I just received Stefan Swanepoel's Social Media Report 2010 in the mail (tx S.); it's a definitive guide to learning about the social media landscape and how to participate in it. I recommend it, particularly for beginners; you can order the publication at www.swanepoel.com/publications/social-media-report.asp

With the ubiquity of the Internet on mobile devices, I notice I read the Report as a publication more like a magazine than a reference resource. When I need to figure out something about social media quickly, the Internet serves up the answer efficiently. A publication can be used as a workbook, or perused in environs where I'm away from the devices and PC - airplanes, in the car waiting to pick up kids from school, coffee tables.