@MaureenCole @shelisrael @lizstrauss @jdlasica @kdpaine @scottmonty @MissRogue @veronica @gapingvoid @sreenet @gartenberg @briansolis @stevecla @sncr @scobleizer @thornley @tobydiva

Well, it has been a busy Friday and I'm only now getting a chance to write my Follow Friday post. I actually started planning this post a few days ago, when I received a review copy of TwitterVille by Shel Israel.

I receive my share of books for review, and have noted that books that I receive about Twitter do not have the Twitter handle of the publicists or people being quoted. Twitterville is different.

@MaureenCole works is a "Publicist at Portfolio, the business book imprint of Penguin Group". The letter accompanying Shel's book provided her contact information, including her id on Twitter. Kudos to Maureen for including it. Then, of course, there is the author, @shelisrael. I've followed Shel on Twitter and in his other writings, so I already knew his Twitter id, even though I'm not finding it in the book.

The cover letter included 'Advance Praise for TWITTERVILLE' which had various quotes found in the book or on the cover. All of the quotes had the twitter ids of the people being quoted.

Inside the book are quotes from @lizstrauss @jdlasica @kdpaine and someone identified as a 'social media consultant' that didn't list a Twitter id.

On the back cover were quotes from @scottmonty @MissRogue @veronica @gapingvoid @sreenet @gartenberg @briansolis @stevecla @sncr @scobleizer @thornley @tobydiva. All of these people have important things to say about social media, besides simply praising Shel's book. Most of them I had already been following and are well enough known not to require any sort of introduction. For those that you don't know, check out their Twitter page. You can find more than enough information about the people there.

As I read through the book, there are frequent references to people in Twitter, and so perhaps I'll have another Twitterville related Follow Friday next week or in some subsequent week.

Let me end by saying that if you're new to twitter, these are great people to follow, to get a sense of what is going on with Twitter. With that, I'm off to my weekend. More later.