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Your book sells faster than Harry Potter!
Zoe Sugg is what is called an internet phenomenon. As a "Zoella" she thrills a million-dollar fanbase on her blog, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram - and now also clears off the big screen offline. With her debut novel "Online Girl".
At the age of 24, Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, has already made it into the Olympus of YouTube vloggers and beauty bloggers. Her videos are clicked more than 400 million times per clip, she has 2.6 million followers on Twitter, 3.5 million fans on Instagram, not to mention her blog, whose servers regularly run hot. And this week, the super blogger from the UK cracked another record: her offline debut "Girl Online, " a modern Notting Hill version for teenagers, is the best-selling book of all time in the first week. And more successful than JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown or EL James' "Fifty Shades of Gray". The madness!
On Twitter, Zoe Sugg commented on her success with "Girl Online" : "It's a wonderful feeling, I'm grateful to anyone who bought a copy, it's great to have so much fun with the book!" This year was so exciting for me and that is clearly the cherry on the sundae! "
Zoe Sugg has become famous with beauty and make-up tutorials on YouTube, which quickly reached millions of clicks and so a growing young and loyal fanbase. In 2009, the Briton also launched her blog Zoella . But the Vlogging is and remains Prio number 1. Besides the book writing of course ...
