When he spotted the unknown novel at the top of the NYT list, he did a little digging. 1 hit began with Phil Stamper, an editor and the author of the Wattpad novel Crowded. The subsequent investigation of Sarem's mysterious No. But when Handbook for Mortals appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List, no one on YA Book Twitter - a large community of writers, publishers, editors, literary agents, and bloggers - had heard of it. The YA communities on Twitter and Instagram are quite active, and they generate fantastic hype for the books their members read and enjoy. Now, it's not unheard of for young-adult novels to land film deals before they appear in print. The film's IMDB page states that Sarem will take on the role of her protagonist, Zade. When The Hollywood Reporter covered the book deal back in July, American Pie actor Thomas Ian Nichols was attached to produce and "likely" co-star in the series' first installment. From the beginning, GeekNation and Sarem intended to turn Handbook for Mortals into a film franchise.
Here's what you need to know about the New York Times' YA bestseller scandal and how YA Book Twitter uncovered it.Įarlier this month, Lani Sarem published her debut novel, Handbook for Mortals, as the inaugural title for GeekNation's new publishing wing. There was just one problem: Basically no one had ever heard of Handbook for Mortals before. 1 spot earlier this week, when the mysteriously unknown Handbook for Mortals took top honors instead. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/ 24 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List for Young Adult Hardcover, Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give was knocked out of the No. “YA Twitter versus Handbook for Mortals: A Case Study in Bestseller List Manipulation, Controversy, and the Effects on Library Acquisition.” The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. Come for the public spectacle, stay for the nuanced reading of best-seller lists, public interactions of YA professionals via Twitter, and a look at the impact of faking bestseller status on library acquisition policies.Īrticle Citation: Fitzsimmons, Rebekah, Karen Viars and Liz Holdsworth.
I was blessed with 75 students who helped unpack the events as they happened in real time as well as two incredible co-authors, Karen Viars and Liz Holdsworth, who brought their expertise in fan culture and library acquisitions to the project. This article came out of a very public kerfuffle on Twitter that played out in real-time while I was teaching my course on Bestsellers, Best Of and Banned Books at Georgia Tech. I’m delighted to announce that my most recent article has been published in the Lion and the Unicorn‘s January 2019 issue.
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