Age of Conversation Features Iowa Editor, Authors

There are new books released every day and we’ll be highlighting some with Iowa connections.

The first is Age of Conversation. Have you heard about it yet? It’s all about community and conversation and features 103 contributors (who all happen to be bloggers) from around the world. One of the editors is Drew McLellan, McLellan Marketing Group in Des Moines. Two other Iowa connections are authors Mike Sansone, ConverStations and me (shameless self-promotion), Sandy Renshaw, Purple Wren, both from Des Moines. You’ll find the complete author list below.

It’s been a terrific project to work on. There’s definitely a sense of pride about contributing to a quality business book with 102 other authors from around the world. But how did this ever come to fruition? You can read the background here.

Buy your copy today. Age of Conversation is available in three different formats from Lulu:

• e-book $9.99 ($7.99 going to charity)
• paperback book: $16.95 ($8.10 to charity)
• hardback book: $29.99 ($8.55 to charity)

All proceeds from sales of the book are donated to Variety, the Children’s Charity. We met the original goal less than two months after launch.

Here’s a few links where you can read more about this innovative project. If you have been wondering about social media, here’s your chance to see it in action.

• Arun Rajagopa - a reprint from Weekend
• Advertising Age
• Social Computing Magazine
• The Age of Conversation web site
• The Huffington Post
• Fast Company
• Business Week

The authors:

Gavin Heaton
Drew McLellan
CK
Valeria Maltoni
Emily Reed
Katie Chatfield
Greg Verdino
Mack Collier
Lewis Green
Sacrum
Ann Handley
Mike Sansone
Paul McEnany
Roger von Oech
Anna Farmery
David Armano
Bob Glaza
Mark Goren
Matt Dickman
Scott Monty
Richard Huntington
Cam Beck
David Reich
Luc Debaisieux
Sean Howard
Tim Jackson
Patrick Schaber
Roberta Rosenberg
Uwe Hook
Tony D. Clark
Todd Andrlik
Toby Bloomberg
Steve Woodruff
Steve Bannister
Steve Roesler
Stanley Johnson
Spike Jones
Nathan Snell
Simon Payn
Ryan Rasmussen
Ron Shevlin
Roger Anderson
Robert Hruzek
Rishi Desai
Phil Gerbyshak
Peter Corbett
Pete Deutschman
Nick Rice
Nick Wright
Michael Morton
Mark Earls
Mark Blair
Mario Vellandi
Lori Magno
Kristin Gorski
Kris Hoet
G.Kofi Annan
Kimberly Dawn Wells
Karl Long
Julie Fleischer
Jordan Behan
John La Grou
Joe Raasch
Jim Kukral
Jessica Hagy
Janet Green
Jamey Shiels
Dr. Graham Hill
Gia Facchini
Geert Desager
Gaurav Mishra
Gary Schoeniger
Gareth Kay
Faris Yakob
Emily Clasper
Ed Cotton
Dustin Jacobsen
Tom Clifford
David Polinchock
David Koopmans
David Brazeal
David Berkowitz
Carolyn Manning
Craig Wilson
Cord Silverstein
Connie Reece
Colin McKay
Chris Newlan
Chris Corrigan
Cedric Giorgi
Brian Reich
Becky Carroll
Arun Rajagopal
Andy Nulman
Amy Jussel
AJ James
Kim Klaver
Sandy Renshaw
Susan Bird
Ryan Barrett
Troy Worman
Neil Vineberg

If you know of any books with Iowa connections, give us a holler. We would love to write about it here.