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HarperCollins has created the official C.S. Lewis Twitter account. The Twitter feed will include famous quotes, future opportunities and news about his books. As of this writing, the account counts 6,775 followers.

Currently, anybody who tweets about the Twitter feed will receive a free e-Booklet. On November 16th, Lewis’ stepson, Douglas Gresham, will be hosting a live twitter event.

The publisher will also host a book giveaway. Winners will be selected through a random drawing and will receive one of the following books: The C.S. Lewis Bible, A Year with Aslan, A Year with C.S. Lewis or The C.S. Lewis Journal. Follow this link to learn more about the official rules. (Lewis picture via)

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To celebrate the once in a lifetime coincidence of a 11/11/11 date, the community writing site Book Country has a quick writing challenge on Twitter.

Here’s more about the challenge: “Writers! In honor of 11/11/11, tell us a story in exactly 11 words. Use hashtag #11words. GO!”

Add your 11-word story on Twitter. If you want to add something longer to Book Country, check out our article: “How to Post Your Novel on Book Country.”

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Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, a distributor of books from independent publishers, has launched an Indieview chat on Twitter.  Visit the #indieview hashtag to read today’s chat.

Independent publishers are invited to discuss and debate issues related to independent publishing. The chats occur on a weekly basis on Wednesdays starting at 9:30 a.m. CT. Today’s chat focused on the topic book discovery. Questions included: “Can Twitter specifically help with discoverability? If so, how?” and “Do you think it’s harder for indie publishers compared to the Big 6 to have their books discovered in store or online?”

Here’s more about the chat: “The first #indieview chat launched Wednesday, October 19^th with a discussion on ‘curation’ and how focusing on specialized or niche areas can be an advantage (and sometimes a curse!) for independent publishers. Last week’s chat was about the ‘risks small publishers are able to take,’ sparked in part by the Man Booker award committee organizer noting that big publishers had missed out on winning the award this year, because they are  ’no longer taking risks’ on authors and only publishing  ’the tried and trusted.’”

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At Mediabistro’s Socialize West conference in San Francisco today, Motivity Marketing CEO Kevin Ryan had a simple message for publishers and authors: respond to your Facebook friends and Twitter followers when they write about you.

He shared data from a survey of 1,300 adult Twitter users. The survey focused on a special kind of Twitter user–all the survey respondents said they “frequently tweet” and had used Twitter to complain about something.

The statistics were simple and direct: 83 percent liked or loved getting a response from a company on Twitter. Only four percent of the respondents didn’t like it when a company responded. However, 71 percent of the surveyed Twitter users said they had never been contacted by a company on Twitter.

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If you're interested in writing for young people, consider coming to #kidlitchat on Twitter tonight. It's my favourite Twitter chat -- it's always fun, and I always come away inspired.

You can see the transcripts of previous #kidlitchat sessions by browsing the archives.

To find out more about how you can participate (or just to eavesdrop), see my Twitter Chats For Writers FAQ.

For those interested, I’ve updated my How I Tweet policy.

I’d also like to share some feedback to my How I Tweet post:

From Anne Lyle:

Great minds think alike, Debbie (or fools seldom differ – take your pick!) – I’ve recently started doing exactly this. For me the catalyst was FaceBook – because friending is mutual, I tend to be a bit more cautious about who I connect to. So I reserve it for family and real-life friends, and I use a “personal” twitter feed to update my status. I also use the personal twitter account to follow family, friends and a handful of celebs.

Then I have a “writing” account, which is my original @annelyle username, for following writers, agents, podcasters, etc. I mostly tweet writing stuff, though I do put the occasional personal thing in if I think it would interest/amuse my followers. This feed also goes onto the homepage of my writing-oriented website – another reason to keep it writing-focused.

Finally I have a “chat” account which I use for #writechat and similar – I don’t want either FaceBook or my website cluttered up with disjointed chatter!

I manage all these using groups in Seesmic Desktop, usually in the evening here in the UK since I’m more likely to coincide with my US friends then. On my iPhone I prefer Tweetie, which I have used to tweet “live” events such as my research trip to the Tower of London and the British Fantasy Society Awards.

This might seem like overkill since I only have a few dozen followers at the moment, but I like to think that I’m building a good foundation for the future.

From Sarah:

Interesting to read your reasoning. I blended my accounts to reflect my policy of personal transparency. You’ve shown me transparency doesn’t have to mean throwing my work, life and sexual secrets into a big Googleified blender. (NOW you tell me?!) With only 500ish followers and very few @ or RTs (despite relevant content…more often than not), it’s much easier for me to streamline accounts than it would be for you. And thanks for giving me an option for how to handle it when I hit the four-digit follower mark

Cheers,
Sarah

Congrats to Kevin McGill of Dallas, TX for being the 1000th person to put @inkyelbows on a Twitter list. Kevin wins a US$20 Amazon.com gift certificate.

For those that don’t know, Twitter lists to organize the people you’re following on Twitter, or find new people. Here’s Mashable’s guide for how to use Twitter lists.

For those curious about how chats work on Twitter and about what writer chats are available, please do check my newly updated Twitter Chats For Writers. If you see any writer-related hashtags or chats that I’m missing, please let me know, thanks!

This installment of my Twitter Guide For Writers includes suggestions about what you might tweet about, and what types of tweets may turn off potential readers. This is the fourth in a series of posts I’m writing with concrete tips, examples and strategies to help writers get the most out of Twitter. In case you missed [...]

(Updated September 2, 2009) This is the second of a series of posts I’m writing with concrete tips, examples and strategies to help writers get the most out of Twitter. In case you missed it: Twitter Guide For Writers (Part 1). I’m going to assume you already know the basics; if you don’t, please read Getting [...]