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Surprising Social Media Tools aka some oldies but goodies
By an Amazon.com customer
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without OrganizationsHere Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $9.00
Tribes: We Need You to Lead UsTribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.74
Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital DisorderEverything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.00
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes EverythingWikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott
Buy new: $10.62 / Used from: $7.16
Free: The Future of a Radical PriceFree: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson
Buy new: $21.59 / Used from: $5.74
Smart Mobs: The Next Social RevolutionSmart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution by Howard Rheingold
Buy new: $11.84 / Used from: $2.05
The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary EditionThe Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition by Rick Levine
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.98
There are so many half baked "social media wannabe books" that try to rehash this it is not even funny. This book is a classic and the ideas in it are very relevant.
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your PassionCrush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $11.97
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync?Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? by Seth Godin
Buy new: $15.57 / Used from: $4.28
Free Culture: The Nature and Future of CreativityFree Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.43
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media CollideConvergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide by Henry Jenkins
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $11.55
The Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business SuccessThe Social Media Bible: Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success by Lon Safko
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $18.59
The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental RevolutionaryThe Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $3.33
Fab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal FabricationFab: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication by Neil Gershenfeld
Buy new: $6.06 / Used from: $4.02
This book is not about social media, but it is a real game changer. This book is about the future.
Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative PeopleSparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People by Michele M. Root-Bernstein
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.40
This is not a technology book. I would recommend this over anything with twitter or facebook in the title.
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next 50 YearsTomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next 50 Years by Bruce Sterling
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.86
Shaping Things (Mediaworks Pamphlets)Shaping Things (Mediaworks Pamphlets) by Bruce Sterling
Buy new: $11.15 / Used from: $7.00