4 Powerful Tools to Schedule Social Media Updates
Many Internet users treat social media as news feeds. The challenge is to reach them at the right time – the time they are active online. Even if some users don’t subscribe to your blog, you can still reach them via social media. There is only one disadvantage. Social networks are all about instant information. [...]
Which Links Shared on Twitter Are Mobile Friendly?
Recently Mashable published interesting numbers showing that Twitter users are likely to share a story without actually reading it. In my opinion, one of the major reasons is that users are afraid of opening links on their mobile phones. And as much as 37% of users access Twitter via mobile devices as this infographic shows. [...]
Use Mobile Twitter to Discover and Instantly Buy Kindle E-books
How much time do you spend on Twitter every day? Do you connect with a service via your mobile phone or a tablet? This article is for you. Do you know that you can use Twitter as a quick and convenient way to download Kindle ebooks? You can start reading a book in a couple [...]
How You Can Sell E-books to Mobile Twitter Users
There are great services like Ether Books, which are designed to reach mobile readers and populate their minds with high quality reads tailored to mobile conditions. But what to do when you are not lucky enough to be one of Ether authors? If you are a self-publisher actively using social media to find readers and [...]
Now Users Can Download Your Book Directly From a Tweet to Kindle for iOS
This easy little trick should be helpful for every writer who is using Twitter to promote his books. With a recent update of Kindle for iOS (v. 2.5) iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users can import their own books to the application (here I’ve described how to do it). Wouldn’t you like tweeple to read [...]
Let iOS Users Download Your ePub Book Directly From a Tweet
This short post should be helpful for every writer who is using Twitter to direct iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users to his book published in ePub format. Wouldn’t you like tweeple to read your book seconds after they discover it on Twitter? Here is a simple trick. Instead of tweeting a link to a [...]
W jednym twitku razem z Margaret Atwood
W piątek użytkownicy Twittera polecają sobie nawzajem ciekawych użytkowników. Jest to jedno z najpopularniejszych zjawisk na Twitterze – nazywa się #followfriday lub #ff. Piątkowa rekomendacja, w której wymieniony zostałem razem z Margaret Atwood czy Chrisem Broganem świetnie pokazuje, jak Twitter zmienia reguły gry. Kiedyś liczyło się wyłącznie błogosławieństwo odległych autorytetów, teraz już niekoniecznie. Twitter skraca [...]
Ukazała się antologia literatury na Twitterze [notka]
Poniżej tekst informacji, jaką za chwilę będę rozsyłał do mediów. Myślę, że stanie się to dobrym zwyczajem na blogu – zanim wyślę, opublikuję na blogu z opisem [notka]. Będzie można samemu zestawić sobie atrakcyjność informacji tu publikowanych z tym, czy za takie zostały uznane przez profesjonalistów. Kilka dni temu ukazała się antologia mikroprozy publikowanej w [...]
Fan of Twitter fiction? Check #VSS Anthology
It’s a great news for Twitter fiction lovers. #VSS Anthology Volume 1 has just been published, thanks to the big effort of Made in DNA, who initiated the anthology, called for entries and edited the stories into this great book. Twitter fiction is a fantastic literary phenomenon. It shows how well writers can cope with [...]
Hashtagstories – Stories Written as a Sequence of Twitter Hashtags
It’s almost a year since I started hashtagstories – microstories written with current Twitter hashtags. Sorry? Stories written with what? A year ago this was weird even to me. But it was just so inspiring to combine the world of hashtags into a piece of a literary fiction that I gave it a try. I [...]
Looking for a partner to co-create avatar stories
Today @wembley shared a great link. When you go to a Twitter profile of @420watch, you’ll see in a sidebar an awesome visual art made from animated avatars. The idea is brilliant, as well as execution. One of those ideas answering a question “what else can we do with the old good Twitter”. One of [...]
Jak rozpoznać syndrom rozproszenia społecznościowego?
1. Nie można zabrać się do wykonania zaplanowanej wcześniej czynności. 2. Wykonywanie czynności nie daje żadnej przyjemności. 3. Szybko chce się skończyć wykonywanie czynności. 4. A teraz Facebook albo Twitter.
Konferencja prasowa eClicto – relacja z Twittera
Dzisiaj o 11.00 w Centrum Konferencyjnym PAP odbyła się konferencja prasowa na temat eClicto. Relacjonowałem ją na Twitterze. Poniżej jej zapis – w kolejności chronologicznej od góry do dołu. Uwaga: Wpisy są w oryginalnej formie, nie wprowadzałem żadnych poprawek. Na marginesie: przymierzam się do wpisu o eClicto, ale nie będzie to opis projektu (specjalnie nic [...]
Evolution of Twitter Question [picture]
Text above a tweet box seems to be the most important question of our times. This was real fun to imagine what would be the next one:-)
Publish a Book With Your Literary Tweets
Have you ever thought of making an e-book with your literary tweets? If you still have doubts, consider this: you can easily do it yourself, you can do it without any costs, you can use the book as a promotional tool. Below there are tips based on my personal experience. Just make sure you’ve got [...]
15 Free Covers for Twitter Fiction Books
If you are considering to publish a book of your literary tweets, the only thing which stops you might be a lack of a cover. Problem solved. You can pick up your favourite one from below. They all are for free. I’ve designed them to help self-publishers like myself. What I’m only asking for is [...]
#VSS Anthology – vote for your favourite cover!
As you know, a first anthology of the best #VSS Twitter stories is being finalized right now. It’s a really exciting project and as a DIY writer/designer I’ve volunteered to create anthology’s cover. Out of several designs, two are the strongest – with each one having an idea behind. Cover A A book out of [...]
Dobre opowiadania na piątek, czyli #fridayflash
Co to jest #fridayflash? To tag służący do oznaczania na Twitterze wpisów z odnośnikami do nowo publikowanych opowiadań w światowej blogosferze. “Friday” dlatego, że wpisy pojawiają się co piątek, “flash” – bo dotyczą bardzo krótkich opowiadań, do 1000 słów, czyli flash fiction. Jest to jedno z nowszych zjawisk literackich na Twitterze, ale bardzo szybko się [...]
A Book Promotion Running Until Year 2109
A hundred-year-long book promotion. Is it a joke? Definitely not. I’m serious about it. As serious as a tech-absurd writer can be. It’s possible, it takes half an hour and it makes you feel really great. Look at the screenshot below: When did I do it? Before lunch. How did I do it? I’ve scheduled [...]
Why #vss and #wpss are good for a writer?
For those who are not very much involved into Twitter literature: #vss stands for very short story, #wpss is West Port Short Story. Both are the hashtags used to spot literary pieces written by Twitter authors. Why are they so good for writers? They make writing easier :. You are constanly inspired by all the [...]
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