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Using Social Networking Tools to Write a Book

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the until-you-reach-critical-mass-then-you-become-stupid dept.

WikiTiki writes "Safari Books Online has a new interview with Barry Libert, one of the authors of 'We are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business.' Barry and his coauthors decided to create a wiki and invite the community to help build this book which aims to give advice on using social networking tools like blogs and wikis to businesses. Barry has some interesting comments about both the challenges and payoffs in using social networking tools to create a book about social networking tools."

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  1. read it by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Barry and his coauthors decided to create a wiki and invite the community to help build this book

    I think I've seen his book. There's a 600 page chapter that consists solely of links to online pharmacies.

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  2. Did you know... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that the amount of social networking elephants has tripled in the past six months?

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  3. Brilliant! by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Announce book topic showing the power of crowds, invite others to write your book for you to prove the thesis
    2. Sit back, sip iced tea.
    3. Profit.

    Underpants gnomes ain't got shit on this guy.

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  4. Re:Using social networking to whitewash a fence by nilbud · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bang on the money, I'd say except the fence would never be finished and use 16 different shades of white.

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