Steve Martin Turns Tweets To Book

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The veteran actor and comedian Steve Martin is writing a book based on his Twitter posts, with all profits going to charity, book publishers said on Friday.

Martin announced in a book by Tweet on Twitter that said: "As the demand for anything, when I published a book in my tweets. Many of your answers, even included! All my earnings to charity."

The book is called "Ten, Make that nine methods, is a well-organized people. Make sure that the ten", and there will be a collection of tweets and followers of Martin replies, publisher of Grand Central Publishing, said in a statement.

The book will be published in the summer of 2012, and all profits go to charity.

The 66-year-old "Pink Panther" actor has adopted social networking site, building a fan base of over 1.7 million followers.

Martin tweets made headlines in December 2010, when the actor said to be tweeting updates on the legal process for jury duty, which is usually subject to confidentiality. Later, he confirmed that the tweets were false and written as a parody.

Last book of the actor, a novel called "The object of beauty" was published in 2010 and made a list of New York Times best-seller.

Martin is appearing alongside Owen Wilson and Jack Black in the comedy "The Big Year," which was released in U.S. theaters last month.

(Reporting and writing by Piya Sinha-Roy, editing by Bob Visit Tell Eight)

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