A few weeks back, an HT fan created a game — History Never Retweets — at Sporcle.com (a site that lets people create their own trivia games), and a few days later, over 60,000 people had played it.

Today, we heard he’s made another — and Sporcle is featuring it on their home page.

So put your history buff wisdom and funny bone wit to the test: go play History DOES Retweet.

I’ve shown Historical Tweets to numerous people now, and every one of them has found different things to laugh at. That’s a winner in my book.

I’ve enjoyed every moment of reading it so far, and will likely continue to do so for a while.

Great coffee table reading for geek-filled households.

Link to: Book Review: Historical Tweets

Just a reminder about our Historical Tweets book release party at Diesel Bookstore in Brentwood/ Santa Monica, CA.

All are welcome: come for the be history jokes, book buying and signing, and refreshments.

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, we hope you can make it! You should RSVP on Facebook.

Diesel Bookstore
May 9, 2010* at 3:00 PM
225 26th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90402
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* We realize that May 9 is Mother’s Day, but really, can you think of a better gift for your Mom?

We’ve just confirmed that Diesel Bookstore in Brentwood/ Santa Monica, CA will be hosting our book release party for Historical Tweets.

All are welcome: come for the be history jokes, book buying and signing, and refreshments.

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, we hope you can make it!  You should RSVP on Facebook.

Diesel Bookstore
May 9, 2010* at 3:00 PM
225 26th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90402
Google Maps

* We realize that May 9 is Mother’s Day, but really, can you think of a better gift for your Mom?

This is a never-before-seen Tweet from Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World. The book hits stores on April 27 — pick up your pre-order today from the likes of Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and more.

AND, as there are over 80 “never before seen” tweets in the book, we’ll be sharing some of them as well.

Tweet, retweet, share, and email to your friends, nephews, students, teachers, grandpas, soon-to-be-graduates, and history buffs, because we guarantee Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World will be the best Twitter-based history-slash-humor book you’ll ever skim.

Just 19 days til Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World hits bookshelves around the country, but for you, a sneak peek:

The cover was illustrated by Barry Blitt, and the book itself hits shelves April 27, 2010.  This cover is already live on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble (coming soon to Borders, Books-A-Million, Indie Bound, and Powell’s)… you can pre-order today for just under $10.

So, what do you think?

Historical Tweets: The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World

We just sent the book off to the printers, and we couldn’t be more excited.  It’s destined to be the year’s #1 best-seller in the crowded history/Twitter/humor category, hands down.

SO, now that the book is done, we bring you:

10 Little-Known But Totally Inspiring True Facts About
Historical Tweets:The Completely Unabridged and Ridiculously Brief History of the World

1. The book has 144 full-color pages.
2. For all you spatial thinkers, it measures 8-1/8 inches wide by  5-1/2 inches tall.
3. The cover art was created by artist Barry Blitt, whose work is often seen on the cover of The New Yorker.
4. The book features 50 of the best tweets from the Historical Tweets site from 2008 to now.
5. The book contains over 8o brand new, never-before-seen tweets.
6. New tweets from the likes of T-Rex, Socrates, Merlin the Magician, The Vikings, Napoleon, and Gorbachev.
7. The book also features all-new types of Twitter-esque humor like conversation stacks, tag clouds, and hate tweets.
8. Besides @historicaltweet, you can follow our whole team on Twitter: authors @alecmcnayr and @abeard, our humor and fact checker @dbrisco, our editor @ryandoh, and our agent @kate_mckean (she’s popular).
9. Of the new tweets in the book, our personal favorites are Agamemnon (Alan) and Isaac Newton (Alec).
10. The book is on sale for pre-order for as low as $9.45 right now.

We hope you’re as excited for the book as we are. As always, thanks for your support.

- Alan & Alec

There were a lot of good ones from the past 12 months, but one shone above and beyond as your favorite: Alexander the Tweet.

And, yes, we’ve been on hiatus for a few weeks, but we’re gearing up for a great 2010, especially leading up to April, when the Historical Tweets book hits shelves around the United States (we just finished the book and sent to our editor last week — it features 144 pages of mostly new material!).

Thanks for your support over the past year.  It’s been historic.

- Alec & Alan

Alexander the Tweet: 2009 Historical Tweet of the Year

Historical Tweets contributor Sean Tucker submitted our Noah & the Ark tweet (a conversation with @2Ducks) to Eddie’s web site, and it was chosen as the #2 most popular fan art from September 2009.

We hear that Eddie chooses these awards himself.  If that’s the case… Wow.  We’re honored.

View, vote, & comment on “Noah and the 2 Ducks” in the Eddie Izzard Fan Gallery

For over a year, we’ve said that books have been ruining history, but today we’re happy to announce that we’re the exception to that rule.

We just signed a deal with Villard (part of the Random House Publishing Group), the publisher behind every great book in history.

Come April 2010, you’ll be able to find Historical Tweets at your local bookseller… so, you should probably start the line now.  We’re not kidding.  It’s going to be big.  Really big.  Bigger than Harry Potter and Twilight combined.

Thank you for your support, your pos-mens, and your retweeting.  You’ve made us very happy historians.

Finally, a big historical salute to our agent Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim for representing us.  You’re a champ.

What started out as a fan-boy response to Mad Men characters Twittering in mid-2008 has turned into a real web site with regular readers and contributors.  We’re so honored for the attention Historical Tweets has received.  Thank you, faithful Twitterstorians.

• Time Magazine said: “Brilliant.”
• CNN said: “LOL-worthy”
• Ashton Kutcher confirmed this with a: “LMAO”
• Times of India said: “In poor taste.”
• Thousands and thousands of re-posts, retweets, LOLs, and fan-submitted tweets from people like you.

In honor of making history with Historical Tweets, here’s one from us, HT-co-founders/writers/historians Alec McNayr and Alan Beard:

Thanks again for your support.  If you haven’t seen them, check out the Tweets that started it all…

• Tweet #1: General Custer
• Tweet #2: Martin Luther King, Jr.

One small pitch, for all those trying to figure out the how their corporate marketing can benefit from online media.  Corporate social media is our specialty.  Historical Tweets went from zero to 4.5 million page views in one year… and we do this for clients, too.  If you’re interested in hearing more about the Historical Tweets story, or us as creators, send us an email. We’ll reply, and a conversation will ensue.  We promise, it will be historically entertaining.

Remember kids, those that don’t understand history are doomed to retweet it….

Alec & Alan

Aside from viewing Historical Tweets at random, or just looking at the most popular of all time (to the right), here are 10 of our favorites you might have missed.

• Elvis Tweets! *
• Lewis & Clark Discover Google Maps – Doh! *
• Gandhi Confesses on Twitter *
• Bush (Sr.) Blasts 3rd Candidate on Twitter
• Joan of Arc’s Twitter Visions *
• Brevity is the Soul of Mark Twain’s Twittering
• The Gutenberg Tweet *
• Blagojevich 2-for-1
• The Genesis of All Tweets *
• General Custer Twittering *

If you like these, be sure to SUBSCRIBE — either by RSS, Twitter, or Email — to get them sent directly to you.

*THESE TWEETS ARE IN THE BOOK!

ON SALE NOW: ONLINE AND IN STORES

While you wait for our twitterstorical research to generate new findings, we present you with the Top 10 Most Popular Historical Tweets (so far):

1. Alexander the Tweet
2. Lincoln Twittering at the Ford
3. Lincoln Asks Twitter Followers for Speechwriting Help
4. A Young Adolph Hitler Twitters Away
5. Thomas Edison Twitters Inspirational Moment
6. The Gutenberg Tweet
7. Martin Luther King Jr. Twittering
8. More German Food: Speeches from JFK’s Twitter Feed
9. Henry Ford’s Model T-witter
10. A Real, Old-School Flame War Begins on Twitter

Which one is your favorite?

Thanks to all the twitterstorians for voting and re-tweeting!