David Mitchell tells Twitter story | The Bookseller

Mitchell told The Bookseller that the Twitter story was his own idea, after having been first persuaded to open a Twitter account by his publisher. "I'm going to do events in theatre-sized venues for The Bone Clocks and to tell people about them, I was persuaded it is useful to link up with people," he said. "I'm not a natural social media person - I want to protect my privacy and not tell people 'I am having jam on toast this morning.' I'm not a natural epigram-hatcher like Stephen Fry. So here I am basically using my Twitter account as a noticeboard - and that seemed like selling social media short. I thought, 'How can I use it and still feel I retain some integrity?'"