Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!!

2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 1 day later) · announcement · Hank · 2:52 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects (also: Books & writing) · mode: Announcements · tags: self promotion, civic or action cta, community lore

On the eve of Paper Towns' release, Hank announces a free Paper Towns collaborative album of songs by him and several nerdfighters, available to viewers who prove their dedication to the book in three ways.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting; Hank will perform a song as on Brotherhood 2.0 Wednesdays; Paper Towns out tomorrow; fake-spoiler Twitter stream and a Paper Towns cake

• ★ Hank says someone recalled that during Brotherhood 2.0 he performed a song every Wednesday, so he is going to do so. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Song Wednesday, Brotherhood 2.0
• ★★★ Hank says John's book Paper Towns comes out tomorrow, October 16th, its official release date. — 00:00:00 · Paper Towns
• ★ Hank lists Paper Towns activities: a new Twitter stream of fake Paper Towns spoilers, and a Paper Towns cake baked for John by a Five Awesome Girls member. — 00:00:00 · Twitter, Paper Towns

00:00:34 — The Paper Towns collaborative album by Hank and nerdfighters, free to those who prove dedication: profile pictures with the book, notes inside bookstore copies, comment and email

• ★★★ Hank and several nerdfighters have recorded Paper Towns songs for a Paper Towns collaborative album, which they are giving away for free. — 00:00:34 · Paper Towns collab album, Nerdfighteria, Paper Towns
• ★★ First condition for the album: make a picture of yourself with Paper Towns your MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and every other profile picture. — 00:00:58 · Paper Towns, Facebook, YouTube
• ★★ Second: buy Paper Towns at a local bookstore and leave notes in copies saying how much you love it, like a blurb but from a normal reader rather than a reviewer. — 00:01:27 · Paper Towns
• ★★ Third: comment on the video and send an email saying you have done all of this, to get download access to the album. — 00:01:27 · Paper Towns collab album

00:01:56 — Download access and $3 CD; finishing at home: Paper Towns rivals the election and his first house; recap of the three steps

• ★★ Those who qualify can also pay $3, the cost of making and shipping the CD, for a hard copy. — 00:01:56 · Paper Towns collab album
• ★★ Hank playfully says that despite the presidential election he can only think about Paper Towns, whose release is on the scale of buying his first house. (playful) — 00:01:56 · Paper Towns, United States presidential election

Threads in this video

• restarted · Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2007) — After someone recalled that he performed a song every Wednesday during Brotherhood 2.0, Hank says he is going to perform one today: a Paper Towns song. (00:00:00)
• launched · Paper Towns collab album: free album for proving dedication to Paper Towns (2008) — Hank launches the free Paper Towns collaborative album, available to viewers who post profile pictures with the book, leave notes in bookstore copies, and comment and email; a CD costs $3. (00:00:34)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2007) — lapsed; last: looked back, 2025-10-08
• Paper Towns collab album: free album for proving dedication to Paper Towns (2008) — last documented in 2008; last: looked back, 2008-11-05

Mentioned

Central: Paper Towns · Paper Towns collab album

Also: Brotherhood 2.0 · Facebook · Five Awesome Girls · Myspace · Song Wednesday · Twitter · United States presidential election · YouTube

Only in the description or credits: Abby · Kristina Horner · Lauren Fairweather · Liane Graham

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