.

I thought of them the other day as I went to create my next 140-character Twitter post. I wondered how long it would take someone to launch a Twitter writing contest to tell a complete story in 140 characters. I didn’t have long to wonder because the very next day I heard about this contest over at Copyblogger.

The six-word story contest, the 140-character contest and others like them are all about writing fiction. What if you brought the same paucity of words to non-fiction?

Could you write an “all you need to know” guide in say, 25 words or less? I throw down the gauntlet to non-fiction writers everywhere.