A young Brazilian author, 20-year-old Emma Vieira, shared a video of her first book signing event at the Rio de Janeiro Book Fair — and while it didn’t go as she dreamed, her post changed everything.
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In a video posted on Instagram, Emma expressed her frustration upon realizing her big day wouldn’t unfold as she had imagined. In the footage, she is seen sitting and watching people walk by, while the caption conveys her emotions.
“One day I’ll have a line at the book fair,” she wrote in her post.
Vieira wrote the young adult suspense novel “The Last Half-Blood” when she was 17 and signed up for the event in Rio to present her work — but no one came to her booth.
It was precisely this video that changed everything. After sharing how her first signing went with her followers, the young writer received nearly half a million likes, and a week later, all 30 available copies of her book had sold out, thanks to the support of her new fans on social media.
As she told the G1 news portal, her second book signing was a big success: “Everything sold out in 40 minutes, and there were only a few left for the third session. I’m independent, everything happens through the internet. I’m still trying to process everything that happened,” she said.
Vieira explained that she published her book through a print-on-demand service, and she’s already working on her second book. This time, she hopes to achieve another dream: “My next goal is to get a publishing deal.”
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