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...storyline. It's something our grandmothers have told us." That and his keen interest in social media led Sreedharan to start experimenting with the epic, writing it in short bursts online to see how it would read in that format. After three weeks of posting entries, his "Epicretold" twitter feed had gathered more than 1,000 followers. (Read "How Did Hackers Cripple Twitter...
...Sreedharan is not the only writer of what he calls "Twiction." Philippa Gregory, author of the best-selling novel The White Queen, is using Twitter to reinterpret her book as a series of tweets from its main character. Penguin has commissioned two 19-year-old University of Chicago students to put together a book titled, Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less, to be published later this year with synopses from Shakespeare's works, to the Harry Potter series, to of course, Twilight...
...least JetBlue got the timing right. The viral effect of the promotion will surely help it fare better than a similar American Airlines deal in the 1980s and a $1,650-per-month Air Canada pass that came out in 2007. JetBlue has more than a million Twitter followers, more than any other brand besides Whole Foods, the NBA and Zappos, according to trackingtwitter.com. News of the deal spread across the Twitter-sphere, and about a dozen websites and blogs, like wherewejet.com, have popped up to chronicle JetBlue adventures, share itinerary ideas and find cheap places to sleep. Traveler Jennifer...
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