Today is the official release date of The Age of Conversation, an eBook co-authored by 103 authors from 10 nations. The permanent link and page to this group project on this site is here.
Preliminary press: AdAge and Social Computing Magazine.
Formats/Prices:
Hardbacks $29.99
Paperbacks $16.95
E-book $9.99
Available at Lulu stores.
If you're blogging this and want more information or are going for a specific angle:
- The idea was generated by Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan (see background)
- The proceeds from the sales go to Variety, the Children's Charity.
- If you'd like to talk more about where I got the idea for my page, The Age of Conversation @ Work, you came to the right place.
- Do take a minute to familiarize yourself with some of the other authors. They may provide ideas for interviews:
Gavin Heaton
Drew McLellan
CK
Valeria Maltoni
Emily Reed
Katie Chatfield
Greg Verdino
Mack Collier
Lewis Green
Sacrum
Ann Handley
Mike Sansone
Paul McEnany
Roger von Oech
Anna Farmery
David Armano
Bob Glaza
Mark Goren
Matt Dickman
Scott Monty
Richard Huntington
Cam Beck
David Reich
Luc Debaisieux
Sean Howard
Tim Jackson
Patrick Schaber
Roberta Rosenberg
Uwe Hook
Tony D. Clark
Todd Andrlik
Toby Bloomberg
Steve Woodruff
Steve Bannister
Steve Roesler
Stanley Johnson
Spike Jones
Nathan Snell
Simon Payn
Ryan Rasmussen
Ron Shevlin
Roger Anderson
Robert Hruzek
Rishi Desai
Phil Gerbyshak
Peter Corbett
Pete Deutschman
Nick Rice
Nick Wright
Michael Morton
Mark Earls
Mark Blair
Mario Vellandi
Lori Magno
Kristin Gorski
Kris Hoet
G.Kofi Annan
Kimberly Dawn Wells
Karl Long
Julie Fleischer
Jordan Behan
John La Grou
Joe Raasch
Jim Kukral
Jessica Hagy
Janet Green
Jamey Shiels
Dr. Graham Hill
Gianandrea Facchini
Geert Desager
Gaurav Mishra
Gary Schoeniger
Gareth Kay
Faris Yakob
Emily Clasper
Ed Cotton
Dustin Jacobsen
Tom Clifford
David Polinchock
David Koopmans
David Brazeal
David Berkowitz
Carolyn Manning
Craig Wilson
Cord Silverstein
Connie Reece
Colin McKay
Chris Newlan
Chris Corrigan
Cedric Giorgi
Brian Reich
Becky Carroll
Arun Rajagopal
Andy Nulman
Amy Jussel
AJ James
Kim Klaver
Sandy Renshaw
Susan Bird
Ryan Barrett
Troy Worman
S. Neil Vineberg
C.B. Whittemore
Is this an example of open source marketing? You tell me. Follow the links to the promotions and to the sites and you will be impressed. Special thanks go to David Armano for designing the cover, to Gavin Heaton for putting together the site (among many other things) and to Drew McLellan for getting us all on the same... book.
These links have dimension, there are stories behind them. That is where the Web becomes a leveler and a three-dimensional space at the same time. The future of publishing may be here with us today -- participants and authors are the same.
UPDATE: See Bruce Nussbaum post at BusinessWeek and the post by fellow Fast Company Expert blogger Brian Reich.
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Just browsing the internet, very interesting blog.
Posted by: Freddie Sirmans | July 16, 2007 at 09:30 PM
Valeria, I don't know about you, but I had goosebumps heading into today. The excitement has been almost unbearable.
I am so thankful to be a part of this project with folks like you. What an amazing group of thinkers... and I get to be a part of it!
Mille grazie, bella!
Posted by: Tim Jackson | July 17, 2007 at 01:15 AM
Tim:
This to me feels right. After years of leaping off a social network at Fast Company into actual projects, it was high time that blogs and conversations would take us to an actual outcome beyond the connections we are making. Getting to know other bloggers to me means finding out how I can help them do what they do best.
So yes, a group of thinkers... and doers. The timing was a bit difficult for me as I just started a new, big, job. Look for other ways in which I am getting publicity for this project in the coming days and weeks.
Posted by: Valeria Maltoni | July 17, 2007 at 06:58 AM