Book Trailers (tm) & Author Web Sites discussion

Although several of my friends are avid Twitters, I have been reluctant to joined.

So, yesterday I broke down and wrote my first Twit. I must say it was both fun and easy. Plus took far less time than I had expected, as twits can only be short snippets.

If you Twit, and would like to follow other Goodread Twitters, please post your Twitter URL to this thread.

Here is a list of our the Twitters in our group:


Alan: http://twitter.com/TuckerAuthor

Amber: http://twitter.com/amberlehman73

Aretha: http://www.twitter.com/authoraretha

Bill: Bill: twitter.com/billshears16

Bradley: http://www.twitter.com/orcish_dreams

Bryl: http://twitter.com/bryl

Cliff: http://twitter.com/cliff_ball

Cornelia: http://twitter.com/CorneliaAmiri

Dave: http://twitter.com/davecullen

Dee Marie: http://twitter.com/Dee_Marie_SOA

Danielle: http://twitter.com/wildbloom

Dianne (Chamberlain): http://twitter.com/D_Chamberlain

Dianne (Sagan): http://twitter.com/diannegsagan

E.J.: http://twitter.com/EJStevensAuthor

Elizabeth: http://twitter.com/ElizabethBlake

Emma: http://twitter.com/emaree

Eric: http://twitter.com/LivingJacket

Frank: http://www.twitter.com/frankmarcopolos

Gina: http://twitter.com/gcolliasuzuki

Ivy: http://twitter.com/AfricanGourmet

j. http://twitter.com/jgvra

JC: http://twitter.com/jcdelatorre

Jaimey: http://twitter.com/jaimeygrant

Jen http://twitter.com/JennKnox

Jennifer: http://www/twitter.com/TwinHappyJen

J.K.: http://www.twitter.com/jkmuta

Jo-Ann: http://twitter.com/JoannMRodriguez

Jo-Anne: http://www.twitter.com/prempromotions
Jo_Anne: http://www.twitter.com/conquerall

Joan: http://twitter.com/joanhh

Johanna: http://twitter.com/JohannaNimley

J.R. : http://twitter.com/jrreardon

Kelvin: http://twitter.com/KelvinO_Ralph

Kiexiza: http://www.twitter.com/authorkiexiza
Kiexiza: http://www.twitter.com/diamondstar_ent

Kimberly: http://twitter.com/NakedVibes

LiNCOLN PARK: http://twitter.com/linc0lnpark

Linda: http://twitter.com/moonbridgebooks

Lizzy: http://twitter.com/LizzyFord2010

lookman: http://twitter.com/lookman_author

Lynn http://twitter.com/LynnWilsonAstro

Marianne: http://twitter.com/MKNishibayashi

Mark: http://twitter.com/MarkTerenceChap

Marsha: http://twitter.com/MarshaWard

Meg White: http://twitter.com/megwaiteclayton

Michael: http://twitter.com/ezmichael

Nadia http://twitter.com/nadiabrown

Pamela: http://twitter.com/pammyz

Paul: http://twitter.com/paulmitton

Pete: http://twitter.com/Shadow2683

Perry: http://twitter.com/messiahiscoming

Quinton: http://twitter.com/quintonwall

R.A. http://twitter.com/RAHarrington

Rebecca: http://twitter.com/vigorio

Robert: http://twitter.com/robertmykle

Rowena: http://twitter.com/rowenacherry
Rowena: http://twitter.com/SpaceSnark

Roy http://twitter.com/AuthorofPatches

Sean: http://twitter.com/SeanLehosit

Sharon: http://twitter.com/SCPennington

Shawn: http://www.twitter.com/slamballonbooks

Sheila: http://twitter.com/shendrix726499

Sherry: http://twitter.com/DannyChalmers

Simon: http://www.twitter.com/simvince

Susan: http://twitter.com/boswellbaxter

Susan: http://twitter.com/madinpursuit

Tanya: http://twitter.com/tanyaegangibson

Thersa: http://twitter.com/MusubiRocks

Tracy: http://twitter.com/tracyldarity

Vanessa: http://twitter.com/nessrichardson

Wendy: http://twitter.com/Wendy_Tokunaga

William: http://twitter.com/Sciencefiction1

YvonneW: http://twitter.com/theyppublishing

I twitter at http://twitter.com/megwaiteclayton. I'm a little timid about it so far though. Beyond "I'm chatting about The Wednesday Sisters at the Saratoga, CA library Wednedsay morning at 10" kind of stuff, it does feel a little goofy. I did put up my seven word love story on Valentine's Day.

Hey Meg :)

Too much fun! We can be Twitter newbies together ;]

Ok, Meg, go back into the "edit" function of your previous post and leave a space before the period after your link.

So it reads...other wise it picks up the period on the end of the URL and comes up as an error.

http://twitter.com/megwaiteclayton

I'm at:

http://twitter.com/boswellbaxter

One nice thing about Twitter is that when you rate a book here, it can show up on Twitter, so it gives you some tweets! (Or is it Twits?)

Hey Susan,

Thanks for adding me to your Twitter list...I am also following you :]

Hey, Twitting is fun!

Dee I want to be on your twitter list but I don't know my url or how to use it. I will try to get linked up with you using your url. This will be fun. I never use it.

Hey Johanna,

Below is your Twitter addy :)

http://twitter.com/JohannaNimley

I just signed up as your follower ;]

Oh, and I am enjoying your novel. I took it to the dentist with me yesterday. Was there for two hours, and everytime he would leave me to wait on someone else, I would grab your book and read a couple of chapters :]

I twittered and I am following you. I took your book to Raleigh where I did a book signing. I enjoyed the escape in my hotel room and on the train.

Dee wrote: "Hey Susan,

Thanks for adding me to your Twitter list...I am also following you :]

Hey, Twitting is fun!"

Thanks, Dee!

How did the signing go Johanna?

It was for a special group of people who all have mental disabilities. They got a discount on the cost of the book. They totally ignored my table set up like they were scared of it but they bought books. I will be going back to Raleigh in May for the North Carolina Mental Health Consumer' Organization convention where I will do a book sighning. I am one of them so they support me.

What a wonderful thing for you to do Johanna. Good for you!

I'm at: http://twitter.com/D_Chamberlain

Yipper, You have another follower...me ;]

Well, I'm following everyone :o)

I'm here: http://twitter.com/gcolliasuzuki

I hate rats but love your twits about them :]

I'm an absolute rat-aholic, Dee. Slightly obsessed doesn't even cover it. One of my girls has her own blog... she's had it for longer than I've had mine actually.

Too funny Gina,
I would never think of you as a rat person.

I am more of a BIG dog kind of gal myself :]

The girls think I am a rat... a big bald one. They're tiny in body but they have huge personalities, and they so own me :o)

That is just too much fun Gina ;]

Hi all. I do twitter but I'm new to all this stuff. Here is URL:

http://twitter.com/shendrix726499

I do think I'm going to like it.

Hey Sheila,

I am one of your new followers :]

Hey Dee. I appreciate it.

Twitting is just too much fun!

Yes I use twitter. I find it very useful for contacts. My URl is http://twitter.com/lookman_author please add me.

Hi Lookman,

I am adding you to our Twitter list and also started to follow your tweets ;]

I twitter, but am pretty new to it and still trying to get comfortable. My URL is http://twitter.com/diannesagan.

Hi Dianne,
I can get your twitter addy to work. Thought it might be the period at the end of your URL but even removing that, it still would not work.

If you Tweet me at
http://twitter.com/Dee_Marie_SOA

I can tweet you back and capture your Twitter URL :)

I've been seeing te word twitter all over the place in te last couple days really don't have a clue of what it is. Maybe I should check it out? Does help with promotion?

I've become a twitter fanatic hah. http://twitter.com/SeanLehosit

Diane wrote: "I'm at: http://twitter.com/D_Chamberlain"
I wonder if you could help me too. I read your messages and I am interested in learning to 'twitter'. It sounds fun and helpful for 'meeting' and support with writing and promoting. Thank you,
Iris Karas

Hey Sean,

Your Tweets are a hoot!

Hi Iris and Samie,

Below is the official Twitter "help" link :)

http://help.twitter.com/portal

I have only been tweeting for a couple of weeks, and have made some excellent contacts.

The best part of Twitter. It is not a huge time consumer. Let's face it, blogs can, well, blog you down. On Twitter, you can only Tweet 140 characters at a time.

It is a fun and quick way to keep up with your favorite people (be they authors, friends, artists, etc.).

Bottom line: Twitter is what you make it!

I maintain social profiles for my clients. As a Author some of the things you can twitter about are the following:

Signing a book contract
2. Sending your book to the publisher (include the publisher and your book title,
even a link to your website
3. Testimonials
4. Favorable book reviews
5. Awards (include the URL)
6. Your blog posts (include the URL)
7. Your website launch and updates (include the URL)
8. Your cover design
9. Tele-seminars
10. Radio or TV interview
11. Book signings
12. Virtual book tours
13. Amazon listing
14. Amazon bestseller campaign (give the date and time too

My twitter address is http://twitter.com/theyppublishing

Regards,

YvonneW
Author Assistant
http://theyppublishing.com

Hi Yvonne,

Outstanding list!

I have am now one of your followers :]

Dee Thanks! I am now following you too!

I twitter

rowenacherry

However, I've reached a following ceiling because I follow 2000 and only 1090 follow me, so am following those who follow rowenacherry with a second account: SpaceSnark.



Dee wrote: "Although several of my friends are avid Twitters, I have been reluctant to joined.

So, yesterday I broke down and wrote my first Twit. I must say it was both fun and easy. Plus took far less ti..."

Hi Dee and everyone!

I am on twitter also! What a great find for me.

Yvonnew, thanks for sharing your wealth of information!


Happy readings and writings!
-Vanessa

http://twitter.com/nessrichardson

Hi Rowena and Vanessa,

I added you both to our group's list :)

Hi Dee!

Thank you!

Vanessa

Hey Vanessa,

You are very welcome :]

Thank you, Dee.

Hey Rowena,

Wow, what a great following you have :]

Kind of you to say so, Dee. rowena on twitter

Guess what: Barack Obama is now following me. He has about 588,000 followers, and politely follows almost all of them back, immediately. I suppose I really ought to do a Search for Oprah.

I am following Ellen, and Pete (From Fall Out Boy), and Ashton). I love their posts :]

I don't have Oprah's twitter addy, but if I find it I will post it to you :]

I'm on http://twitter.com/paulmitton

Oh, cool, another group of twitter addicts. Here's mine:

http://twitter.com/jaimeygrant

Hey, Dee, don't I know you from somewhere else? Something to do with marketing tips...
heehee ;o)

Huge Hugs Paul...welcome to the darkside ;]

Hey Jaimey...hmmmm, let me think...[insert a gigglesnort here:]...yes, you do look vaguely familiar ;]

All teasing aside, I am so excited that you are joining our groups forces of twitters :]

Long live the tweet…(I have no idea what that means...I need another cup of coffee]

Adding you both to our twitter list!