{"id":6697,"date":"2022-08-16T14:38:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/16\/more-zeros-than-ive-seen-in-my-life-the-author-who-got-a-six-figure-deal-via-booktok\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:38:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:38:35","slug":"more-zeros-than-ive-seen-in-my-life-the-author-who-got-a-six-figure-deal-via-booktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/16\/more-zeros-than-ive-seen-in-my-life-the-author-who-got-a-six-figure-deal-via-booktok\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018More zeros than I\u2019ve seen in my life\u2019: the author who got a six-figure deal via \u2018BookTok\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

After she was dropped by her agent, Alex Aster turned to a books-obsessed corner of TikTok to gauge interest in her YA novel \u2026 and now Lightlark is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year<\/p>\n

Having finally published her first novel, Alex Aster was feeling disheartened. The book had tanked during the pandemic and she had been dropped by her literary agent. Then, on 13 March 2021, she decided to take to TikTok, asking her followers<\/a> if they would: \u201cread a book about a cursed island that only appears once every 100 years to host a game that gives the six rulers of the realm a chance to break their curses.\u201d One of the rulers must die, the short video revealed, \u201ceven as love complicates everything\u201d for the heroine, Isla Crown.<\/p>\n

Aster didn\u2019t expect much, especially when she checked in a few hours later to see that her post had only clocked up about 1,000 views. Maybe the books world was right, she thought. Maybe there wasn\u2019t a market for Lightlark, a young adult story she had been writing and rewriting for years, to no interest from publishers. The next day, however, she woke up to see her video had been viewed more than a million times. A week later, Lightlark had gone to auction and she had a six-figure deal with Amulet Books. Last month, Universal preemptively bought the film rights for, in her words, \u201cmore zeros than I\u2019ve seen in my life\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter she was dropped by her agent, Alex Aster turned to a books-obsessed corner of TikTok to gauge interest in her YA novel \u2026 and now Lightlark is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year
\nHaving finally published her first novel, Alex Aster was feeling disheartened. The book had tanked during the pandemic and she had been dropped by her literary agent. Then, on 13 March 2021, she decided to take to TikTok, asking her followers if they would: \u201cread a book about a cursed island that only appears once every 100 years to host a game that gives the six rulers of the realm a chance to break their curses.\u201d One of the rulers must die, the short video revealed, \u201ceven as love complicates everything\u201d for the heroine, Isla Crown.
\nAster didn\u2019t expect much, especially when she checked in a few hours later to see that her post had only clocked up about 1,000 views. Maybe the books world was right, she thought. Maybe there wasn\u2019t a market for Lightlark, a young adult story she had been writing and rewriting for years, to no interest from publishers. The next day, however, she woke up to see her video had been viewed more than a million times. A week later, Lightlark had gone to auction and she had a six-figure deal with Amulet Books. Last month, Universal preemptively bought the film rights for, in her words, \u201cmore zeros than I\u2019ve seen in my life\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After she was dropped by her agent, Alex Aster turned to a books-obsessed corner of TikTok to gauge interest in her YA novel \u2026 and now Lightlark is one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year Having finally published her first novel, Alex Aster was feeling disheartened. The book had tanked during the …<\/p>\n

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