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Contest is the self-published first novel by Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly. In 1996, after being rejected by several Australian publishing houses, Reilly personally paid for 1000 copies of the book to be published privately under the label of ‘Karanadon Entertainment’, and sold them himself.
Before publishing the novel in North America, Reilly rewrote most of the novel, placing the contest in the New York Library, rather than a fictitious library, and added descr...

YouTube Looking for Vloggers with Personal Triumph

YouTube is looking for the next vlogger, this time someone who has a story of personal triumph to share. The usual is up for grabs: a place among 16 vloggers all ready to collaborate with each other and get a good amount of cash for video equipment.

Raspberry Pi Finally Gets a Camera, Looks For Video Testers

At just a year old, super mini computer the Raspberry Pi is about to get its first camera module and the brains behind the technology want you to test it before it goes on general sale. Entries are open now so get your thinking caps on!

Do You Do Good for Video? YouTube's DoGooder Video Awards Enters 4th Year

YouTube's 4th Annual DoGooder Video Awards is up and running. Non-profits who made a video, or even individuals who made a video in the effort to improve the community, or the world in 2012 are invited to submit their winning entries. Submission deadline is March 22.

80% of Doritos 'Crash the Super Bowl' 2013 Finalists are Vimeo Creators

You already know the Harbaughs, San Francisco's Jim and Baltimore's John, will be the first pair of brothers to coach against each other in the Super Bowl. But did you know that 4 out of the 5 creators who are Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” ...

10 Lessons I Learned on My First Major Video Production

Recently, we put the wraps on post production on my Not So Super pilot episode. I thought, since this was my first major video production, I would share what I learned while shooting it. This won't be of interest to those of you who have ...

NextUp at YouTube, Shows Takeoff to New Destinations, & More... [Reel Web #69]

In this week's Reel Web, we take a look at several online video related news items including: new mobile video apps released for Vimeo and YouTube, details about YouTube's newest NextUp competition program and its focus on collaboration, the pros vs. cons of using YouTube ...

YouTube Re-Launches NextUp Competition in US: YouTube Focuses on Collaboration

If there is another focus in the upcoming year for YouTube, it appears to be collaboration between two or more channels.  Tucked into a chapter of the YouTube Creator Playbook as a good idea for building an audience, collaboration has also come up recently as ...

ZoomTilt TV Reset Finalists Vie for Branded Video Content Gold

ZoomTilt, which I wrote about a while back, is in the business of finding talented filmmakers who have got financially sustainable web series they want to make. In order for them to be financially sustainable, they need to appeal to brands who will sponsor them ...

Viral Video Showdown on Syfy Has Teams Compete to Produce "Viral" YouTube Hits

We have reality competitions for everything else in the world, why not viral videos?  Last night, Syfy premiered "Viral Video Showdown," in which two teams compete to make the best "viral" video with a certain theme, a few limited parameters, and very little time.  You ...

Something Might Be A Bit Off About YouTube's 'On the Rise' Program, Here's Why

I've been covering YouTube's "On the Rise" winners for awhile now, and I thought they were good, monthly reminders of what certain channels are doing in order to build an audience.  The thing is, like many things YouTube does, the program is a bit of ...

YouTube's September On the Rise Winner is Gone to the Snow Dogs, Here's Why

Proving that YouTube isn't just ruled by cats exclusively, Gone to the Snow Dogs has won September's YouTube "On the Rise" contest.  A growing theme from this contest is that highly accessible channels, with creators who care a lot about their audiences, have been nominated ...

REVIEW: New YouTube App for iPhone and iOS Devices [Reel Web #57]

This week on the Reel Web we review some of the features of the new YouTube app available for mobile devices as well as what seems to still be missing.  We also discuss a few more YouTube channel updates that make it easier for the casual viewer ...

Secrets of Success from HuffPost Live and YouTube Stars [Reel Web #53]

In this week's Reel Web, we discuss several exciting online video-related news items from the past week including; multiple updates at YouTube, new online video stats for July that show record online video viewing, the Huffington Post's launch of their daily "HuffPost Live" streaming show, ...

Google and American Express Discuss How Video Works for Small Businesses with 'My Business Story'

Last year, Google/YouTube and American Express launched the "My Business Story" program for small businesses with the aim of encouraging small businesses to tell their stories through online video.  Back in June, our own Mark Robertson had the pleasure of moderating a panel at the VideoNuze Online Video ...

Social Video Works - The 2011 Social Video Advertising Report From Visible Measures

Today Visible Measures is releasing The 2011 Social Video Advertising Report, an annual review of how well social video advertising is performing as a whole. And as a whole, it's doing very, very well. Over 500 branded social video campaigns gained more than a million ...