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There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!!

2011-12-23 · John · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · personal update

Lower-confidence wave

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John tells Hank that a bookseller shipped over a thousand copies of The Fault in Our Stars three weeks early, asks everyone not to post spoilers, and thanks Nerdfighters for pledging not to spoil it for others.

What is said

00:00:00 — A bad week: over a thousand TFiOS copies shipped early by a bookseller three weeks before release, despite a year of NDAs and an embargo by Penguin and John

  • ★ John says he has had a 'P number six' week: not the worst, but in the bottom half. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ On Wednesday morning John learned that a bookseller had prematurely shipped more than a thousand copies of The Fault in Our Stars to people who pre-ordered it. — 00:00:00 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ The book is not due out for three more weeks; for the past year Penguin and John worked hard so everyone could read it at the same time. — 00:00:00 · The Fault in Our Stars, Penguin Books
  • ★★ Everyone who has read The Fault in Our Stars, John and Hank included, signed non-disclosure agreements; Penguin paid for an embargo and skipped the usual advance copies to critics, movie people and foreign publishers. — 00:00:30 · The Fault in Our Stars, Penguin Books, Hank Green

00:00:53 — Why spoilers matter even for Looking for Alaska; the internet is great at sharing and terrible at keeping secrets; an honest mistake, but George R.R. Martin's spike comes to mind

  • ★★★ John does not want the book spoiled for anyone; even Looking for Alaska, almost seven years old, should not be spoiled, since thousands bought it this week without knowing what it is about. — 00:00:53 · The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska
  • ★★ John calls it one of the great struggles of the internet: it is great for talking about things we like but terrible at keeping secrets. — 00:00:53
  • ★★ John accepts that not every reader will avoid spoilers and that the shipping error was an honest mistake with no maliciousness. — 00:01:23
  • ★★ John recalls George R.R. Martin threatening to mount the leaker's head on a spike when his embargoed book leaked; it seemed crazy, but on Wednesday John felt more sympathetic. (playful) — 00:01:23

00:01:52 — Calling Hank; Nerdfighters pledge on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook not to read early or not to spoil; never underestimate Nerdfighteria; TFiOS a decade in the making, out January 10

  • ★★ John called Hank, as he does when mad, and Hank reminded him that his readers care not just about his books but about each other. — 00:01:52 · Hank Green
  • ★★★ As word spread, more and more Nerdfighters on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook pledged not to read the book before January 10, or not to spoil it for the majority who receive it then. — 00:01:52 · Nerdfighteria, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John says the week reminded him never to underestimate Nerdfighteria, which is always an 'A number one' community. — 00:02:21 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ The Fault in Our Stars has been with John in some form for more than a decade; he wants it out on January 10, for reasons Looking for Alaska readers may know. — 00:02:21 · The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska
  • ★★★ John wants everyone to have the same reading opportunity and thanks viewers in advance for not posting spoilers; he closes with 'Please don't post spoilers.' — 00:02:21 · The Fault in Our Stars

00:02:50 — Thanks to Amazon and independent bookstores for holding pre-orders; pre-order TFiOS and read John's other books meanwhile; thanks to Nerdfighters; please don't post spoilers; sign-off

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