 | 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form by Dom Sagolla
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $7.00 I wrote this book as a starting point to discover your own writing style.
Please let me know what you think! style@140characters.com
Thanks, @Dom
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 | The Elements of Style: 50th Anniversary Edition by William Strunk
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $12.68 The original concept of a style guide.
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 | The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $29.50 It is as the title suggests, timeless.
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 | A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher Alexander
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $29.99 Genius in 1171 pages. A lifelong education, this book.
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 | Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott Mccloud
Buy new: $16.52 / Used from: $11.95 Moment, frame, image, word, flow. This book is mentioned explicitly in my book, "140 Characters".
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 | How Fiction Works by James Wood
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $7.99 The perfect literary critique after reading '140 Characters.'
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 | Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less by Nick Douglas
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $6.49 Reading this now, lots of funny writers to follow!
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 | Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $15.14 Easy lessons you thought you knew, but needed context. Very readable and actionable.
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 | Twitter API: Up and Running: Learn How to Build Applications with the Twitter API by Kevin Makice
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $5.70 Written concisely and completely with help from the Twitter team.
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 | The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.64 The future of the 'printed' book.
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 | The Associated Press Stylebook 2009 (Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law)
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $5.59 I got the online version, but this will certainly do.
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 | The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $17.99 Great for inspiration and structure.
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 | Lyrics, 1962-1985 by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $7.20 Essential.
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 | A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $13.54 I actually read the Kindle edition.
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 | Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $7.14 From a true leader and outdoorsman, an inspiring tale of success through perseverance.
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 | The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt
Buy new: $32.25 / Used from: $25.94 Wonderful model for working and building.
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 | The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
Buy new: $5.60 / Used from: $3.07 THIS IS ALL.
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 | More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $2.85 THIS IS ALSO ALL.
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 | The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu by Lao Tzu
Buy new: $8.76 / Used from: $4.79 'Embrace simplicity.'
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 | Not Quite What I Was Planning, Revised and Expanded Deluxe Edition: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Larry Smith
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.92 'For sale: baby shoes, never worn.';
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 | Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0 by Lawrence Lessig
Buy new: $13.16 / Used from: $5.21 Woah cool there's a version 2.0 of this awesome book!
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 | Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry by John Frederick Nims
Buy used from: $1.34 Fantastic learning guide.
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 | 1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.49 Read also the afterword: 'the Principles of Newspeak.'
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 | A Collection of Essays by George Orwell
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.75 Especially, 'Politics and the English Language.'
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 | The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition by William Shakespeare
Buy new: $90.36 / Used from: $38.52 My favorite edition.
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