YouTube star PewDiePie strikes publishing deal for This Book Loves You

With 37m YouTube subscribers, Swedish gamer teams up with Penguin Random House for 250-page collection of ‘advice and inspirational quotes’With more than 37m subscribers, Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg is one of the biggest stars on YouTube. Now he’s hoping to take bookshelves by storm too.The Swedish gamer has signed a publishing deal with Penguin Random House to release This Book Loves You in October. The 250-page book promises “indispensable advice and inspirational quotes”. Related: YouTube backs digital star Stampy's new Minecraft show Wonder Quest Related: Rooster Teeth plays the video game: ‘We’re competing with Netflix and HBO’ Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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