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@BOOKSA Twitter Weekly Updates 2009-08-09

by Ben - Editor on August 9th, 2009

• …and, in a related, tweet, “four days in Pyongyang”, courtesy Slate: http://is.gd/28lSz #
• Fascinating story on the #ddos Twitter outage – we were all collatoral damage in an attack aimed at one person – http://is.gd/27Ukj #
• @grondwerk @projectjennifer #lammington at the NGM (#yuppiebackslap) – http://twitpic.com/d5481 #
• Must read: Dave Eggers on the extraordinary story of Katrina hero Abdulrahman Zeitoun http://is.gd/272tk #
• Alistair Morgan and Mervyn Sloman http://flic.kr/p/6MBcFe #
• @Anatinus @Joethepublicist You two should meet, for no other reason than to water the garden of conviviality among office loners in reply to Anatinus #
• Terrific livetweeting from @NicDawes on Hillary Clinton’s speech – definitely an #ff from me. #
• RT @NicDawes: Residents of the commanding heights await Hillary Clinton in Sandton, Johannesburg. http://mypict.me/ikOC #
• RT @mandyjwatson: That 12:34:56 07/08/09 thing went by very quickly. Where were the fireworks and time-zone comradery? #
• Tune into @laurenbeukes, who’s arrived at #worldcon and is sending in the tweets #
• @percyzvomuya Damn what? in reply to percyzvomuya #
• RT @electricbook: Fun post by Tom Alderman on HuffPo on the waste that is the ebook format wars http://bit.ly/gAbQM #
• RT @JonathanBallPub: Margie Orford’s Manuscript Stolen in Claremont Smash and Grab! http://book.co.za/5aC4 <– Daddy’s Girl Kidnapped! #
• @victordlamini Thanks for the kind and touching words my friend. #
• @NicDawes Regarding #ngcobo silence it’s probably because Twitter has been under DOS attack all day – http://is.gd/257I5 #Denial-of-Service in reply to NicDawes #
• RT @Grondwerk: Sven Eick cuts through the crap re Swine Flu: http://is.gd/24C5R #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Alistair Morgan reads from Sleeper’s Wake http://bit.ly/HX8HC #
• RT @booksconnect: An ecosystem destroyed. A way of life gone forever. Arundhati Roy on Vedanta mine plans http://bit.ly/Lcotr #
• @kenyanpundit @ToughLoveforX Thanks for the notices! Check out our front page at http://book.co.za in reply to kenyanpundit #
• Alistair Morgan http://flic.kr/p/6M2MdZ #
• RT @carolynmeads RT @JannieMom The Journalist’s Guide to Facebook. http://bit.ly/FniSf #
• Please ignore the “new blog post” tweets that looked funny – we had to test something – here’s the one you want – http://book.co.za/ZQnx #
• RT @NBPublishers: Breyten Breytenbach’s Tribute to Mahmoud Darwish: Oorblyfsel/Voice over http://book.co.za/0Gh0 #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Neil Parsons reads from Clicko: The wild dancing Bushman (i) http://bit.ly/boHOX #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Neil Parsons reads from Clicko: The wild dancing Bushman (ii) http://bit.ly/tWDnq #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Neil Parsons on the genesis of Clicko: The wild dancing Bushman http://bit.ly/12vtES #
• Neil Parsons http://flic.kr/p/6LMc7D #
• RT @NBPublishers Ronelda S. Kamfer lees voor uit haar digbundel, Noudat slapende honde, op RSG se Vers en klank voor: Dins 4 Aug, 22:00 #
• RT @laurenbeukes New blog post: http://book.co.za/ZNT6 #
• RT @AnthonyPascoe RT @Hayibo: Hayibo peeps launch a completely different type of business venture – http://www.cityrunningtours.co.za <— Whoa! #
• RT @NicDawes RT @ChrisRoperZA: My first ever M&G Online only piece. Start small, they tell me. Tokyo Drift. http://bit.ly/dG23o #
• 2nd hand book wars in UK: indie shops accuse Oxfam of stealing their daily bread – http://is.gd/223vF #
• RT @NicDawes: Big MG news: Trevor Ncube becomes exec dep chair, focusing on Zim, Hoosain Karjieker > CEO, Anastacia Martin > publisher #
• RT @UKZNPress: Chris Thurman Reassesses Guy Butler’s Literary Legacy http://book.co.za/vW1g #
• RT @GenreStories: Gothic: “Do you really love me? Be honest,” said the inquisitor. #
• RT @CTBF Cape Town Book Fair 2010: New Dates http://book.co.za/cUiS #
• RT @NicDawes: M&G Book of SA Women launches today #
• RT @Anatinus: Day 2 of Facebook cold turkey and holding up well. <– Sterkte, sterkte! #
• @victordlamini @mimi0 – How did I miss this one? http://twitpic.com/ceapg #
• RT @JewishBook: Green Apple Books: “The Book” against the Kindle in a smack-down part 1 of 10…. #kindle http://bit.ly/1jrKIL #
• RT @carolynmeads Lees dit artikel oor SA skrywers &Twitter – http://book.co.za/3YQ1 #
• @kevbloom For a rough idea, try http://translate.google.com Paste the article text in rather than giving Google the URL #
• RT @NBPublishers & @RandomStruik – They congratulate their #stlitawards winning authors http://book.co.za/Kyqq & http://book.co.za/a0NL #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Tania van Schalkwyk reads from Hyphen http://bit.ly/V5X5w #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Tania van Schalkwyk reads from Hyphen http://bit.ly/4GJ58 #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — 2009 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award: Peter Harris’ Acceptance Speech http://bit.ly/23J6Oe #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — 2009 Sunday Times Fiction Prize: Anne Landsman’s Acceptance Speech http://bit.ly/AqtyL #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Njabulo Ndebele’s Remarks at the 2009 Sunday Times Literary Awards (1 of 2) http://bit.ly/M3UoC #
• I uploaded a YouTube video — Njabulo Ndebele’s Remarks at the 2009 Sunday Times Literary Awards (1 of 2) http://bit.ly/yVIyh #
• @victordlamini @mimi0 http://is.gd/1YQrE – http://is.gd/1YQt7 – http://is.gd/1YQul and http://is.gd/1YQvl So good to see you last night! in reply to victordlamini #

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