“But Twitter and books share something perhaps more profound: a love of words. “Twitter has probably caused more people to spend more time choosing their words carefully than any other force in the last five years,” said Sloan, who, before the publication of his acclaimed 2012 novel, “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore,” worked at Twitter. “You’d think it would be a natural fit for people who care about language.””

– http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/books/review/how-has-twitter-changed-the-role-of-the-literary-critic.html?pagewanted=2&ref=todayspaper