John asks viewers to pre-order This Star Won't Go Out, Esther Earl's book (2013)
ask · status: promotion (not a request) · last event: reminder (2021-08-03) · owner: John
From April 2013 John asked viewers to pre-order This Star Won't Go Out, the book of Esther Earl's story, which came out on 28 January 2014. He kept pointing viewers to it on release day and on Esther Day 2015.
Part of: This Star Won't Go Out: book of Esther Earl's writings with John's introduction (2013)
Result reported for the project: Esther Earl's book comes out today; John is 'so flipping excited' and calls it wonderful. — Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips 00:01:15
Told alongside: Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010) · John: do a live show reading from Esther Earl's book This Star Won't Go Out (2014)
About: This Star Won't Go Out (book)
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-02 | asked | John points viewers to pre-order the book of Esther's writing via the link in the description. | TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video 00:00:29 |
| 2014-01-07 | reminder | John reminds viewers they can preorder Esther's book via the doobly-doo link; it comes out January 28th. | Warm Things for Cold Times 00:00:57 |
| 2014-01-28 | reminder | John urges viewers to get Esther's book at their nearest bookstore or online via the doobly-doo link. | Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips 00:01:20 |
| 2015-08-03 | reminder | John tells viewers who don't know about Esther to check out her book. | I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 00:01:19 |
| 2017-08-03 | reminder | John highly recommends Esther's memoir This Star Won't Go Out, a beautiful book available wherever books are sold. | HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! 00:01:53 |
| 2021-08-03 | reminder | John recommends that viewers new to Nerdfighteria read Esther's book, also called This Star Won't Go Out. | I L*** Hank 00:01:56 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — recommendation: John calls it an amazing book: Esther was a beautiful writer and her parts are the best. — 00:00:47
- 2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — John reads the first sentence of his introduction: his friendship with Esther began, as so many great love stories do, at a Harry Potter convention. — 00:01:00
- 2015-08-03 · I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 — ask: John points viewers to Esther's book and to DFTBA.com or TSWGO.org to support This Star Won't Go Out, the charity Esther's family created to support families of children with cancer. — 00:01:19
- 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John sees the response in thousands celebrating Esther Day, the community's commitment to child health including pediatric cancer care in impoverished communities, and support for This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:02:26