Update: I’m not sure what is really going on here, but it sort of looks like Twitter has disabled the hashtag!
For Kindle Nation citizens who tweet, here’s a new hashtag that allows readers, writers, and booksellers to tell publishers what we think: http://twitter.com/#search?q=#dearpublisher
And just to give you an idea what’s being said, here’s a half an hour or so of the conversation this morning:
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smrsault
RT @ShelfAwareness: Hashtags Could Save Publishing http://bit.ly/aWTUrK #dearpublisher is a new hashtag to track #publishing tweets. #books
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WoodheadTweets
Feel free to tell us what you want or would like to see in the area of STM publishing #dearpublisher
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GraywolfPress
RT @VagabondagePres: publishers need to know how readers ‘really work’. Biz needs to meet the consumer, not vice versa #dearpublisher
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RobAroundBooks
#dearpublisher Pot calling the kettle black but if you have a blog please try to keep it updated. We love reading your ‘behind the scenes’
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reallyginny
#dearpublisher Not all women fantasize about vampires.
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elandes
@isobelakenhead Give me a reason why being in the US precludes me from buying an ebook published in the UK or vice versa. #dearpublisher
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SimonSchusterCA
All of your suggestions and comments at #dearpublisher are so helpful. Keep ’em coming!
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aidenclarkson
#dearpublisher grow a pair.
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empireofbooks
#dearpublisher It’s okay to have quotes on the back and inside, but please not on the cover. It spoils amazing artwork.
- GraywolfPress
RT @VagabondagePres: publishers need to know how readers ‘really work’. Biz needs to meet the consumer, not vice versa #dearpublisher
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DUKEpress
RT @trusthimto #dearpublisher would like an ebook with every book I purchase. Would love it in epub & PDF
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wholewidewords
@HarperPerennial Hardcovers, although price creeps up with trade pbks, too. I try so hard to buy from indie bkstores! #dearpublisher
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painted_words
Enjoying the conversation at #dearpublisher. Our authors/illustrators love reviews from bloggers as well as traditional journalists!
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coco_dubai
@SceptreBooks A safe bet? Today’s market certainly makes for a colourless day. Totally makes sense, for now. #dearpublisher
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ChewDigestBooks
#dearpublisher What is the deal with subtitling so many books ‘A Novel’? I think that we can figure that out on our own.
- painted_words
Enjoying the conversation at #dearpublisher. Our authors/illustrators love reviews from bloggers as well as traditional journalists!
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saltpublishing
#dearpublisher in terms of new authors, risks, diversity, innovation, “serious” literature &co.; Look to the independents, they need you.
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VagabondagePres
@HarperPerennial Readers will take more risks on fiction when eBooks are priced like electrons, not like paper. #dearpublisher
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HarperPerennial
@wholewidewords are you talking about paperbacks or hardcovers? #dearpublisher
- GraywolfPress
RT @VagabondagePres: publishers need to know how readers ‘really work’. Biz needs to meet the consumer, not vice versa #dearpublisher
- HarperPerennial
RT @joebfoster Actual features of book matter little when selling Presentation/story/price are king, in that order (arguably) #dearpublisher
- saltpublishing
#dearpublisher in terms of new authors, risks, diversity, innovation, “serious” literature &co.; Look to the independents, they need you.
- VagabondagePres
@HarperPerennial And publishers need to know how readers ‘really work’. Biz needs to meet the consumer, not vice versa #dearpublisher
- wholewidewords
@HarperPerennial For example, help me, and other readers, understand why books are so expensive. #dearpublisher
- ChewDigestBooks
Then we can get as excited about you as we do the books! RT @wholewidewords Help readers understand how pub biz really works. #dearpublisher
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joebfoster
@GraywolfPress Actual features of book matter little when selling Presentation/story/price are king, in that order (arguably) #dearpublisher
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surreybeekeeper
@Kyle_Cathie Hi Kyle, what with your pedigree, what is your opinion of #bee books? Hope all is well #dearpublisher
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draccah
OR co-publisher Colin Robinson: Amazon & Intellectual Compromise (video) http://fb.me/Dk0E3cp5 (via @DonLinn @orbooks) #dearpublisher
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ronkarr
RT @saltpublishing: Keep your eyes on