The wait is over: Shareable's first book Share or Die: Voices of the Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis is now available for immediate purchase at Amazon and fine brick-and-mortar bookstores throughout North America. You asked and we (eventually) delivered it in paperback and for Kindle and iPad (and it's expanded from our prior PDF version). So pick up your own copy and tell us what you think!
Until then, don't forget to enter our Share or Die Storytelling Contest, and take a look at what some very smart people are saying about the book:
"I wish I'd read this book when I graduated. I wouldn't have been less lost, but the beautiful voices, stories and experiences in these pages would have helped me understand that, before I could find myself, I had to lose myself first. If you know someone who dreams of something bigger than being part of the rat race, please give them this book."
- Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing
"Herein lies the real lesson of the Internet. It may not be the one that marketers and investors want to hear, but it's the key to understanding the way people and businesses will be interacting in the peer-to-peer, digital reality. It's also at the heart of the current renaissance - an overturning of the scarcity-based, highly centralized systems that have been in place since the 1300's, and a rebirth of the values that make human society work."
- Douglas Rushkoff, author of Program or Be Programmed
"If you're a well-meaning, well-educated, generous person, and you can feel yourself being cornered and hammered relentlessly by a faceless, wicked, out-of-control economy, then Share or Die is the book for you."
-Bruce Sterling, futurist, award winning science fiction author, journalist, and Wired blogger
"Smart, funny, irreverent, resourceful, committed, visionary - these terms come to mind as you read the passionate voices of the first net-native generation. Share or Die not only depicts and explains the daunting challenges facing young people today, it delivers some very good news: A monsoon of creative, positive energies is already shaping a better future."
- David Bollier, author of Viral Spiral, commons scholar and activist, blogger at Bollier.org, and Cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group
Comments
Neal Gorenflo wrote on 06.09.12, 11:24am:
Sorry about that. Drop me an e-mail at neal at shareable dot net and I'll send you a PDF copy.
Bill Stewart wrote on 06.14.12, 9:22am:
Sorry, but "free" Pay With A Tweet is way too expensive! I'm happy to post a tweet in return for the book, but giving them authorization to change my Twitter profile and post tweets in my name? No way!
Neal Gorenflo wrote on 06.14.12, 10:02am:
Hey Bill, I appreciate your feedback. My opinion is that it's not as bad you make it out. Below is likely why they need those permissions. I've used and tested their service with no problems. The service has been in use for two years. I can't see any evidence they've abused users. I don't think they are going to hijack your account. See pay with a tweet's terms here for more on it: http://www.paywithatweet.com/terms.html
Comments on permissions:
-"Read Tweets from your timeline." Likely explanation: their terms state that they do not want users to use inappropriate words in messages sent through the app. They need to see what messages are sent to monitor this. This goes for those who pay with a tweet too because those users can alter messages sent through the app. If they feel the terms are being violated, they reserve the right to delete the pay with a tweet button that is the source of messages. Plus, anyone can see tweets from any users' timeline anyway. User aren't giving anything up here.
-"See who you follow, and follow new people". I don't think they are going to make you follow new people. Probably they want to find and follow new people for themselves. Plus, anyone can see your followers and then follow them too if they want.
-"Update your profile." Likely explanation: If a user sends a tweet through the app, then the app can update the tweet counter on the user's profile.
-"Post Tweets for you". This is a one time thing. They need permission to send the one tweet that "pays" for the content. This could be abused by the app, but I've never heard of this happening in the two plus years the service has been up.
I shared the link on my Facebook page, but still can't download the book. WTF?