Exciting news! Scholastic has acquired world rights to 18-year-old YouTube personality Jenn McAllister’s (JennXPenn) Really Professional Internet Person, a personal and funny guide to creating successful online content and handling the pressures of internet fame. The book is slated to be published simultaneously in paperback and ebook formats in September 2015.
Chronicling Jenn's personal journey from shy middle-schooler to YouTube sensation through a series of top ten lists, photos, screenshots, social media posts and never-before-posted stories, Really Professional Internet Person allows Jenn to share her unique voice with readers beyond her 2 million-person fan base online.
“Being able to work with a publisher like Scholastic isn’t something everyone stumbles upon in their lifetime, so to have this incredible opportunity to share the things I don’t necessarily open up about in my day-to-day life was liberating,” said Jenn about the news. “I’m excited for my fans to get an inside look at my journey mixed in with my humor, and to continue to grow with me through the book both mentally and emotionally.”
Jenn told her fans about her book via YouTube this past weekend (see below). You can read more about the acquisition in this piece from Variety. Welcome to the Scholastic family, Jenn!
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