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Because Internet is out in paperback TOMORROW (for ordering-via-the-internet purposes, that& #39;s practically today)
Same bright yellow cover, now with 10x more nice quotes from people
Get it for anyone you communicate with online: http://gretchenmcculloch.com/book ">https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book"...
Same bright yellow cover, now with 10x more nice quotes from people
Get it for anyone you communicate with online: http://gretchenmcculloch.com/book ">https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book"...
Hmm, I& #39;m not sure how legible that second page of quotes is, here& #39;s a better angle
(Also you can read them in actual text if you click through to any bookselling venue& #39;s page)
(Also you can read them in actual text if you click through to any bookselling venue& #39;s page)
Ah, thank you!! The emoji chapter was a ton of work to typeset, I appreciate your contribution there! https://twitter.com/CharlieEdmunds/status/1285280240592392192">https://twitter.com/CharlieEd...
Fun story, before Because Internet came out, I asked David Crystal if he& #39;d consider blurbing it, and then a few weeks later he sends back some very nice official words and then also a personal note: "I& #39;m impressed at how you managed to display all those emoji"
Alright, who wants a guided tour through different editions of Because Internet, because my publishers @riverheadbooks and @HarvillSecker send me new Becauses Internet whenever a new edition comes out?
Alright, we begin with the @riverheadbooks editions of Because Internet!
Left to right, that& #39;s:
- advance uncorrected proofs! (aka ARC, sent to some media folks to write reviews)
- first edition!! (hardback)
- hardback with the new bestseller banner!
- paperback (out tomorrow!)
Left to right, that& #39;s:
- advance uncorrected proofs! (aka ARC, sent to some media folks to write reviews)
- first edition!! (hardback)
- hardback with the new bestseller banner!
- paperback (out tomorrow!)
Now the UK editions of Because Internet!
Notice the slightly different subtitle for the UK edition, that& #39;s how you can tell which one you& #39;ve got if you& #39;re in a country that& #39;s not the US or UK!
Left: hardcover from @HarvillSecker
Right: paperback from @vintagebooks
Notice the slightly different subtitle for the UK edition, that& #39;s how you can tell which one you& #39;ve got if you& #39;re in a country that& #39;s not the US or UK!
Left: hardcover from @HarvillSecker
Right: paperback from @vintagebooks
is it too late to reissue a special commonwealth edition with this title
asking for a
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asking for a
Apparently Americans prefer to buy language books about rules and British people prefer to buy language books about history?
I am not sure how much this is Actual People versus Received Wisdom, but if it makes a few more people pick it up, sure, fine? https://twitter.com/phirephoenix/status/1285289142193131521">https://twitter.com/phirephoe...
I am not sure how much this is Actual People versus Received Wisdom, but if it makes a few more people pick it up, sure, fine? https://twitter.com/phirephoenix/status/1285289142193131521">https://twitter.com/phirephoe...
So, six Becauses Internet, that& #39;s enough, right?
Not so fast my friends!
Please also appreciate the special leather-bound edition that @riverheadbooks had made for Only Mehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="âš" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken"> https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/1204469658558046208">https://twitter.com/GretchenA...
Not so fast my friends!
Please also appreciate the special leather-bound edition that @riverheadbooks had made for Only Me
I mean, you know yourself better than I do haha
I was just pleased they kept the iconic yellow + blue highlighting cover concept, sometimes books get whole new covers for UK editions and I can& #39;t think of anything I could have liked better! https://twitter.com/v21/status/1285291073925976064">https://twitter.com/v21/statu...
I was just pleased they kept the iconic yellow + blue highlighting cover concept, sometimes books get whole new covers for UK editions and I can& #39;t think of anything I could have liked better! https://twitter.com/v21/status/1285291073925976064">https://twitter.com/v21/statu...
Here& #39;s a whole lineup of Becauses Internet so you can see the slight differences in size!
Well played, everyone https://twitter.com/dotLocutus/status/1285293640563044353">https://twitter.com/dotLocutu...
There& #39;s also an audiobook version of Because Internet, for which the cover is square!
You can hear an excerpt of me reading the audiobook here: https://twitter.com/PRHAudio/status/1164610827690958849">https://twitter.com/PRHAudio/...
You can hear an excerpt of me reading the audiobook here: https://twitter.com/PRHAudio/status/1164610827690958849">https://twitter.com/PRHAudio/...
There ISN& #39;T a separate UK edition of the Because Internet audiobook in which I read the entire thing in a fake British accent
But there IS this tiny fake excerpt version for which I donned my best RP voice https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/1179541692996898816">https://twitter.com/GretchenA...
But there IS this tiny fake excerpt version for which I donned my best RP voice https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/1179541692996898816">https://twitter.com/GretchenA...
positively maaaaaavelous, old chap https://twitter.com/KTamas/status/1285298686029946881">https://twitter.com/KTamas/st...
old cover photo / new cover photo (feat. @jonnysun!!!)
will I just keep thanking @jonnysun for making the kind of interesting internet language that CALLED OUT to me to analyze it and also for saying such nice things about my writing when I was DEEP in the stage of "is this even interesting or relevant to anyone"
YES TO BOTH
YES TO BOTH
I read the audiobook myself (was I really going to trust someone else to convey the nuances of typographical tone of voice out loud? I mean, I would have had to conduct AUDITIONS) and it is extremely delightful to hear that people enjoyed it! https://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1285306117791404032">https://twitter.com/EmmaSMann...
the Because Internet audiobook is sorta like a 9-hour-long @lingthusiasm episode, except there& #39;s no @superlinguo
should we make a bonus reaction track of @superlinguo going "mhmm" "yes" "i see" so you can play both at the same time and make it feel more lingthusiastic?
should we make a bonus reaction track of @superlinguo going "mhmm" "yes" "i see" so you can play both at the same time and make it feel more lingthusiastic?
so it is spoken https://twitter.com/superlinguo/status/1285335049009680384">https://twitter.com/superling...
Oooh, I forgot to take a photo of all of the backs of the various Becauses Internet!
They& #39;re far more different from each other, look at what the various editions thought would convince people to crack open the book!
(L to R, oldest to newest)
http://gretchenmcculloch.com/book ">https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book"...
They& #39;re far more different from each other, look at what the various editions thought would convince people to crack open the book!
(L to R, oldest to newest)
http://gretchenmcculloch.com/book ">https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book"...
Btw, if anyone manages to spot the paperback of Because Internet in a bookstore, please send me a picture, I don& #39;t know when I& #39;ll be in a bookstore next
(Though I know @ArgoBookshop has copies, as they brought some outside for me to sign! #SocialDistancingAuthor)
(Though I know @ArgoBookshop has copies, as they brought some outside for me to sign! #SocialDistancingAuthor)
Technically there& #39;s even also an ebook edition, making eight!
But it& #39;s hard to get physical copies of those, naturally!
(And thanks!!) https://twitter.com/ianbarley24/status/1285298641331200007">https://twitter.com/ianbarley...
But it& #39;s hard to get physical copies of those, naturally!
(And thanks!!) https://twitter.com/ianbarley24/status/1285298641331200007">https://twitter.com/ianbarley...
