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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Co-creator of Twitter Dom Sagolla releases 140 Characters for iPhone and iPod touch, a new form of hypertext book continuously updated with fresh content. SAN FRANCISCO, CA: 140 Characters, A Style Guide for the Short Form has been released worldwide via the iTunes App Store. Distinctly different from the Kindle edition, the […]

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. This is the first writing guide specifically dedicated to communicating with the succinctness and […]

Review copies have shipped, and now 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form will be appearing in stores across the US and Canada. Look for it, snap a picture, and post it here! Once you’ve read it, please post a review to Amazon, Borders, or Barnes & Noble. Don’t forget: in one week I’ll […]

Contact: Cynthia Shannon, cshannon@wiley.com @cincindypat/415-782-3119 Heather Condon, hcondon@wiley.com @WileyBiz/201-748-6017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 140 CHARACTERS: A Style Guide for the Short Form By Dom Sagolla, Co-Creator of Twitter “One could change the world with one hundred and forty characters.” – Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder of Twitter San Francisco, CA – Twitter – the 140 character online service […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

Twitter was born about three years ago, when @Jack, @Biz, @Noah, @Crystal, @Jeremy, @Adam, @TonyStubblebine, @Ev, me (@Dom), @Rabble, @RayReadyRay, @Florian, @TimRoberts, and @Blaine worked at a podcasting company called Odeo, Inc. in South Park, San Francisco. The company had just contributed a major chunk of code to Rails 1.0 and had just shipped Odeo […]