The Pointless Book

The Pointless Book is a 2014 activity book by British vlogger, YouTuber and presenter Alfie Deyes.

The Pointless Book
AuthorAlfie Deyes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectActivity book
PublishedDorking
PublisherBlink Publishing
Publication date
2014
Media typePrint
Pages192
ISBN9781905825905
828.9202

Background

Deyes runs a number of popular YouTube channels. The book contains 'pointless tasks' such as baking a cake of mud or creating a time capsule and contains interactive features.

The book sold 30,000 copies in its first two weeks,[1] and was top of The Times of London Bestseller list[2] and a bestseller overall for 2014.[3] The book was praised for its range of activities by fellow YouTubers, however similarities with Wreck This Journal were noted[4] and was reviewed in The Guardian.[5]

A signing at a bookstore in Piccadilly Circus in London was attended by 8,000 'screaming fans' and resulted in road closures and police helicopters being used,[6] forcing Deyes to reschedule another event at ExCeL London[7] while more than 1000 attended a signing in Birmingham.[8]

gollark: Although you could *sort of* do those things with a static site too.
gollark: Mine is designed as a mostly-static website, which doesn't do either of those.
gollark: I went to a lot of effort to speed up my site, including inlining the CSS in the page itself, so it has to be small.
gollark: Mine is basically just the default CSS with some stuff for a navbar, and some minor enhancements to links and stuff.
gollark: It looks nice, minimal and all.

References
  1. "Alfie Deyes: Prince Pointless hits the spot for YouTube kids". The Sunday Times. 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. Tony Mulliken. "Alfie Deyes' The Pointless Book sails into the Sunday Times Bestsellers list at No.1 - Midas PR Agency London". Midaspr.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  3. Sian Cain (2014-12-24). "Bestselling books of 2014: did the booksellers get it right? | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  4. "TenEighty Book Club: The Pointless Book ‹ TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews". Teneightymagazine.com. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  5. "Alfie Deyes, the 21-year-old king of YouTube: 'He's normal, not like celebrities' | Life and style". The Guardian. 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  6. Rockett, Karen (2014-09-20). "YouTube blogger Alfie Deyes mobbed by 8,000 screaming fans at book signing - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  7. "Alfie Deyes event rescheduled for ExCeL". The Bookseller. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  8. Stacey, Alison (2014-11-14). "'Pointless' Alfie Deyes' Birmingham book signing causes crazy scenes in city centre". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
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