How Tweet it is

updated August 21 (formatting only)

For those of you who have pondered writing a book but did not think you had the time, perhaps you should consider publishing through Twitter. As some of you NPR fans no doubt already have heard, Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less by Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin will hit our stores in January. (It is likely to be a quick read.) The books included range from the classic read (The Odyssey) to the closet read (Twilight). My guess is that Aciman's and Rensin's work will also be light enough to be included in your carry-on luggage...and perhaps your wallet.

For anyone who doesn't want to wait until January to get a dose of Twitterature, you can try following @epicretold as Professor Sreedharan tweets Mahabharata. You will need to take a long term view with this one.