Must-Read Books on Social Media from Mashable

If you care about social media, Mashable’s blog says that these 10 books should be on your reading list, or your Kindle.  The hyperlinks are to my Amazon Affiliate store, which means you pay the same but Amazon gets a tad less.

• The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich
• The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice) by Jono Bacon
• The World According to Twitter by David Pogue
• Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passionby Gary Vaynerchuk
• Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson
• The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web by Tamar Weinberg
• Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition by Guy Kawasaki
• Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
• What Matters Now by Seth Godin and others  (free download)

As an ex-librarian and book lover, I’m taking this list seriously. So far, I’ve only read Free, The Future of a Radical Price, which is excellent, because of my interest in online business models.  I’ve also downloaded a trial chapter of Crush It, about which I’m less enthusiastic.

I’m adding the remaining to my Amazon cart, to purchase as I finish what I’m reading now (Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves — what I’m calling a financial thriller.  It’s a real page-turner, even though you know the ending.

Watch the above video to see me order “New Community Rules” on my Kindle.  Unfortunately, the wireless connection was not good so you don’t see it appear, but you can see the process.