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Author Climbs Bestsellers Chart After Post About Selling 2 Books Goes Viral https://ift.tt/N6QCSXj In an unlikely turn of events, a British author has rapidly climbed the bestseller charts after a simple post on social media about her selling two books at a local event went viral. Vicky Ball, 48, from Colchester, went to an authors' event at Galleywood Heritage Centre in Chelmsford last week to showcase her two novels, one titled Powerless and the other Abandoned. Though Ms Ball only managed to sell two copies, she took to X (formerly Twitter) to express gratitude about being able to write books and sell them to people. "Sold 2 books," Ms Ball wrote on X afterwards, which she described as positive because: "I've done some events where I haven't sold any." Sold 2 books ?? https://t.co/sNEaeEtnYb — Vicky (@VickyBall3) December 3, 2024 The post soon went viral as social media users showed the endearing side of the internet. As of the last update, the post had garnered nearly 25 million views and more than 745,000 likes which catapulted Ms Ball to the top of Amazon's bestseller charts, as people from across the globe started ordering her books. "Feel like I'm in some kind of weird crazy dream right now where lots of people have bought my books," she posted, whilst also sharing a screenshot of Abandoned being no.1 on the American charts. I'm no.1 in one of the American charts! Unbelievable!! pic.twitter.com/XMG1uaeaLL — Vicky (@VickyBall3) December 8, 2024 Also Read | Best-Selling Authors Comfort Writer After 2 People Attend Her Book Launch 'It's unbelievable' While Powerless is a thriller, replete with a plethora of twists about a missing girl who returns home, Abandons mainly deals with an alcoholic mother with a dark secret. "I've been getting messages on Instagram of people saying: 'I'm in Colombia and just bought your book'; 'I'm in Salt Lake City'; 'I'm in Belgium.' It's amazing really - it's just unbelievable," Ms Ball told the Guardian. Ms Ball currently works at the University of Essex and is currently pursuing a master's degree in creative writing. She wrote Powerless during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, mostly on weekends as she was teaching. Quizzed about advice to aspiring authors who also wanted to write something, MS ball shared a simple suggestion. “Just write! I just go with it. It's like a journey, and I really enjoy the process.You never know where it's going to go.” https://ift.tt/unc2Jbz December 09, 2024 at 10:24AM NDTV News-Offbeat https://www.ndtv.com
In an unlikely turn of events, a British author has rapidly climbed the bestseller charts after a simple post on social media about her selling two books at a local event went viral. Vicky Ball, 48, from Colchester, went to an authors' event at Galleywood Heritage Centre in Chelmsford last week to showcase her two novels, one titled Powerless and the other Abandoned. Though Ms Ball only managed to sell two copies, she took to X (formerly Twitter) to express gratitude about being able to write books and sell them to people.
"Sold 2 books," Ms Ball wrote on X afterwards, which she described as positive because: "I've done some events where I haven't sold any."
Sold 2 books ?? https://t.co/sNEaeEtnYb
— Vicky (@VickyBall3) December 3, 2024
The post soon went viral as social media users showed the endearing side of the internet. As of the last update, the post had garnered nearly 25 million views and more than 745,000 likes which catapulted Ms Ball to the top of Amazon's bestseller charts, as people from across the globe started ordering her books.
"Feel like I'm in some kind of weird crazy dream right now where lots of people have bought my books," she posted, whilst also sharing a screenshot of Abandoned being no.1 on the American charts.
I'm no.1 in one of the American charts! Unbelievable!! pic.twitter.com/XMG1uaeaLL
— Vicky (@VickyBall3) December 8, 2024
Also Read | Best-Selling Authors Comfort Writer After 2 People Attend Her Book Launch
'It's unbelievable'
While Powerless is a thriller, replete with a plethora of twists about a missing girl who returns home, Abandons mainly deals with an alcoholic mother with a dark secret.
"I've been getting messages on Instagram of people saying: 'I'm in Colombia and just bought your book'; 'I'm in Salt Lake City'; 'I'm in Belgium.' It's amazing really - it's just unbelievable," Ms Ball told the Guardian.
Ms Ball currently works at the University of Essex and is currently pursuing a master's degree in creative writing. She wrote Powerless during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, mostly on weekends as she was teaching.
Quizzed about advice to aspiring authors who also wanted to write something, MS ball shared a simple suggestion.
“Just write! I just go with it. It's like a journey, and I really enjoy the process.You never know where it's going to go.”
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Social Media Users Blast Spotify For Leaning Into AI For 2024 'Wrapped' https://ift.tt/czjyXLQ Spotify dropped its highly-anticipated, yearly 'Wrapped' on Wednesday (Dec 4) but the listeners have been left disappointed at what turned out to be a 'bland' and 'disappointing' effort from the streaming giant. This year's Spotify Wrapped did not provide listeners with their top music genres, or their top albums. Instead, an odd surprise, termed "wrapped AI podcast" was served which used Google's NotebookLM technology to verbally recap users' listening habits. The bizarre addition featured artificial intelligence (AI) voices elaborating on the data points mentioned in the Wrapped. The users have since taken to social media to lash out at Spotify for heavily leaning into AI and creating something that did not feel like Wrapped of the previous years. "Spotify wrapped is so underwhelming and reeks of AI…there seems to be real lack of effort this year from the boring visuals to the missing genres and quirks," said one user, while another added: "Hi I'm just here to remind you all that AI is going to ruin the world and spotify wrapped is the perfect dramatic example of that." A third added: "So apparently spotify fired a lot of workers and used AI to create this year's Wrapped, no wonder it suck." spotify wrapped is underwhelming and reeks of ai… there seems to be real lack of effort this year from the boring visuals to the missing genres and quirks — ali (@twigsalterego) December 4, 2024 spotify wrapped is underwhelming and reeks of ai… there seems to be real lack of effort this year from the boring visuals to the missing genres and quirks — ali (@twigsalterego) December 4, 2024 hi i'm just here to remind you all that AI is going to ruin the world and spotify wrapped is the perfect dramatic example of that. AI cannot replace creative individuals. — bre (@relaxitsbre) December 6, 2024 Last year, Spotify gave listeners their own custom “Sound Town,” matching their music tastes to real-world locations, which received widespread acclaim. However, this year, users were given a "music Evolution" list that details a selection of bizarrely titled musical micro-genres. From "Coastal Grandmother Fingerstyle Yacht Rock" to "Boujee Football Rap" to "Pink Pilates Princess Roller Skating Pop" - the listeners were left confused as to what the descriptions meant. What the hell is this pic.twitter.com/SAKOYVEhiH — j aubrey ? (@jaubreyYT) December 4, 2024 yeah no for sure pic.twitter.com/jgAXZXoKoQ — kurtis conner (@kurtisconner) December 4, 2024 While it is not clear if AI was involved in the use of Wrapped, Spotify in a statement said this year's year-ender was intended to make it "more about the users" with the "AI experiences". "Through the combination of Spotify's powerful personalization technology and generative AI, we've created hyper-personalized Wrapped experiences that connect millions of listeners worldwide with the music and audio they love," Spotify said. Also Read | 'Dead', 'Bye Bye Bye': Israel's Joke 'Spotify Wrapped' List Sparks Row What is Spotify Wrapped? Spotify Wrapped is a viral marketing campaign by the Swedish company, released annually since 2016 at the end of November or the start of December. It allows users to view a compilation of their listening activity that typically includes five top songs, singers they listened to the most and musical genres that resonated with them. A colourful pictorial representation of the data across various slides is presented which the users can later post on social media. https://ift.tt/CqyGF2j December 06, 2024 at 07:58AM NDTV News-Offbeat https://www.ndtv.com
Spotify dropped its highly-anticipated, yearly 'Wrapped' on Wednesday (Dec 4) but the listeners have been left disappointed at what turned out to be a 'bland' and 'disappointing' effort from the streaming giant. This year's Spotify Wrapped did not provide listeners with their top music genres, or their top albums. Instead, an odd surprise, termed "wrapped AI podcast" was served which used Google's NotebookLM technology to verbally recap users' listening habits. The bizarre addition featured artificial intelligence (AI) voices elaborating on the data points mentioned in the Wrapped.
The users have since taken to social media to lash out at Spotify for heavily leaning into AI and creating something that did not feel like Wrapped of the previous years.
"Spotify wrapped is so underwhelming and reeks of AI…there seems to be real lack of effort this year from the boring visuals to the missing genres and quirks," said one user, while another added: "Hi I'm just here to remind you all that AI is going to ruin the world and spotify wrapped is the perfect dramatic example of that."
A third added: "So apparently spotify fired a lot of workers and used AI to create this year's Wrapped, no wonder it suck."
spotify wrapped is underwhelming and reeks of ai… there seems to be real lack of effort this year from the boring visuals to the missing genres and quirks
— ali (@twigsalterego) December 4, 2024
spotify wrapped is underwhelming and reeks of ai… there seems to be real lack of effort this year from the boring visuals to the missing genres and quirks
— ali (@twigsalterego) December 4, 2024
hi i'm just here to remind you all that AI is going to ruin the world and spotify wrapped is the perfect dramatic example of that. AI cannot replace creative individuals.
— bre (@relaxitsbre) December 6, 2024
Last year, Spotify gave listeners their own custom “Sound Town,” matching their music tastes to real-world locations, which received widespread acclaim. However, this year, users were given a "music Evolution" list that details a selection of bizarrely titled musical micro-genres. From "Coastal Grandmother Fingerstyle Yacht Rock" to "Boujee Football Rap" to "Pink Pilates Princess Roller Skating Pop" - the listeners were left confused as to what the descriptions meant.
What the hell is this pic.twitter.com/SAKOYVEhiH
— j aubrey ? (@jaubreyYT) December 4, 2024
yeah no for sure pic.twitter.com/jgAXZXoKoQ
— kurtis conner (@kurtisconner) December 4, 2024
While it is not clear if AI was involved in the use of Wrapped, Spotify in a statement said this year's year-ender was intended to make it "more about the users" with the "AI experiences".
"Through the combination of Spotify's powerful personalization technology and generative AI, we've created hyper-personalized Wrapped experiences that connect millions of listeners worldwide with the music and audio they love," Spotify said.
Also Read | 'Dead', 'Bye Bye Bye': Israel's Joke 'Spotify Wrapped' List Sparks Row
What is Spotify Wrapped?
Spotify Wrapped is a viral marketing campaign by the Swedish company, released annually since 2016 at the end of November or the start of December. It allows users to view a compilation of their listening activity that typically includes five top songs, singers they listened to the most and musical genres that resonated with them.
A colourful pictorial representation of the data across various slides is presented which the users can later post on social media.
https://ift.tt/CqyGF2j December 06, 2024 at 07:58AM NDTV News-Offbeat https://www.ndtv.com