Twitter for Authors

Disclaimer: Marcy Kennedy offered me a eBook in exchange for an honest review. I accepted.

Social media has exploded onto the internet. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, GoodReads... there's so many ways authors and writers can get out there and discuss their works and their words. Marcy Kennedy's Twitter for Authors takes a in-depth look at Twitter and how writers can get a handle on this medium and how they can create meaningful relationships with readers and other writers while promoting themselves.

This guide allows writers of all levels to get new tricks and tidbits of knowledge.Kennedy spends the majority of the book giving step by step instructions for the technologically shy writer in setting up their profile. But she doesn't stop there. She also gives explanation into why one would want to do things a certain way; giving us plenty of “best practices” to using the tool and getting the most out of the dialogs that happen on Twitter.

I've been an avid twitter user for years. Next to GoodReads, it's one of my favorite social media connections. I thought I knew what I was doing on twitter, but it turns out that I wasn't really using the full power of the service. Thanks to Twitter for Authors, I've gotten more ideas and ways to use the service in helping me build an audience by connecting to readers, other authors. I no longer feel like I'm wondering “why the site isn't working” for me.

Bottom Line: Aspiring writers and authors alike need this book. It will help you understand Twitter and how to use it to converse with your audience. Kennedy gives you tools and insights to connecting with others in deeper ways. It will make you want to use this above many of the other networks out there. I've already told many of my writer friends who are Twitter-shy to get this book so that they can join in on the conversation.

Twitter for Authors is also available in hard copy.