Twitter Co-creator Dom Sagolla publishes “140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form.”
Printed by John Wiley & Sons, the book is now in bookstores in the US and Canada. The product of over three years of research and writing, this field manual to social media has three major features:
- The definitive history of Twitter, from an insider’s point of view
- New grammar rules for short-form writing, and a catalog of writing styles
- Inspiring quotations from comedy to poetry from some of the best writers, including the Twitter creators
Three ways to think about 140 Characters:
- The equivalent of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style for social media & marketing messages
- A handbook to help you develop your own unique short-form writing style with simplicity, honesty, and humor
- The authoritative approach to Twitter, written by its creators to include other social networks like Facebook and text messaging
For marketers and business owners, social media is an increasingly important avenue for promoting a business-this is the first writing guide specifically dedicated to communicating with the succinctness and clarity that the Internet age demands.
140 Characters is a much-needed guide to the kind of communication that can make or break a reputation online. Appearing alongside the printed edition, an updated Hypertext Edition will also be published specifically for iPhone by DollarApp in San Francisco. For more information please visit http://www.140characters.com.
Press Inquiries
- press@140characters.com (Dom & Wiley PR) – 415.287.7775 (Dom)
- Book Jacket Art
- Author’s Photograph
- Author’s Biography
Now available wherever books are sold.
Press & Blog Coverage of 140 Characters
- twofour54: Twitter Pioneer Dom Sagolla Praises Abu Dhabi’s Support for Social Media (02/24/13)
- (audio) Pauly C and Awoww: Interview with Dom Sagolla, Twitter (11/28/12)
- The Daily Gamecock: ‘Use your voice:’ Twitter co-founder shares advice, company history (11/29/12)
- (video) The National: Social Media & Beyond (11/27/12)
- The National: Keep it sweet when you tweet, says Twitter co-founder (11/27/12)
- (video) Total Disruption: Twitter’s pivot from failure to success | The Pivot (11/16/12)
- CIO Magazine: Changing the world 140 characters at a time: Twitter co-creator (11/14/12)
- (audio) ABC News: Twitter co-creator follows an addiction (11/15/12)
- (video) Fast Company: How do you create a culture of innovation? | 30 Second MBA (08/20/12)
- Information Week: Early Twitter Team Member Dishes on Service’s Origins (07/03/12)
- (video) Boston Globe: Twitter co-creator tells Becker College graduates to dream big, start small (05/14/12)
- (video) Fast Company: An Insider’s History Of How A Podcasting Startup Pivoted To Become Twitter (06/05/12)
- Huffington Post: Dom Sagolla, Twitter Co-Creator, Tells Becker College Grads To Embrace Constraint (05/18/12)
- (video) PHC: SXSW event Tweethouse interview Dom Sagolla writer auther 140 characters (03/12/12)
- (in Dutch) Het Financieele Dagblad: Dom Sagolla: ‘Amsterdam is ideaal voor nerds’ (03/05/12)
- (video) FoliaTV: Even niet twitteren, maar opletten (02/29/12)
- Topologies of Value: Dom Sagolla and the 140 Characters (03/05/12)
- (video) Reporte Indigo: Dom Sagolla – Co-creador de Twitter (12/29/11)
- (video) AdCongres: tijdens De 24 uur vd Reclame 2011 (12/10/11)
- (video) Las Noticias: Dom Sagolla, cofundador de Twitter, en entrevista con Gregorio MartÃnez (05/11/11)
- (audio) 3AW: Twitter co-creator on Twitter defamation (10/13/10)
- Harvard Graduate School of Education: One on One with Dom Sagolla (09/20/10)
- (video) InSide: Dom Sagolla — Alta Densidad (07/13/10)
- (video) BBC News: Dom Sagolla, DollarApp (07/05/10)
- (video) El Nacional: Dom Sagolla, creador de Twitter: Puedes cerrar canales, pero la gente encontrará cómo comunicarse (06/09/10)
- (video) Yahoo! Developer Network: Dev Spotlight: Dom Sagolla & 140 Characters (01/13/10)
- San Francisco Chronicle: Big companies competing in app marketplace (11/11/09)
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Social Media Hour: #31 (11/10/09)
- The Bulletin: 10 Books to Read in November (11/06/09)
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KKZZ-AM 1400: Coach Ron Tunick’s Twitter Intervention (11/06/09)
- (video) Haraka Haraka Haina Baraka: Dom Sagolla and the “140 Characters” Book Premiere (11/04/09)
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Swarthmore News: Twitter Co-founder Dom Sagolla ’96 on the Short Form (11/02/09)
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Two Jacks in the Hole: Trick or Treat Huff’s Birthday Tweet w/ Guest Dom Sagolla (10/29/09)
- lalawag:Â Highlights from the #140conf (10/29/09)
- Publisher’s Weekly: San Francisco Panel Urges Publishers to Keep Experimenting (10/29/09)
- (video) 140 Characters Conference Presents:Â What’s Next in Social Media? (10/28/09)
- The Daily Gazette: Dom Sagolla ’96 Presents New Book About Twitter (10/26/09)
- Zahid Lilani: Book Review: 140 Characters by Dom Sagolla (10/22/09)
- Swarthmore Phoenix: Twitter Co-founder, Alum, to Speak About New Book (10/22/09)
- Forge over: 140 Characters Review (10/13/09)
- AdAge: We Ask a Twitter Co-Founder, What’s Up With Fail Whale? (10/20/09)
- Teknision: Celebrate the Short Form (08/20/09)
- La Informacion: Casi 300 páginas… para aprender a twittear en 140 caracteres (08/19/09)
- Haraka Haraka Haina Baraka: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Tweetie (08/14/09)
- Christian Science Monitor: Sued for a tweet: How not to deal with complaints on Twitter (08/01/09)
- (video) YouTube: @dom on ‘140 Characters’ (08/01/09)
- Wall Street Journal: ‘Twitterature’ to Hit the Bookstores (06/24/09)
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Strange Love Live: Live from Bar Camp! (05/03/09)
- Christian Science Monitor: Oprah tweets, Twitter arrives (04/17/09)
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@ThePodcast: Interview with Dom Sagolla, The Guy Who Helped Create Twitter (04/08/09)
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Westwood One Radio: Twitter Turns Three (03/21/09)
- (video) Nightline: Sign of the Times (02/26/09)
- New York Times: Anatomy of a Tweet: Twitter Gets a Style Guide (02/13/09)
How to Mention the Book
Here are a few ways to include a reference to “140 Characters” in a tweet, email, or article:
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.comThe Short Mention
@thebook “140 Characters” http://dom.net/1The Tiny Mention
@thebook http://dom.net/1The Nano Mention
@thebook by @domThe Amazon
http://j.mp/140-charsThe B&N
http://j.mp/140-chbnThe Bibliography
http://j.mp/140-list
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