Comments on: The Guardian Slams Twitterature http://publishchicago.com/2009/07/09/the-guardian-slams-twitterature/ An in-depth look at publishing, writing, and book-selling in the Windy City of Chicago Wed, 16 May 2012 20:29:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julie Hunt http://publishchicago.com/2009/07/09/the-guardian-slams-twitterature/comment-page-1/#comment-2780 Julie Hunt Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:58:37 +0000 http://publishchicago.com/?p=1039#comment-2780 Thanks for your comments, Bob. I found that I had a lot to say in response. You can see my post about it here: http://publishchicago.com/2010/02/06/this-time-im-slamming-twitterature/ Thanks for your comments, Bob. I found that I had a lot to say in response. You can see my post about it here: http://publishchicago.com/2010/02/06/this-time-im-slamming-twitterature/

]]> By: This Time I’m Slamming Twitterature | Publish Chicago http://publishchicago.com/2009/07/09/the-guardian-slams-twitterature/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 This Time I’m Slamming Twitterature | Publish Chicago Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:53:41 +0000 http://publishchicago.com/?p=1039#comment-2779 [...] You can read my original post about it here. [...] [...] You can read my original post about it here. [...]

]]> By: C-Check http://publishchicago.com/2009/07/09/the-guardian-slams-twitterature/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 C-Check Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:09:04 +0000 http://publishchicago.com/?p=1039#comment-2777 Any time Penguin wants to pay me that much money to summarize books I may or may not have read, I'd be more than willing and I'm probably equally as clever as both of those guys. Any time Penguin wants to pay me that much money to summarize books I may or may not have read, I’d be more than willing and I’m probably equally as clever as both of those guys.

]]> By: Bob http://publishchicago.com/2009/07/09/the-guardian-slams-twitterature/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 Bob Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:24:03 +0000 http://publishchicago.com/?p=1039#comment-2776 Just now saw this. It's quite inaccurate. First, the Guardian "slam" was posted in June 2009, when Twitterature was first announced. The book wasn't published until November in the UK and December in the US. So Ms Pauli couldn't know what she was talking about, as there wasn't a book to read. The site, as it was, was clearly marked as a holding place for an updated site -- which now has a few examples of Twitterature (though not so much as to make buying the book moot; one need not apologize for wanting to make a little money from having intelligent fun), and it has been since totally redesigned. There's also a long list of the overwhelmingly positive press the book's received. Ms Pauli's comments smack of absolute certainty in the absolute absence of fact. And you simply passed on the misinformation. Now, you may read the book and not like it; that's fine. But much effort was put into the book, like the authors having read all but one of the 81 books they repurposed using the twitter haiku. Bottom line: this is a humor book. It doesn't threaten our literary canon. And anyone who can't see that, well ... just takes themself way too seriously. PS: While slamming a very orginal idea, Ms Pauli, in the same breath, solicits more of the same, asking readers to submit their attempts at twitterature. Eating one's cake and having it, too? Precisely. Just now saw this. It’s quite inaccurate. First, the Guardian “slam” was posted in June 2009, when Twitterature was first announced. The book wasn’t published until November in the UK and December in the US. So Ms Pauli couldn’t know what she was talking about, as there wasn’t a book to read. The site, as it was, was clearly marked as a holding place for an updated site — which now has a few examples of Twitterature (though not so much as to make buying the book moot; one need not apologize for wanting to make a little money from having intelligent fun), and it has been since totally redesigned. There’s also a long list of the overwhelmingly positive press the book’s received. Ms Pauli’s comments smack of absolute certainty in the absolute absence of fact. And you simply passed on the misinformation. Now, you may read the book and not like it; that’s fine. But much effort was put into the book, like the authors having read all but one of the 81 books they repurposed using the twitter haiku. Bottom line: this is a humor book. It doesn’t threaten our literary canon. And anyone who can’t see that, well … just takes themself way too seriously.

PS: While slamming a very orginal idea, Ms Pauli, in the same breath, solicits more of the same, asking readers to submit their attempts at twitterature. Eating one’s cake and having it, too? Precisely.

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