Quakebook set to be published.

An idea for a book on the recent Japanese earth quake initially thought out a week after the event and developed through Twitter is set for international sale in the next few days.

The book titled 2:46 after the exact time the 9.0 magnitude quake struck just off the North West coast of Japan causing a subsequent catastrophic tsunami. From such disaster “Quake book” was formed by a British man living abroad under the guise our man in Abiko. His Initials first blog post on the Friday a week after the event. Stating that he was looking for contributions in the form of photography, Art work & writings on the event to create a book of the event in aid of the Japan Red Cross.

What followed through the power of social media was the complete development of the book, all based from our man in Abiko’s Twitter page. (http://twitter.com/#!/ourmaninabiko) the hash tag #quakebook from the sourcing of content to the development of the artwork and the difficult process of getting a book published in little under a week. All of which came from people directly effected from the terrible events of 11^th of March, with the whole creative process moving at a lightning pace with contributors from all over the world. The book is not just for the savvy twitter generation one such post in the book serialised in the Japanese Times (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110329zg.html ) comes from one contributor named Grandfather Hibiki who offers his view on the disaster and how it has effected the older generation.

“For us old folk confused by the scarcity of information, the radio has been our most reliable source of news. Many of us oldies are familiar with the radio and listen to late night broadcasts, with batteries that last a surprisingly long time. While we can use ordinary mobile phone functions, we've barely been able to operate emergency functions. Batteries run out as we fumble with our phones and the vast majority of us have given up trying to use them.”

The book has gained public backing from the likes of Yoko Ono on Twitter & the book has quickly developed into having it’s own separate blog detailing all the over whelming publicity from across the world coupled with a Facebook fan page & Youtube account.

From this Idea only 11 days ago the book is poised for release on digital download initially with the aim of the book being published immediately. So from the horrendous disaster of March the 11^th one man & the power of social networking has helped to create a deeply personal, inspiring and crucially unique piece of work for the greater need of the Japanese people.

You can donate to the Japanese red cross here.

http://www.redcross.org.uk/japantsunami/?approachcode=68816_googlePAD8JpTs&gclid=CPafxdOD8qcCFcod4QodgSxjbg