Connor Franta can now be added to the list of YouTube celebrities who have authored New York Times best-selling books. The digital star’s memoir A Work in Progress has hit the #8 spot on the Nyt’s “Print Paperback Best Sellers” list.
Franta, who boasts over 5.2 million subscribers across his two YouTube channels, released his book on April 21, 2015, under the Keywords Press banner; the Simon & Schuster imprint has also produced books for other digital celebs like Shane Dawson and Zoe Sugg (aka Zoella). Within a day of release, Franta’s book topped several of Amazon’s book charts and was one of the top 25 bestselling books on Amazon overall.
Franta’s #8 spot on the Nyt list is notable for a few reasons. For starters, the vlogger’s book is ahead of I Hate Myselfie, the book of fellow YouTuber Dawson. A Work in Progress is also ahead of works from...
Franta, who boasts over 5.2 million subscribers across his two YouTube channels, released his book on April 21, 2015, under the Keywords Press banner; the Simon & Schuster imprint has also produced books for other digital celebs like Shane Dawson and Zoe Sugg (aka Zoella). Within a day of release, Franta’s book topped several of Amazon’s book charts and was one of the top 25 bestselling books on Amazon overall.
Franta’s #8 spot on the Nyt list is notable for a few reasons. For starters, the vlogger’s book is ahead of I Hate Myselfie, the book of fellow YouTuber Dawson. A Work in Progress is also ahead of works from...
- 4/30/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Shane Dawson is one of the online video personalities who has jumped into the literary world by authoring his own book. Dawson, whose 6.4 million subscribers and 1.1 billion views on his main channel make him one of YouTube's biggest stars, recently published I Hate Myselfie alongside Atria's Keywords Press imprint, and the book's first-week sales have been very strong. According to The Hollywood Reporter, I Hate Myselfie became Barnes & Noble's bestselling paperback shortly after its release.
I Hate Myselfie is a collection of essays written by Dawson, who has used the book to talk about his life before YouTube. The collection arrived on March 10th as the second work from Keywords Press, which works exclusively with online video stars. The imprint's first release was Girl Online, a novel from YouTube beauty star Zoella. Since its publication, Girl Online has come under fire after it was revealed that Zoella employed a ghost...
I Hate Myselfie is a collection of essays written by Dawson, who has used the book to talk about his life before YouTube. The collection arrived on March 10th as the second work from Keywords Press, which works exclusively with online video stars. The imprint's first release was Girl Online, a novel from YouTube beauty star Zoella. Since its publication, Girl Online has come under fire after it was revealed that Zoella employed a ghost...
- 3/24/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Shane Dawson's first book, "I Hate Myselfie," hits stores today, and the YouTube star admitted he is surprisingly nervous about it!
"I've never been so nervous in my life about something," Shane told AccessHollywood.com. "I've never put out a video that was this autobiographical, so it's scary. I'm nervous that people aren't going to buy it!"
Boasting 13 million subscribers across his three YouTube channels, Shane is one of the most successful comics on YouTube, amassing over 2 billion video views. The New York Times has even dubbed Shane "YouTube's comic for the under-30 set." Shane has also ...
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"I've never been so nervous in my life about something," Shane told AccessHollywood.com. "I've never put out a video that was this autobiographical, so it's scary. I'm nervous that people aren't going to buy it!"
Boasting 13 million subscribers across his three YouTube channels, Shane is one of the most successful comics on YouTube, amassing over 2 billion video views. The New York Times has even dubbed Shane "YouTube's comic for the under-30 set." Shane has also ...
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- 3/10/2015
- by access.hollywood@nbcuni.com (Access Hollywood)
- Access Hollywood
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