Social reading: Millions of people reading and discussing a book at the same time

If everyone on Twitter reads the same book at the same time, what effect does it have? Will it form an international reading club?

In fact, when social networks are not yet popular, such activities are usually held by libraries in big cities. When this mechanism works, it creates a group effect-more people are involved in reading, see chatting, and more people find and appreciate text.

The "bridge" of social connections like Twitter will provide a better platform than reading. Imagine #howyouathug and #chapterfourexegesis labels on the Hot list. Someone likes this book, and more people like you love this book, is the book and Twitter to connect people together, beyond the geographical boundaries.

One Book One Twitter

@crowdsourcing launched an activity called one book, Twitter, which uses #1b1t tags for aggregation. He chose some books for readers around the world to read (easily translated into various countries) and then called on everyone to read and push together.

According to the initiator, this is not a simple book club, but rather a trans-regional, cross-cultural, interracial activity. Millions of people reading and discussing a book at the same time will bring more inspiration and inspiration.

Jeff Howe, a member of the @crowdsourcing, is now working with Atlantic magazine to launch a 1book140 event starting June 1 to allow Twitter users to choose a suitable book each month.

For some writers, the use of Twitter and http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/1560.html ">facebook" has been used to promote new books, but in the future, writers can go through a similar One Book one Twitter activity, with readers to engage in more in-depth communication and interaction.

Can we call this phenomenon "social reading"?

Via gigaom,wired

Source: http://www.ifanr.com/41767