This Is Why You’re Fat: The Book

By • Mar 20th, 2009 • Category: 26th Story, Books, Food and Drink

bacon cheese pizza burgerLast month a friend forwarded me a link to thisiswhyyourefat.com the hilarious and cringe inducing “junk food-porn” site created by Jessica Amason and Richard Blakeley. Then another friend. Then another. Fast forward to yesterday: HarperStudio acquired the rights to a book based on the blog, which has pulled in over ten million page-views in its first month. Amason and Blakeley are currently in TV development talks. What would their show be called? The Biggest Gainer?

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  • Tarah T

    Fantastic! I’ve been following the site for quite some time now. Have fun with it!!!!

  • Bob

    Wow – they got you guys good. A book based on a tumblr blog that consists of pictures off the net. I hope you paid them in cheeseburgers. The publishing world deserves everything that is happening to them.

  • http://dori.jemts.com/2009/03/20/this-blog-is-rated-e-for-excellent-plus-organic-brownie-bites-cutest-picture-ever/ This blog is rated E for Excellent! Plus Organic Brownie Bites & Cutest Picture Ever | Dori’s Shiny Blog

    [...] ThisIsWhyYou’reFat did not accept my submission. They did, however, get a book deal. [...]

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  • Interneter

    It’s called nepotism. I heard the idea was lifted from someone else. Maybe just a rumor.

  • http://getfilleted.com/?p=282 THIS IS WHY YOU’RE PUBLISHED | GetFilleted.com

    [...] food blog This Is Why You’re Fat has been offered a six-figure publishing deal by HarperStudio, documenting the user-submitted freakish food fantasies that have adorned the site for the past few [...]

  • http://allhellhollywood.com/you-may-be-fat-but-they-have-a-book-deal-blog-to-book/ You May Be Fat, But They Have a Book Deal [Blog To Book] « All Hell Hollywood

    [...] Jessica Amason, the Larry and Althea Flynt of junk-food porn, have a book deal! HarperStudio has purchased publishing rights to Tumblr This Is Why You’re [...]

  • http://true-small-caps.blogspot.com Derek

    Good idea. It’s neat that you’ve picked up on trends like this and turned them into projects.

  • http://www.endengesiz.com dengesiz

    good idea.. thanks.. ;)

  • http://www.foodpornstars.com/?p=192 The JUGGS of foodporn, soon to be in hardcover! | foodpornstars.com (beta)

    [...] Read the publishers announcement right here. [...]

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  • http://themediasix.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/blog-to-book/ Blog to book « The Media Six

    [...] The blog “This is why you’re fat” will be published into a book. Last week, Harper Studios acquired rights to publish a book based on the [...]

  • Steffen

    I love this kind of food blog.

    Here is another one of my favorites http://scanwiches.com/

  • http://denniscass.com/2009/03/25/raiders-junk-food-porn-box/ Raiders, Junk-Food Porn + What’s in the Box? « Dennis Cass Wants You To Be More Awesome

    [...] to This Is Why You’re Fat on the book deal. My goodness it can happen [...]

  • http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2009/03/25/food-blog-feud-the-scanwich-war/ Food Blog Feud! The Scanwich War

    [...] First Up: The Scanwich War.  Undoubtedly, many of you have recently come across Scanwiches, the latest hot food blog making a viral jaunt around the Interwebs. Jon Chonko, the NYC-based blogger behind Scanwiches, spends his workdays scanning cross-sections of his meals, and his drool-worthy shots of Reubens and Cubans are enough to make anyone leave for lunch at 10:15. The simple concept has gotten Scanwiches a whole blogload of praise. Serious Eats calls it delicious, Gizmodo proclaims Chonko a “genius”, and even our boy Andrew Sullivan has taken note. In short, the Scanwiches dude seems to be well on his way to a blog-to-book deal. [...]

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    Nice and informative post.. tnx man

  • http://htmlgiant.com/?p=6346 <HTMLGIANT> > Blog Archive » Today in Big Publishing’s Dying Shudder

    [...] Oh, hey! Another editor has managed to convince his bosses that his internet addiction is not a huge drain on company time and bandwidth by getting a freely accessed photo blog turned into a book! [...]

  • http://tastylife.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/good-foodbad-food/ Good food/bad food ? « The Tasty Life

    [...] The site is actually being made into a book [...]

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  • http://vigilantmonkey.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/is-this-why-you%e2%80%99re-fat/ Is This Why You’re Fat? « Vigilantmonkey: the Blog

    [...] “This is Why You’re Fat” book hitting shelves fairly soon. They already have a book deal with Harper Studio and are currently looking for submissions to be included. Sounds like it will be a good [...]

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  • Susan G

    How exactly is that nepotism…?!?!??! Are you implying a family member of a publisher at HarperStudio works for Thisiswhyyou'refat.com…??? Because that's a pretty strong allegation. Might want to check your facts before you begin ranting on the internet…

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