Can #Twitter Help Authors Sell More Books?

Would you buy a book through a tweet?

That’s what the Hachette Book Group is hoping, as this month they will start to sell books directly through Twitter.

Hachette has partnered with Gumroad for the initiate, which begins December 11th with print books available for purchase through tweets from Amanda Palmer (“The Art of Asking”), astronaut Chris Hadfield (“You Are Here”) and The Onion (“The Onion Magazine: Iconic Covers that Transformed an Undeserving World”).

Each of the authors has a large Twitter following and Hachette is hoping the combination of a big name with a big audience will convert to big sales on Twitter.

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