What if everyone on Twitter read the same book at the same time and formed one massive, international book club? That's the thinking behind Wired writer Jeff Howe's One Book, One Twitter project. "The aim with One Book, One Twitter is--like the one city, one book program which inspired it--is to get a zillion people all reading and talking about a single book," said Howe.
Until April 27th, visitors can select a book from a list of finalists. Once the finalist is announced, it's time to start reading.
Howe's goal was that the books be "of general interest," "translated into many, many languages," and "freely available."
The rules for the final round of voting have changed slightly. Voting will be limited to 10 titles, and we’ll be taking further nominations.
For anyone just joining us, One Book, One Twitter (#1b1t) is an effort to get everyone on Twitter to read the same book this summer.
Howe continues with an explanation on how they arrived at ten titles and then lists each title with a brief summary.
Finally, vote at the bottom of the Wired article by voting up or down for the book you would like to win or not win. If we understand this correctly, you get up to ten votes in either direction. You'll also see a list of how many votes each book has. As of Thursday evening, librarian super pal, Neil Gaiman's American Gods has a sizable lead over 1984 (#2) and Fahrenheit 451 (#3).
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To Reach Jeff Howe via Twitter: @crowdsourcing
The Twitter Hashtag for One Book, One Tweet is #1b1t
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