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Twitter Wit Makes its Debut!

August 25, 2009

If you're a fan of our blog, you might have noticed a few posts on Twitter Wit (9780061897276): the first book about Twitter to be officially approved by the site's creators. Twitter Wit includes some amazing celebrity tweets, from the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Margaret Cho, Stephen Fry, Rainn Wilson, Diablo Cody, Neil Gaiman, Michael Ian Black, Paula Poundstone, Russell Brand, Lisa Lampanelli, and more. To help celebrate the launch, we're holding a Twitter Wit video contest with a grand prize of an iPod touch. Learn more about the contest here, browse inside the book, or follow us, @harperlibrary!

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Calling All Librarians! Be a Part of ‘Twitter Wit’

April 9, 2009

Well folks, we’re officially up to 500 followers on Twitter, which makes this post fitting! If you’re a tweeting librarian, you can win a chance to be published in the first official Twitter book coming in Fall 2009. Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 characters or less will bring together the most poetic, funny and entertaining tweets from the land of Twitter. And our newest imprint, It Books, wants you to be part of it! How do you enter?

1) Visit www.Twitter.com/YourItList to start following It Books on Twitter.
2) Email your favorite tweet to ItBooks@harpercollins.com. Please include your name and your library’s name and address for verification.
3) Entries must be received by APRIL 30, 2009! Those selected will appear in Twitter Wit this October (with your Twitter user name).

Not on Twitter? Click HERE for an easy guide to setting up an account for your library. And if you’re not following us already, head over to our page—we just might hit 600!

-Kayleigh