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		<title>Steve Martin, The Twitter Book: Actually Happening</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-20482" title="Twitter    SteveMartinToGo  Due to absolutely no deman ..." src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/twitter-stevemartintogo-due-to-absolutely-no-deman.png?w=300&h=179" alt="" width="300" height="179" />The Twitter Literary Canon is receiving a new, highbrow, high-profile addition.<!--more--></p>
<p>Steve Martin—<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/">comic legend</a> and celebrated actor, celebrated <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shopgirl-Novella-Steve-Martin/dp/0786885688">novelist</a>, not entirely celebrated <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2010/12/why-do-you-hate-steve-martin">panel speaker</a>, but still the guy behind (the actual, sans-penguins) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnksquL557s">Happy Feet</a>—is creating a book of his Tweets, which he announced on Twitter with little fanfare and trademark modesty.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-books-stevemartin-idUSTRE79R58O20111028">Reuters reports</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The book will be called "The Ten, Make That Nine Habits, of Very Organized People. Make That Ten," and will be a collection of Martin's tweets as well as responses from followers, publishers Grand Central Publishing said in a statement. The book is due for release in summer 2012, and all profits will go to charity.</p></blockquote>
<p>Books culled from Twitter are, if you haven't heard, big business! Be they <em>Shit My Dad Says</em> (turned into an unsuccessful TV show, but still: a #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller) to this year's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ing-Epic-Twitter-Quest-MayorEmanuel/dp/1451655142">collection of Tweets from Dan Sinker</a> (AKA: @MayorEmmanuel) they're generally ready-made books with quick turnaround times that sell well, a nice niche boon for a publishing industry that can still use all the help it can get.</p>
<p>No word on whether Martin's good pal, Oscar co-host, and <em>Saturday Night Live</em>-hosting-record-competitor Alec Baldwin will be getting into the paper-binding business any time soon, but the guy's obviously a good fit, given the way <a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6646176/alec-baldwin-twitter">he's quickly mastering the form</a> (which goes without mentioning <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/10/27/2011-10-27_baldwin_ny_gop_big_wage_net_flame_war_over_millionaire_tax_tweet__sour_poke.html">his savvy in using it to shake politicians up</a>). Could be a good fit.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-20482" title="Twitter    SteveMartinToGo  Due to absolutely no deman ..." src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/twitter-stevemartintogo-due-to-absolutely-no-deman.png?w=300&h=179" alt="" width="300" height="179" />The Twitter Literary Canon is receiving a new, highbrow, high-profile addition.<!--more--></p>
<p>Steve Martin—<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/">comic legend</a> and celebrated actor, celebrated <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shopgirl-Novella-Steve-Martin/dp/0786885688">novelist</a>, not entirely celebrated <a href="http://www.theawl.com/2010/12/why-do-you-hate-steve-martin">panel speaker</a>, but still the guy behind (the actual, sans-penguins) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnksquL557s">Happy Feet</a>—is creating a book of his Tweets, which he announced on Twitter with little fanfare and trademark modesty.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-books-stevemartin-idUSTRE79R58O20111028">Reuters reports</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The book will be called "The Ten, Make That Nine Habits, of Very Organized People. Make That Ten," and will be a collection of Martin's tweets as well as responses from followers, publishers Grand Central Publishing said in a statement. The book is due for release in summer 2012, and all profits will go to charity.</p></blockquote>
<p>Books culled from Twitter are, if you haven't heard, big business! Be they <em>Shit My Dad Says</em> (turned into an unsuccessful TV show, but still: a #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller) to this year's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ing-Epic-Twitter-Quest-MayorEmanuel/dp/1451655142">collection of Tweets from Dan Sinker</a> (AKA: @MayorEmmanuel) they're generally ready-made books with quick turnaround times that sell well, a nice niche boon for a publishing industry that can still use all the help it can get.</p>
<p>No word on whether Martin's good pal, Oscar co-host, and <em>Saturday Night Live</em>-hosting-record-competitor Alec Baldwin will be getting into the paper-binding business any time soon, but the guy's obviously a good fit, given the way <a href="http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6646176/alec-baldwin-twitter">he's quickly mastering the form</a> (which goes without mentioning <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/10/27/2011-10-27_baldwin_ny_gop_big_wage_net_flame_war_over_millionaire_tax_tweet__sour_poke.html">his savvy in using it to shake politicians up</a>). Could be a good fit.</p>
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