How to write a book on something that moves with the present

Two books are being published this year, documenting the two revolutionary social networking sites which have turned online communication into a far wider reaching web than every before. MySpace and Facebook are so well recognised the next thing we know they will be entering the Oxford English Dictionary, however back to our topic of conversation how does one write a book on something that is constantly evolving.

Angwings book on MySpace was started in 2007, many critics have already deemed the book out of date, before it is even published. They have not been quite so harsh with Kirkpatricks book on facebook, although it has been described as a 'love affair'. His strategy to prevent any air of out-datedness seems to be working, he has started a fanpage, on facebook, and is using a blog as a way to communicate with his audience his progress with the book. He also has been given access to executives, unlike Angwing, which may provide an air of authenticity.

It is a difficult thing to write a novel which is effectively in a timewarp once it has been published, on a topic which is constantly evolving at a considerable pace. Maybe Kirkpatricks strategy will combat this is some way but it would be advisable to write quickly before his original ideas are already documented in a shorted form.

Link; http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/15/myspace-and-facebook-in-2009-battle-of-the-books/