Want to make a splash on YouTube? Even go viral? You've come to the right place. This book is written by two veteran 'Tubers who live their art and know what they're talking about -- especially Alan Lastufka, a.k.a. "fallofautumndistro," who has over 50,000 YouTube subscribers and over 6 million views. Alan and co-author Michael W. Dean show you how to make a quality video, and how to optimize, encode, upload, and promote it. This book can't promise you'll be rich and famous, but it can tell you how to make great video art, and what you need to do to get your work seen. You'll learn about: 
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<li>Storytelling and directing</li> <li>Shooting, editing, and rendering</li> <li>Creating your very own channel</li> <li>Broadcasting user-generated content</li> <li>Re-broadcasting commercial content</li> <li>Cultivating a devoted audience</li> <li>Fitting into the YouTube community</li> <li>Becoming a success story</li> </ul> Join Alan, who makes part of his living from YouTube, and Michael, a successful filmmaker, author, and D.I.Y. art pioneer. They'll take you from the basics of gear to making it big on YouTube, with a focus on networking and interaction. You'll also sit in on informative interviews with YouTube stars LisaNova, Hank Green (vlogbrothers), WhatTheBuckShow, nalts, and liamkylesullivan. Alan and Michael understand viral marketing -- and they know what it takes to get your work on everyone's YouTube radar. And, once you read this book, so will you.

YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts

Arts & Photography

Lastufka, Alan

Dean, Michael W.

Photography & Video

O'Reilly Media

Face the Night

Rookie sketch artist Adriana just drew the wrong face. A face with no name, with no voice, but with one hell of a secret...\nAdriana Krause has a talent for bringing subjects to life. Until she draws a rotting, mangled face instead of the described suspect. Shocked, she realizes she's drawn the man who haunts her nightmares. No one has seen this face before—except Adriana.\nWith few allies on the force, Adriana is alone in her pursuit of the hellish figure from her dreams, while battling her father—the mayor—as he tries to take custody of her young son. She needs this job to save her family, but now the unknown man is all she can draw.\nWhen her nightmares become waking dreams that lead to a series of violent outbursts, Adriana turns to near strangers for help. She must keep her son, unlock the mysteries of this strange face, and uncover one of the darkest secrets ever buried in her small town.\n"Great for fans of My Heart Is a Chainsaw." (BookLife)\n"Reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub." (Kirkus, starred)\n"Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things." (IndieReader)\nThis gripping thriller will lure readers into the false comfort of small-town life, before dropping the kind of scares that'll make your nightmares rival Adriana's.\n"Outstanding...An impressive, complex horror tale—two (rotting) thumbs up." - Kirkus Reviews, starred

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Shortwave Media

HOFFER AWARD WINNER * 2022 BEST COMMERCIAL FICTION\n"Outstanding...An impressive, complex horror tale—two (rotting) thumbs up." - Kirkus Reviews, starred\nShe has an eerie gift for drawing faces. Will one terrifying vision tear apart everything she loves?\nOhio, 1987. Adriana Krause hasn't slept in weeks. Desperate for work to keep her three-year-old son out of her powerful father's controlling clutches, her vivid illustrations land her a job as a police sketch artist. But the only image she can draw is the shockingly mangled visage from her recurring nightmare.\nWith her disturbed nights spiraling into violent episodes, Adriana's unique talents pull her into the tight-knit small-town's buried secrets. And now fearing she'll lose her little boy to the madness sucking her down, she's convinced that the monstrous likeness she can't stop scrawling holds the answer to a brutal crime.\nCan this struggling mother solve a dark puzzle before her family is destroyed?\nFace the Night is a bone-chilling supernatural thriller. If you like complex characters, lived-in settings, and tension dripping from every page, then you'll be transfixed by Alan Lastufka's gripping tale.\nBuy Face the Night today to survive until dawn!\n"Suspenseful... shocking... engaging small-town thriller. Great for fans of My Heart Is a Chainsaw." (BookLife)\n"Reminiscent of early works by Stephen King and Peter Straub." (Kirkus Reviews, starred)\n"Like a grown-up version of Stranger Things." (IndieReader)

Obsolescence: A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology

27 Brand-New Tales of Technological Terror! All leaps in technology are scary. Mysterious. Misunderstood. Until they slowly creep into our daily lives and become impossible to get rid of, like an evolving parasite. The unique camera lens that exposes hidden monsters. The blue-collar robot that would do anything to not become obsolete. The app that knows your needs better than you know them yourself. In OBSOLESCENCE, technology gets repurposed, subverted, and redefined. Featuring a special foreword by Naomi Grossman, star of American Horror Story. With new stories from. . . <ul> <li>Kealan Patrick Burke</li> <li>Adam Cesare</li> <li>Clay McLeod Chapman</li> <li>Johnny Compton</li> <li>Rob Hart</li> <li>Laurel Hightower</li> <li>Gabino Iglecias</li> <li>Ai Jiang</li> <li>Eric LaRocca</li> <li>Christi Nogle</li> <li>Hailey Piper</li> <li>Sara Tantlinger</li> <li>. . .and more!</li> </ul>

Literature & Fiction

Horner, Kristina

Genre Fiction

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