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So I wrote a book about bronies and it got published!
6 years ago
Yeah - my colleagues and I sat down and wrote a book based on our brony research, and the darned thing got published, wouldn't ya know?
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.....t-the-bronies/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476663718
Apologies in advance for the cringe-y title page - it was a battle we weren't going to win with the publisher. As I said to a friend, I suspect it's to try and capitalize on the average person's relative ignorance about the brony fandom. Initially, we had wanted to target the book toward bronies - we wanted to commission a fandom artist to do a kickass cover with our OCs and with a title that was a nod to the show, like "My Little Brony: Psychology is Magic" - but the publisher was afraid of infringing on Hasbro's trademark. Plus, a bunch of nods to the fandom would work great for bronies, but they wanted a broader audience. So they came back to us with this cover. I think it's supposed to lure people in with a "hey, wanna learn a bit more about these weirdos?", only to drop some knowledge bombs on them and have them learn "Actually, they're really not all bad!"
https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/.....t-the-bronies/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476663718
Apologies in advance for the cringe-y title page - it was a battle we weren't going to win with the publisher. As I said to a friend, I suspect it's to try and capitalize on the average person's relative ignorance about the brony fandom. Initially, we had wanted to target the book toward bronies - we wanted to commission a fandom artist to do a kickass cover with our OCs and with a title that was a nod to the show, like "My Little Brony: Psychology is Magic" - but the publisher was afraid of infringing on Hasbro's trademark. Plus, a bunch of nods to the fandom would work great for bronies, but they wanted a broader audience. So they came back to us with this cover. I think it's supposed to lure people in with a "hey, wanna learn a bit more about these weirdos?", only to drop some knowledge bombs on them and have them learn "Actually, they're really not all bad!"
Congrats.