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Less Face, More Book for These Reclusive Authors

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Though it can be hard to remember between tweeting at your favorite writer and joining a Facebook event page for a reading, there was a time when many authors led reclusive lives with minimal self-promotion.

Bookish has rounded up a list of some of the most private (Salinger, Pynchon)—and their modern-day, super-public opposites (John Green, Susan Orlean).

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Neil Gaiman Prepares for Six-Month “Sabbatical” from Social Media

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Don’t be alarmed come January 2014 when Neil Gaiman suddenly stops updating his blog, Twitter, and Facebook page.

Gaiman simply needs a vacation from the pervasive and demanding nature of social media so he can focus on other projects.

Yes, he is aware his 500,000 Facebook friends, and 1.5 million blog readers, and 1.8 million Twitter followers will likely be displeased.

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Network Gender Balance

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Should you seek a utopian, gender equal virtual space in which to social network, scribd, orkut, and foursquare are where it’s at.

However, the internet vortex of social networking sites sees the scales tip in favor of a female majority. In fact, there are 99 million more monthly female visitors to social networking sites as compared to those who identify as male.

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Tweets: The New Money

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“Pay with a Tweet allows writers, publishers, musicians, artists and companies to set up social network exchanges. Readers simply click on the “Pay with a Tweet” button on the website, downloading book excerpts, eBooks, music and other goods in exchange for a promotional tweet in exchange for a “promotional tweet.”

Apparently, thousands of people already realized the currency change and have been buying and selling their books and beer with tweets.

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Social Network Library

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A new social networking site allows you to share snippets from longer pieces (so long as the source is electronic).  With the help of a bookmarklet installed in your browser, text-sharing can be completed at the click of a button.

“By adding a Twitter-like interface layer to Highlights, Findings gives e-books an innovative edge on their paperbound ancestors: Here’s a social network that literally lets you actively read over other bookworms’ shoulders and watch their thought processes coalesce in real time.”

(Via The Millions)

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How to Promote Yourself on Social Media

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At SF Weekly, Anna Pulley doles out advice on social media self-promotion. She reveals how to gain exposure without feeling silly or guilty, reminding us that social media is a community, and it helps to treat it as one.

“People want to share things that have value, either to them personally or their careers or for some greater purpose, like a charity or cause.

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Abandoning the Mothership

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We’ve all heard the stories about people getting fired from jobs because of overly revealing Facebook photos, or of couples breaking up by changing their Facebook “relationship status” before even talking to one another. Though Facebook is meant to exist in virtual reality, we have given it the power to seep into and intermingle with our actual reality in ways we can’t always control.

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