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Verity

Book · 2018 · Notable

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BookTok revived a self-published thriller that topped 2 million US print sales in a year.

Trailer · Amazon MGM Studios on YouTube
Clip · readwithcindy on YouTube
Clip · TikTok
Verity cover
Colleen Hoover
Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett and Dakota Johnson in the Verity trailer
Amazon MGM Studios on YouTube
Verity special collector's edition
Hachette UK / Sphere
Verity movie tie-in cover
Hachette UK / Sphere

Spread Score

How it works
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Numbers

Milestone date
Week of Oct 9, 2022
Dec 7 ’18 to Week of Oct 9, 2022
Platforms
7
Started on Open web
Origin
Seeded
Entertainment

Mechanics

  • Response chainPrimary
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Controversy

How it spread

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Hoover self-published Verity, then reader videos and a celebrity recommendation spread it in 2021. Grand Central acquired it after its bestseller entry and released a special hardcover. US tracked print sales topped two million in 2022.

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  1. December 2018

    Colleen Hoover seed · Dec 7 ’18

    Hoover self-published Verity as an ebook; the paperback followed on December 10.[1][2][3]

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  2. November 2020

    Deadline press · Nov 13 ’20

    Deadline reported that April Maguire and Will Honley had adapted Verity for Amazon Studios.[4]

  3. June 2021

    Kaitlyn Bristowe platform jump · Jun 2021

    Bristowe offered a gift basket on Instagram to anyone who could replace her lost copy in Hawaii.[5]

  1. platform jump · Jul 2021

  2. platform jump · Jul 29 ’21

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Origin
Seeded
Sector
Entertainment
Region
US
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Evidence
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