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Review: The Twitter Book by Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein

By Tom Simonite

22 July 2009

TWITTER, the service that lets you post text-message-length comments from your computer or cellphone for the world to see, is everywhere right now. But even experts admit that it is confusing at first, and a few weeks of using it are needed to understand why so many people, businesses and governments are embracing it as a new dawn in communication.

Anyone wishing to give it a go could benefit from this book by respected Twitterers . It may not be written in 140-character chunks, but it is easy reading and manages to pack in…

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