Stray Link: Fancy Fast Food Tumblr Gets Fancy Book Deal Fast ⇢

thedailywhat:

Signs with HarperCollins after five blog posts.

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does this represent a new era in book publishing and pitching? is this democratizing the industry? is it crowding out traditional writers in a detrimental way? how do publishers even look for these things?

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  1. jjjessica reblogged this from thedailywhat
  2. brittanyrey reblogged this from emmanuelle-mimieux
  3. zandra reblogged this from blakeley and added:
    Do I detect a bitchy tone, Blakeley? Love it. Damn writing must be so easy! I could churn out the next 34 sequels to...
  4. emmanuelle-mimieux reblogged this from thedailywhat
  5. kamikazep reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Eat your hearts out, skilled writers of the world.
  6. siddman reblogged this from mutants-at-table-9
  7. parkland reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    what the what?!?! link to tumblr page
  8. mutants-at-table-9 reblogged this from neavers
  9. pete3 reblogged this from bigcrush and added:
    tumblr really is a book deal factory
  10. downhillup reblogged this from soupsoup
  11. soupsoup reblogged this from bigcrush and added:
    Nothing official yet, per Blakeley, but it was just yesterday that I figured this might be coming.
  12. tightgrip reblogged this from shorterexcerpts
  13. bigcrush reblogged this from blakeley and added:
    Very true — these are not quite the same things…..
  14. ceandersen reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    does this represent a new era in book publishing and pitching? is this democratizing the industry? is it crowding out...
  15. oldnatkingcoletrickle reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    The buzz-blog-book-deal is the new buzz-band-record-deal. The internet is messed up/
  16. blaaargh reblogged this from chompers and added:
    bit obvious this was going to happen. The idea is brilliant, but especially the execution.
  17. chompers reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Please God, give me a book-worthy Tumblr idea.
  18. kittivanilli reblogged this from thedailywhat
  19. rillawafers reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    The dumbing down of reading continues. I can literally hear you getting fatter.
  20. jhermann reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This is ridiculous and kind of awesome.
  21. whatevermethinks reblogged this from thedailywhat
  22. neavers reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  24. lunchboxoddsox reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Haha this is sweet.
  25. blakeley reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    It says they had an offer, which is much different than completing a deal.
  26. inothernews reblogged this from mercurypdx and added:
    It’s well-deserved. You know, for all the people who knock fast food? This is their comeuppance. THE FIVE-DOLLA FOOTLONG...
  27. nikoanesti reblogged this from thedailywhat
  28. sixbucks reblogged this from shorterexcerpts and added:
    I don’t care how good those tortellini look, it is still a burrito supreme.
  29. mercurypdx reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Wow. I want to be surprised, but can’t be...seeing what they did with the Popeye’s.