Paper Towns advance-copy giveaways to Nerdfighters (2008)
project history · status: last documented in 2008 · last event: milestone (2008-05-30)
From April 2008 John gave away advance reader's copies of Paper Towns before its publication on 16 October, drawing winners at random from commenters on YouTube and the Nerdfighter Ning. More giveaways followed in May, including Hank's first and five winners from John's punishment week.
Told alongside: John invites Nerdfighters to request a visit to their city on Eventful (2008) · Hank asks viewers to answer his questions in the comments (2008) · John asks Nerdfighters for questions for two Question Tuesdays in one week (May 2008) · Paper Towns: writing, revision and publication (2007)
About: Paper Towns, Nerdfighter Ning, YouTube
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-14 | launched | John will give away as many Paper Towns ARCs as he can before publication; the first goes to a name drawn from a hat of everyone who comments on YouTube or the Ning. | PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR 00:01:41 |
| 2008-04-28 | rule change | John gives away two Paper Towns copies instead of one: one to a random Ning commenter, one to a random YouTube commenter. | Ranting and Giving Stuff Away 00:00:00 |
| 2008-04-28 | milestone | John draws the Ning winner and the YouTube winner by random number; the YouTube winner has 48 hours to claim the book. | Ranting and Giving Stuff Away 00:00:40 |
| 2008-05-06 | milestone | John offers another Paper Towns advance reader's copy, to one Nerdfighter whose entry is included in the birthday project. | Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project 00:01:50 |
| 2008-05-18 | milestone | John will give away one Paper Towns copy to a random commenter with every video this week (week of 12 May 2008), including this one. | A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! 00:02:47 |
| 2008-05-22 | milestone | Hank gives away a Paper Towns copy to a random commenter, his first giveaway. | Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! 00:03:19 |
| 2008-05-30 | milestone | John names the five winners of the Paper Towns advance copies given away during his punishment week and asks them to email their addresses. | The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — announcement: John: Until publication John will give away as many ARCs to Nerdfighters as he can; today everyone commenting on YouTube or the Ning goes in a hat for this galley. — 00:01:41
- 2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — announcement: John doubles the Paper Towns giveaway: one advance copy to a random commenter on the Ning and one to a random commenter on YouTube. — 00:00:00
- 2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — announcement: John draws random numbers to pick a Ning winner and a YouTube winner; the YouTube winner has 48 hours to claim the prize or it goes to someone else. — 00:00:40
- 2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John's tripod is a stack of new Paper Towns galleys; he will give an advance reader's copy to one Nerdfighter whose entry is included in the birthday project. — 00:01:50
- 2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — announcement: John reminds viewers there is one more Question Tuesday this week (week of 19 May 2008) and that he gives a Paper Towns copy to a random commenter every day; leave questions in comments. — 00:03:40
- 2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — announcement: Hank gives away a copy of Paper Towns to one random commenter, the first time he gets to give one away. — 00:03:19
- 2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — announcement: John has no Paper Towns advance copies to give away; earlier winners are still waiting for theirs, which he hopes to rectify tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:03:22