Erasing My Awful Book From The History of the Internet
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2017
- We all make mistakes in our teenage years. Mine just happened to be of a more... "literary" variety.
I wrote a much better book here: • i wrote a book with my... - บันเทิง
I have now written a much better book. Info here: th-cam.com/video/sIipouhQLK8/w-d-xo.html
Neva gonna give you up
edit: why did i write this
I actually like this one. It's not amazing by any means, but I enjoyed the narrative, and your detailed descriptions about places and characters. I think it needed a better story, but the writing itself is pretty solid.
Me after watching this video: “You did it, you crazy SOB, you did it.”
Only 20 likes
Oof here I am 17 years old writing a novel and this scares me😂
The real story here is that of Tim. A man with a vision, founding a company with his friend only to see it go bankrupt, becoming a father and loosing his friend to cancer
Fr this dude just glosses over it lmao
yeah, that was sad. I'm technically on my way making my own company, started from this small working desk on my home, doing stuff on my laptop, hoping it will get bigger in the future.
Me, just like Tim, had a good intentions of empowering local business and making name for myself.
I fear when it doesn't work out, I have to be like Tim, move on to do another thing, leaving things I dream behind because it doesn't float, and I think there's nothing more sad than leaving what you dream of, let it dust in the corner and well... become a milestone of failure in your life.
And selling his company to a stranger for 1 dollar
actually sad
Sounds kinda like Microsoft
So I went to the Amazon page where the book used to be available and there were two reviews:
★★★★★ _"Amazing"_
★✰✰✰✰ _"It's just not very good..."_
lol
What was Therateing
Rateing*
Just like the Last Jedi
One from the mom and one from the only actual reader that bought it.
Dude really became CEO just to delete a book
lmao
HE DEADASS DID LMAO
It was just 1 dollar
@@kylepadilla7022 that's the joke.. :/
White privilege... 😂😂😂😂🤔🤦🏾♂️
Austin, if you’re reading this, I have the perfect idea for the company.
You publish the other two books.
Get this man some upvotes
@@visheshvigh5236 r/r/ihavereddit (!!!!!!!!!)
@@user-mz7cn9hq8v r/r/?
Genius
@James M Exactly, it’s there in Quora too...
In 20 years Austin is going to upload a video to vimeo about deleting his "awful youtube channel"
Harsh bro, harsh.
Lol I can see that
nah, It's actually great, but this seems to be the trend...
Vasil M. Jokes on you Vimeo is gone
Whats next?
"My awful life" ??????
Bad movie, bad book... please tell me you released a hip-hop album at some point.
Donovan Wisdom This made me LOL
Underated comment.
And a bad indie video game
iceman etika- written in ice
Oh man that would be amazing.
An amazing story. You should write a book.
Oh no, not again :D On the other hand, this time it should be better because he's gained lots of experience.
And so the loop restarts
I did a full-on Grinch smile to this comment. gg
😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
"Middle-aged man buys a company for a dollar and deletes the work of a deceased man to protect his reputation."
That is dedication.
reputation dedication defamation declaration
@pixxy deputation dedication defamation declaration
He’s not middle aged
Alternate title
I don't think you understand what "middle aged" means.
**buys a company for a dollar**
Donald Trump:
*The art of the deal*
Stonks
When you're bankrupting your friend in Monopoly
*Stonks*
Stonks
GOOD THING OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS ONE OMG
Heltex yes oh my gish you have to write it down
You have to post it man
Boi u gotta get that shit
O my god you are kidding right? YOU HAVE TO MAKE A READING VIDEO
once break is over im getting it, im shy but maybe ill do a reading :)
Erasing My Awful Book From The History of the Internet
by immortalizing it and making a TH-cam video about it
Now the used books are worth some hundreds, just out of the "the books is so bad" hype. He's negotiating a deal to sell the rights to some sort of "mystery science theater 3000" of books being mocked in audio books.
@@petitio_principii That´s why he keeps them in his vault...
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@@custardly2310 he just recovered all the money by making this video, success kid.
@@commentsanitizer7929 I... don't understand your reply. He's not doing this for money (in theory), He legitimately wanted this book to be erased from existence, with no trace. Ironically doing the exact opposite.
Honestly the dude you bought the company from has the most depressing story ever. He wanted to make a company to give young authors a starting point but the dropped the business and then his friend died. Like it’s just so depressing.
The most depressing idk, there are tons of people that have stories like that...
Idea for the company : Publish Mozart songs with missing notes
long-form performance art project: How many notes do you have to remove until [whoever owns the Mozart brand] stops suing you for infrginment?
pretty sure mozart is public domain and has no estate.
Publish Dies Irae with a wanted notice.
Fuck the logang
Yes
Rewrite the book every decade until you retire and see how your writing changes as you mature
cortesej2 I never thought to do that to my writings! What a cool idea!
I thought about it when I was younger, but I figured my luck is it wouldn't become popular until I made the 5th or 6th revised copy and I was dead haha
Yeah you should do that!! I did that with my childhood comics, its so weird to see how you can make the same thing twice and have such a different outcome.
+Glenn Griffon Hahaha! Thats a good one :)
Not sure about this. Sooner or later, Greedo will shoot first.
This is a review I saw on the amazon page...
Easily one of the best books I've never read. I saw the cover and instantly knew I had to have it, the only problem being that for some reason, the author took it off the shelves! One day I hope the book comes back so I can read it and follow Charlie Wade on his exciting adventures through the 21 book series. Can't wait for more from this author! Thanks, a hungry reader wanting more.
fr?
Sad
There is a review from 2010 that reads: "I really enjoyed this book, it was very well written from both points of view. My only complaint is it was too short and just left me wanting more!! Hope to see the new book soon. Can't go wrong with this book just buy it!"
dang....
as a bookworm that must be heartbreaking
Tim, during the whole story: "And where did that lead you? Back to me."
Where is [name redacted], is he safe?
Tim: Gone, reduced to atoms.
Buys company just to delete book
Cryo Phobica Austin is a complete chad
Its 1$
GOD tier
Your Waifu's best friend A true Chad would have no embarrassment over his book and he would know in his mind that it was a masterpiece
Not a chad. Just alpha as fuck.
Massive twist: Missing Mozart owes millions, and in buying the company you've assumed all its debts!
I was wondering about that. I hope AM checked the company for liens, debts etc before buying.
Dun dun dun
HOLY...holy crap! OMG LOL I have no words
@The Bandog "A Dollar Worth Company" - a short tragic comedy
A company like this wouldn't have been set up in that way. If there are debts (which I doubt), they would have to be paid out of the assets of the company. Part of which its CEO just deleted. Oops. *That* would be the only thing any aggrieved parties could come after.
I have that book
Here is the 1st chapter:
----------------------------------------------------------PAGE 1 ----------------------------------------------------------
CHAPTER 1
Here we go.
Charlie Wade stepped forward to enter the small conference room. Inside was a
chair waiting for him, placed dead center a few yards away from a long table,
where six well-dressed parole board members were looking him over intently.
Wade walked over to the chair as calmly as possible, and took a seat. The chains
attached to his handcuffs knocked against one another as he sat, making a loud
and obnoxious 'chinging' sound that he had become far too accustomed to. He
lifted his left hand to draw his hair behind his face, looking at the group of
people before him.
One of the men opened up a file folder and turned on a camera.
“Please state your name for the record,” he said bluntly.
“Charlie Wade.”
Wade cleared his throat and straightened himself up. He needed to look as
dignified as possible.
“Thank you,” a woman responded. She opened her folder as well, and looked up
at him.
“Mr. Wade, the purpose of this hearing is to determine whether or not you meet
the proper qualifications for early release,” she stated. “While your conviction
was meant to last until age 21, you have shown remarkable improvement on both
your part, and the part of your fellow inmates.”
Wade remained silent.
She continued, “You have been suggested by senior staff members, ward
supervisors, as well as in-house occupants to be placed on the short list as a
nominee for early release on good behavior.”
“I understand,” Wade responded.
Another man from the board leaned towards Wade.
“Mr. Wade, what we're trying to find out today is: if given the opportunity to be
released back into society, what guarantee is there that you wont fall back into a
life of crime?”
Take your time, Wade thought. Give them an answer that works.
“My family is no longer here, I've been making smart decisions in this place, I'm
an adult now,” Wade said clearly. “I can live on my own ”
“Perhaps,” the man interrupted. “But, several of my colleagues and I are not
fully convinced. The outburst of emotion you displayed that initially got you in
this whole mess was started because you refused to get help.
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“I would have thought the reason it started was because of my father,” Wade
interjected.
“The reason I'm talking about - the reason you're in here - is because of you, and
the choice you made,” the man said sternly.
Idiot, Wade told himself. Quit arguing with him, or you'll never get out of here.
“I know where to go if I need help,” Wade said aloud.
The man craned his neck to the side.
“If that were true, then why didn't you seek help before your first offense?”
Wade thought for a moment, staring down at his hands, glued together restlessly
on top of his lap. He peered down himself, and looked at the bright-orange
jumpsuit he was wearing, thoughts racing through his head.
“My home life was cruel. My school life was worse. I had nothing. I was
miserable. I fell into a self-destructive pattern where nothing mattered to me, and
I didn't care about anything, or anybody. And, living in that sort of situation ”
“Once again, Mr. Wade, we're here to discuss you. Not to hear you blame your
actions on everything under the sun ”
“I'm not 'blaming my actions' on anything, or anyone, for that matter,” Wade cut
in. He was tired of getting interrupted. This was his chance. His turn to speak.
“I blame me,” Wade said, looking at the man. “Just as much as you do. I had the
choice as to whether or not I was going to be in here, and I made the wrong
choice. I have another chance now…an opportunity to make a better choice. I've
got a chance to start over. And, I promise you, and I promise myself: I won't
make the wrong choice again.”
Glances darted between the board members for several moments. Finally, a
woman spoke.
“Mr. Wade, what do you think you would do, if released?”
Wade looked at each one of the board members, making eye contact with every
one of them. He then tilted his head upwards, considering.
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Eh, I've read worse.
It’s really not that bad.
I think it's pretty interesting tbh
You should write a book with that
Oh. Okay.
~~madlad~~
12:36
Austin: Never to be read again.
Me: *Furiously pauses and unpauses to read pages he flips through.*
Watch on a PC and use the comma and period keys to framestep.
me on my phone: *slows down the video to furiously pause and unpause*
Me on my phone: watching the audiobook Austin made and posted on his channel when he hit 500K subs
Rip *_[Name redacted]_* , You will be missed :(
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this made me laugh so hard
What is this, the SCP Foundation?
[DATA EXPUNGED]
This man bought a publishing company FOR A FUCKIN DOLLAR! Ya already made movies, wrote a book, made a web series, and now own a company. I better see some books published with an Austin McConnell stamp on them.
It's only a name.... It has as much value as me creating a new company name...
And a address, licenses and permits money like the guy above me said. Alot of she-band to be honest.
Starting a corporation in Texas is $15 I think.
EDIT: At least that´s the fee I think. Obviously there´s more involved.
What would the webseries be?
You know, you can create a company for negligible amount on your father's name and buy it in less than 1 dollar?
*How I bought a company and became the CEO for 1 dollar*
'nothing a teenager writes is ever good'
Mary Shelley: ' am I a joke to you?'
lMAO I DIDN’T EVEN THINK OF HER
Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man!
I immediately tought of Christopher Paolini
I immediately thought of the French poet Arthur Rimbaud personally
immediately thought of s.e. hinton
If you want to hunt around for a copy, whatever, but please be careful. Lots of the sites that supposedly "stock" the book are scams. Don't be dumb and enter your credit card information on shady foreign sites, or click on unverified pdf links. Be smart. Okay. Bye.
austinmcconnell I love that you were willing to go to these lengths just to make sure no one saw this book of yours. Do you think making a video like this could end up having a Barbara Streisand type Effect and leading to more people finding it? Either way, great video man!
What about copies owned by friends and family? You can never be to sure.
austinmcconnell can’t you just change the name of the corporation and than use it to conduct any business that you may have in the future, I mean already owning a company just means you never have to bother with making one if you end up with a new self employed job
Idk how it works lol but let us know what you do with it
you could make a competition and publish books or something. I know that's what got you into this mess, so probably not the best idea.
I’ll buy missing Mozart from you for twenty bucks.
Idea: Missing Mozart should publish terrible books that people wrote in their teens and are now embarrassed about as adults.
But there are websites for those.
Nate Walkner that sounds so profitable I think someone should do that
The name fits as well. Missing Mozart. It's not Mozart quality.
There is something like that already. It's called wattpad.
become a publisher for wattpad
0:14
Did-
Did his wife get invited to Smash Bros?
James Sauce this needs more likes
haha
Oooh no
When I was 17, I wrote a novelette (not a novel, because it was only 18 700 words long). I was very eager to publish it, but being 17, I didn't know how to do so I uploaded PDFs of it on some literary web platforms. With my own legal name. The work was not "young adult" or anything of the kind. It was very gory. And it was based on a true story. I hadn't even changed the names of the characters. It was very good, as far as its literary value was concerned. It was just that one of the people involved in the novelette sued my parents, I had to remove the PDFs from the websites, and my mother ended up paying £8 600 pounds in fines. No need to say she got really mad at me and I promised her to pay it back. I'm almost 28 now and I still haven't. Taking into account the inflation, I owe my mom £11 400.
Summary?
^
@@vystorm Yep, we need a summary, Mr. Lion.
wtf did I just read
Google Search:
Gregory Austin McConnell is an American film writer, director, author and actor. He is the writer, director, and co-star of the science-fiction film Sprouting Orchids. He also owns Missing Mozart Publishing.
That sounds way fucking cooler without knowing the backstory to all this.
You've taught me something. Whenever I'm stuck, I'll go back to Tim.
Tim is the key
My brain immediately made this dark by thinking of a situation where Tim is an abusive ex.
Fuck the logang
I'll be there for you.
"I am the wizard... Tim"
I always LOL when I hear people talk about 2009 like it was a long time ago.
I have Jell-O that expired in 2006 in my pantry waiting to get used.
Dang. That's next level.
and i have yogurt that expired in 2008
SELL IT ON EBAY
I don’t mean to make you feel old but that Jell-O is older than me.
Cleaning out my Grandmothers house, a cousin found vitamins expired in 1996
Make the company alive again in memory of Tim's friend who died.
Write a book about this whole experience, and publish it through your new publishibg company.
As a 17-year-old about halfway through writing a novel, this video is absolutely horrifying.
Matthew Davis
Don't worry about it. just use a fake name or something if you are worried but want to release it.
Matthew Davis JUST DONT! USE! YOUR ACTUAL! NAME!
Seriously, dont use your real name
I won’t reveal my age, but lets-just-say I’m an unstable teen halfway trough writing a comic (at least I’m going to publish it in 2019 or 2020 when I’m hopefully less unstable and less edgy oof)
Keep writing but pen names are your friend!!!!
I saw one of ur books in my schools library one time. Same cover and everything.
if its still ther sneak into the school and steal it then sell it on ebay as 'rare'
Austin, the day you put this video online, the following review has been published on your books Amazon page :
"Easily one of the best books I've never read. I saw the cover and instantly knew I had to have it, the only problem being that for some reason, the author took it off the shelves! One day I hope the book comes back so I can read it and follow Charlie Wade on his exciting adventures through the 21 book series. Can't wait for more from this author! Thanks, a hungry reader wanting more."
Cheers hahaha
Master Gyllowe Nahhh, he probably saw the vid too and was just trolling
Yay
Dang wow
Cole Takkish I like to believe he was an actual fan
I agree it was a great book when he read on his channel and it was better than most books I read recently
this story about the book is way more interesting than the actual book i presume.
Péter Stangl he should make a story about this
I think it should be one of those generic stories where you see how far someone is willing to go to achieve something, but it should be something menial like the actual book. That way it would be a generic story with a little comedic spice.
Did you ever read the story of the guy who actually deposited one of those fake mega checks into his account, it is hilarious.
What if Austin makes missing Mozart really big in the future?
Nah he will fail at that too and make a youtube video about it.
You know, austin could have published his spaceship day book through missing mozart rather than giving most of the profit to another company.
Yeah actually.
Exactly!
So: he makes all he possibly can to erase from the internet a book he's write to avoid shame, but he also makes a public on TH-cam about the existence of that book. Cool move.
Jeremías Tofé but the point is at the end he didn't care anymore
He needed to go through the experience to work it out of his system. Path dependent functions and all that jazz
The main point is so it doesn't show up at the top of google searches and people take it as what he wants to present as some of his best work.
Jeremías Tofé, the point is no one will READ it.
ntlespino
Path dependent functions? I don’t understand.
Honestly, you're starting to become one of my favourite creators on this platform! I never know what the next video's going to be about, but I always know it's going to entertain me! Keep it up man!
Thanks!
Seamus Gorman Didn't expect to see you here!
Seamus Gorman Wow, didn't expect you?
Seamus Gorman Ayy Seamus!
Seamus Gorman actually same
The amount of packages you received on this day is irrelevant. YOUR WIFE JUST GOT AN ADMITTANCE LETTER FROM HOGWARTS!
Your book is still on a book shelf in my School Library. Haha, what r u gonna do? 😛
Nothing, since it's quarantine anyway?
You should photograph all the pages and then upload them to like a drive folder
@@dragonslayer-rc7jy It was just a joke lol
He's gonna find your location
If, and whenever quarantine ends and people are allowed to gather in public spaces again. You might run into Austin on his way out, and the copy of Fallen Angels would disappear soon after. Despite no one having taken it out.
now that you own mixed mozart you should turn it into a shell company and commit major tax evasion
Or run another student author contest and make some teenager go through the exact same thing in 5-10 years.
edit: make sure you sell them the company for more than $1 so you can make a larger profit than before, and under the conditions that they do the same thing you did. The company will essentially be a curse to be passed down through generations.
That'd be fun
Davis Davis i wonder how long itl be till somone has to buy it for over half a million xd
This.
And perhaps make it a YT vid?
Take away the chances of people mocking your book online by doing it yourself. Read us excerpts from your masterpiece.
Then sign the copies and do a giveaway.
WheeledJustice thats perfect
12:34 "Never to be read by anybody, ever."
*Literally flips through the book on camera*
I personally think you should
A. Sell it (if you really want to)
B. Write and publish some books
C. Publish other people's books
Man, what a fantastic story. I say you novelise the heart-pounding exchange between yourself and Tim and print it through Missing Mozart Publishing. That would be so meta.
this would be the best thing ever, i would buy a copy immediately. he could also handle to film adaptation and play himself.
Oh my goodness, this actually made me laugh out loud :D
So like The Disaster Artist in book form?
"From author to CEO in just 3 weeks. This is his story."
Root Note-Evan the disaster artist is a book
This might have a sort of Streisand effect where now more people know about your book more than ever lol
He might be the guy selling these copies for 150usd on the internet somewhere.
I would say the same thing happened with his Scorching Orchids movie.
People might know of the book but they won’t know what content is in it so it’s fine for him to post this.
I WANT TO READ IT SO BAD
Wayne McCracken Few years later, when he's famous, I'm sure he'll auction off those books for a few grand.
*_You're already on the internet forever. No wonder they call it a "web" - nothing can ever get out_*
The moment he realizes that the company he bought owes $50 million to the IRS
lol
I feel bad for all the teenage writers in the comments and watching this. Don't fret children, learn from Austin's mistakes. You can save yourselves! Keep writing and hone your craft! Just don't get ahead of yourself and publish your work thinking that it's good cause 9/10 times it might not be. If you believe in your work and want to get it out there, get some local people to read your work. Getting feedback will let you know if it's good or not. Also, you shouldn't get it out there immediately after finishing. Wait a few months to let it cool down and then go back and read over it. With fresh new eyes you might see some major errors. That's good though! Don't let Austin's story scare you but encourage you to be better. Always strive to be better then you are currently. Cause one day, we'll see your awesome books on the shelves.
It makes me extra sure that if I do try to go through a publishing route with a novel to aim for a literary agent that can tell a good book from a bad one (who then would pitch it a publishing house, which then if it accepts it there would be a hundred working on it in little ways). Not to say that I could even GET an agent - that's super hard! - but it would be a way to gauge when I'm ready to publish. That process still ended up with Twilight being published, but that's one way to determine the quality of a work: by seeing if it holds up against professionals who receive thousands of stupid, poorly-written manuscripts by overambitious young authors a year. To be ripped apart by hundreds of literary agents, but also potentially critiqued so that you can grow (and know, at least, if your novel is "almost good"). I don't want to ever go through a self-publishing or "small publishing house with really, really low standards" route (as Austin did) because I want to be rejected and tested and maybe even proven if what I does has any potential - or, maybe, if I'm lucky it might be good. It's super overambitious, but for me it's the only *real* way to see if I have any future as an author.
Also, consider using a pen name. It's fun to get to choose a name for yourself, and then you can avoid having it pop up in google searches of your name if you ever don't want to be associated with it anymore
Yea, I'm definitely not letting this story discourage me.
I would add to never be so embarrassed by your early work that you destroy it or hide it. I think that's a practice that hurts creative fields and our artistic culture in a broader sense tremendously.
Explain where it came from if you really feel the need to. But in large part because of this impulse, all artists just starting out have an extremely distorted idea of how difficult it is to build your skill, and laypeople have the idea that you need some mystical gift of 'talent' to realize success, That the rockstars in writing, music, and art are born with some godlike perspective that puts them above the rest.
Writing is a job. You do research and work in the background. It's _hard_ fucking work and you'll make many horrible mistakes, there are no shortcuts, and it's going to suck until it gets better. But that also tells you it's possible, since there's no impossible to obtain divine spark you're missing.
I want to write so more kids in school will read when I was in public school barely any kids can read well and that saddens me.
Republish, and use your new company lol. Publish indie books and continue the legacy that the founders started. Help young authors get their start and embarrass themselves. Continue the cycle.
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Or run another student author contest and make some teenager go through the exact same thing in 5-10 years.
edit: make sure you sell them the company for more than $1 so you can make a larger profit than before, and under the conditions that they do the same thing you did. The company will essentially be a curse to be passed down through generations.
@@0Raik sounds like a good book idea
ssocar96 And it will be called “Missing Beethoven”
and then fall apart due to massive debts, and sell the company again for 1.5 dollars
@@0Raik Then get cancer.
Madlad literally bought a company to delete a book.
“no one anything writes as a teenager is... good”
christopher paolini: are you approaching me?
French Frie I mean, he really just took the storyline of Star Wars and recycled it into a medieval world.
Those books are not good.
They might not be good, but they’re tolerable and apparently good enough to warrant a movie adaptation.
@@elliotkamper I will adamantly defend the last three and the spinoff. Not the first one though, it really is just Star Wars with dragons. But oddly, that makes it more fun for me.
I bet the book wasn't even that bad.
remember he was 19 when we wrote it
STUV101 no
@@duskpede5146 the writer of the Eragon book series was only 16 when he wrote the first book
@@duskpede5146 The Outsiders was made by a 16 year old and that book is part of most schools' English curriculum
3.2/5
Goodreads
4.8/5
Better World Books
“And nothing that anybody ever writes as a teenager is good”
**stares blankly at my copy of The Outsiders**
I actually had a concept of a book called "The Outsider" that I thought about lol
@@Metafelle see? nothing that anybody ever writes as a teenager is good.
I mean it ain't good tho
The Outsiders is one of my favorite books
@John Tunney Umm... What?
congratulations you have what (i think is called) a "diamond effect"
you just told us that this is almost impossible to find... on your very popular youtube channel
as a result of that many people will now question:"was the book THAT bad?" "i really want to check for myself"
and they will
somehow
find it
Online Barbara Streisand effect
Historians in 3030: what. Is. This.
Publish books. Don't waste the company, Missing Mozart is such an amazing name.
yes im missing mozart and his juicyyy big dubstep beats
Publish other better books. Even your own!
JoeBat232 oh no a 10 year old on youtube comments! Dear god, what should i do!?
som3chann31 I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to the cringey 10 year old that commented above me. Don't be so quick to assume things.
Oh no, he brought out the Fake Grammar! Unfortunately, he spelled "cringy" wrong. Almost got it though.
You should carry on their dream. Get people to send in their stories and books and publish the best of them. With the platform you’ve earned yourself by being in TH-cam you could promote these books, and possibly start the career of some writers. I think that would be nice. You could also just do nothing but that’s not a nice sentiment so do the first one.
That is a really, really good idea. You're so right, he's already popular, he could absolutely revive the company.
He could make a huge writing contest out of it that'd be amazing. Hopefully it won't end as badly as his experience...
That's an excellent idea. I myself have a few things I'd like to put up somewhere (One of my works is about as long as the first part of his published work) and it would be interesting to see how it was received.
Maybe, in the spirit of things, the people uploading works HAVE to (or at least are meant to) upload it using an alias, pen name, whatever? I know that I would definitely want to, now.
Sheesh, this story makes me think twice about putting my works up under my REAL name.
But it should be said that movies are sometimes made based on books as well as there are books wrote about movies. And he should have loved to write, as he actually wrote the book and won the contest.
That has the great potential to but someone else in the same spot hes in a long ways down the road.
Dude, I just found your channel and I would love to read your single book. I always love reading young authors (I'm one myself; nothing recognizably published yet) and getting ideas where I could dabble. Anyway, this is by far IMHO a pretty good indie channel. Keep on making' moves...
Well I think the book was a early step for your carrer, don't feel awful. You probably won't be known as the TH-camr "Austinmcconnell"
*Interesting video by the way, made my day*
This Tim dude must of been really pissed off but he handled it really well
yeah he really bugged the shit out of him
hey you know that company you and your dead friend started? i'll give ya a buck for it.
Well I mean, he did the least he could do at least, seeing as he was responsible for putting his book out there and then having his company fall out
He did bug the hell out of him, but god damn. He couldn't even take the time to just answer him. A "still haven't found the time" would be enough
So, guess what?
At 12:00, it said $24.96 for the selling price. Well, search for the book in Google Books and look through the reviews.
"This book was so good. I sold mine for $24.96. Hope the buyer enjoys it."
Evidently, some other person enjoyed your book. And the "buyer" enjoyed erasing it from physical-printed-copy-in-the-hands-of-others existence.
And we want to enjoy it too.
Annabelle Chapman Because you have already read it. There is really no point in keeping the book.
Don't youever reread books?
Petrichor Everyone does sometimes, but some people are more willing to sell / donate their books.
Yeah. As an awkward teen writer, I kind of want to read it. Paused video and read description, wasn't that bad other than the cringey "saved the life of a girl who was named____". That's a very cringe worthy example of unessesary information in writing. Idk I always thought "who was named" sounds strange. Otherwise, I think you should be proud of yourself for making it that far, even if it wasn't the best book ever. I wrote a 5 min script that's being produced at school and I'm very proud of it. It's complete crap. Dialogue is unrealistic, there is an unessesary sappy side scene, the story moves unnaturally. But I can't be more proud of myself. I can't wait to see actors spend weeks trying to make my script somehow look only a little crappy. Atleast I got off my butt and did it. I have a lot of other stories from elementary school like that. Even attempted to write a book. Got through 25 pages and quit. Still trying to fix plot holes 4 years later. There has to be like 50 big ones in only 24 pages *facepalm*. We all do cringey things. But it's progress. It's proof were not afraid to at least try. If you don't try, you don't accomplish anything.
I can't reread a book. It's harder for me to reread a book than it is to rewatch a show or movie. They take too long to read and I already know everything that happens.
Did no one else notice the adorable dog hopping on the couch in the first 30 seconds?
Austin McConnell: "Nothing written by a teen is any good."
Mozart: "Have you heard of me?"
I guess you can say he's ... missing mozart?
@@sanwich626 lol
This needs more upvotes
Sweet irony
Hey why don't YOU run a writing contest and publish the winner on using Missing Mozart. Try and do what Tim and the other guys couldn't do and turn their project into a reality. You have the audience to do it why not try?
@Captainwilts an interesting idea.
Social Media has spawned many successful book launches.
If carefully planned and the book has passion, it could work.
I completely agree with this idea... I already have some lierature that I might enter if he does do it!!
Running a company is a shit ton of work, trust me, I've been there.
It's just a contest. He could just call it "Missing Mozart Project" but not actually utilize the company.
You could turn Missing Mozart into a film studio.
Or as a new channel name.
Not a bad idea. Maybe the first release will be Sprouting Orchids. LOL
Your content portrays the world with such a stark contrast compared to how people think it works. It’s amazing. Wow! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
This man has the craziest of stories.
And somehow I went down this rabbit hole of relishing his crazy stories 3-4 years later!
Dude you gotta keep the tradition alive. Start a "ruin your future credibility" contest. You could even make it in honor of (name retracted)'s death.
was it not redacted?
Quite surreal to see my name as the name you picked for your book's protagonist lol
_hold up._
0_0
o_O
.__________.
well your account is from 2012
Austin bought a company to delete a book that he has now read online on TH-cam for free. The power of embarrassment is strong and I don't think I would've done anything different
I know that this video is old but I just started watching the channel. My grandpa did the same thing in 2009 writing his own book and he even left It on a cliff hanger and promised a second book but slow sells caused him to self the book but it is still for sell till this day on amazon and in the future I hope to continue the story. it is a really good book.
Wasn't Mary Shelley like only 18 when she wrote one of the most iconic works of fiction of all time?
To be fair, Mary Shelley not only had incredible literary talents, she was also married to and best friends with some of the best writers of the Romantic movement. Frankenstein didn’t come out of a vacuum. Many of the people in her circle wrote landmark pieces of literature, including her mentor (sorta) writing one of the most iconic pieces of poetry of all time. She was exposed to great minds and great writers that helped shape who she was as a writer. Most young writers don’t have that.
@@tinibari456 Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mary Shelley was probably an innately interesting person.
@@iggyrocks1 And despite all of this Frankenstein is not a very good book.
Assiman yes it is.
I'll buy the company from you for $5. That's 400% of the original price in profit. It's a good deal.
Just so you can restart the printing of the book, eh? :D
I will do it for $10
So this is an auction now huh. 15.
$20
25
Petition for Austin to do a dramatic reading of the bad book as a pattern exclusive or something. People would pay for that and it’d be hilarious I’m sure
well there is an audiobook austin did
Bro, you were determined! This felt like a chase scene from a movie.
Meh, keep it, you can officially call yourself a professional author and a publisher.
KOD14K t o d i e f o r
You could use Missing Mozart to publish student writers books and mine the creativity in your city. It might work, I don't know...
do it
LMAO
it's the cycle that never ends, Missing Mozart was created in 1856 and ever since then this cycle has repeated, it publishes a shit book, goes out of business, author buys the company to erase the book, then the author publishes a shit book.
it cannot be stopped
it's alive!
The Virgin Smosh: *Sells their Channel for $0*
The Chad AustinMcConnell: *Buys a Company for $1*
Some people,
Move on,
But not Austin.
I mean, I’d publish through Missing Mozart. Granted, it’d probably be a big responsibility.
I’d also do you one better and buy it for $1.01, honestly.
toogletoggle - film, TCG, etc Oh, damn. I’ma raise my offer to $7.11.
Hey, Mary Shelly was a teen when she wrote Frankenstein
Fredico Finjay She was a high functioning genius who kept company with the literary elite. I can also guarantee that her first several drafts would have sucked, were it not for all the editing support she would have received.
S.E. Hinton, Christopher Paolini and Ameila Atwater Rhodes were all teens who published and found great success. It is possible.
I think you have a pretty interesting life. You wrote a book (and then erased it), boosted and then end (some may think killed) one of the most succesful internet series and did lot of other cool things. Sometimes i want to be like you
P.s oh and you have a PRETTY succesful youtube channel
You are AWESOME
"this book isnt worth your time its one of oddest books ive ever read i wouldnt bother.the cover of this books leads readers to believe that an exciting adventure awaits.well there isnt. the hole book is about a man who violates his probation and saves a girl from a mugger.the man ends up going to jail, and the girl feels bad so she goes to the trail and helps sway the vertect. this book is very predictable and not as good of a read as it protrays to be. i guess you really cant judge a book by its cover." - hendricksa, 2011
dude, what /haven't/ you done?
That is very true
Been successful in an endeavor.
austinmcconnell well your breadth of failures has created a successful hub for recollection
So TH-cam does not equal an endeavor? austinmcconnell is too cool for us
austinmcconnell I'd say this channel is or will soon be pretty successful
I'll buy the company from you for 2 bucks.
Don't give it to them, I'll pay three.
Four.
Five.
Look at these fools, I'll start my OWN company...
Missing Mozart 2
I'll buy it for 0.1
Use your new publishing company to publish a much improved version of the story you had in mind at 19 years old
This story is so funny. You are a proof of: "Where there's a will there's a way". What persistence you have! Incredible! Now I'm curious and want to read the book. LOL!
You've done more in your life so far than most people I know even aspire to do in the same time. Next video will be about how you "technically" were president of a country years ago for a day or something
Dude. Spoilers.
I attended a church in southern Oklahoma were a woman (we'll call her J) who attended the same church as me handed out a few of these books to the teens who went there at the time. I was one of those teens. She happened (happens) to know Mr. McConnel from what I understand, and I have one of these books from that day.
And for you Austin, it'll stay on my bookshelf :)
Proof or fake.
Logman lmao that escalated quickly
Skeltor Not really, he just asked for proof, you just wanted an excuse to use terrible memes.
SirTinCan what's with the insult? It's not like I'm trying to offend someone.
Skeltor I didn't intend to insult you, just the old meme you were using.
Idea on how you can get rid of the company:
-make it public
-have people buy stock in it so that you don't technically own it
-resign as CEO
-relax
Now it’s time to completely ignore your advice and continue writing my story :)
have you finished it?
@@longjumpingad3721 He's dead. :/
What you should do is let young kids publish there books with the company and make the same mistake as you. Just, give them a pen name too.
Twenty Øne Pedophiles bro your savage af for that
I can't stop laughing over the fact that you technically became the CEO of an entire (albeit practically defunct) company just to get your book off the shelves. You are a brilliant man, Mr. McConnell.
It's a legitimate surprise that you'd be that embarrassed about something you'd written, I might only know your new work but the way you tell these stories keeps me hooked like a fish on a line.
Too late, I paused the video and read a page when you were flipping through it. Muauahaha.
Also I admire your dedication =)
I definitely think you should rewrite it and republish it under the company you now own.