YouTubers Writing Books?!? | Thoughts

Hi

Today I'm going to be sharing with you my thoughts on YouTubers writing books as this topic has caused outrage from fans, authors and the media. I hope you like the idea of these thought posts as I'll probably do some more in the future.

Lets get started...

 

 

My thoughts are is that there probably is too many YouTube books. If a YouTuber would like to release something to give back to their fans, they could choose a different piece of merchandise like Jim Chapman who made a stationary line (James & Friends) instead of a book.

I think that the reason YouTubers are bringing out books is after the success of Girl Online by Zoella/Zoe Sugg and they want some of the success. There are other ways or releasing things such as beauty lines (Zoella and Tanya Burr) or DVDs (ThatcherJoe and Caspar Lee).

I do have some YouTuber books which are (in order of purchase):

- Girl Online by Zoella/Zoe Sugg (9 million subscribers)

- The Glam Guide by Fleur DeForce (1m)

- Love Tanya by Tanya Burr (3m)

- Life With A Sprinkle Of Glitter by Sprinkle Of Glitter/ Louise Pentland (2m)

- I Hate MySelfie by Shane Dawson (6m)

 

And below is more YouTuber books that I don't have/ have not been released yet:

- Pointless Book 1&2 by PointlessBlog/Alfie Deyes (4m)

- Girl Online: On Tour  by Zoella

- Hello Life by Marcus Butler (3m)

- In Real Life by Joey Graceffa (5m)

- Binge by Tyler Oakley (7m)

- Username Evie by ThatcherJoe/Joe Sugg (5m)

- The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire by Dan & Phil/ danisnotonfire/AmazingPhil

- This Book Loves You- Pewdiepie/ Felix Kjellberg (38m)

And more

 

I have 5 books and now I'm going to review 4 as I don't have a physical copy of I Hate MySelfie because it's on my Kindle.

I really enjoyed this book as it was one of the first YouTuber books and it's fiction which is the complete opposite to the others; I think if more YouTubers wrote fiction then more kids would read. The plot is very Zoe, which I think is a good thing as it is her book. I know some of this book was ghostwritten but I don't really mind, it's a good book nonetheless.

 

This is a really good book which I'm glad I got. It's probably not for people my age as Fleur's audience is more older (like 20s) but I still enjoy her videos and vlogs. This book is a guide (as the name suggests) on how to live a glam life. It has tips on beauty, fashion, hair but also YouTube, life and travel.

 

This book is kind of a rip-off if you have Fleur's book, they really similar with most of the chapters and tips. The only difference is that this book is much more personal so if you're a huge fan of Tanya this is for good if you want to know more about her. If you have Fleur's book but you like Tanya I would save your money. 

 

 

I really enjoyed this book as it was very Louise with the topics and the writing style. You could tell Louise was involved with this book as she made sure the topics were her, like the anti-baking chapter, which I enjoyed. It's quite different from The Glam Guide and Love Tanya as this is more lifestyle with a little bit of beauty.

 

I hope you enjoyed this thought post as sometimes it's nice to put my 2 cents arcoss on some matters. If there's anything you want me to do a Thought post on let me know and I'll add it to my list of blog posts.

See you soon,

Louise

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