Marta Acosta Posts Free Vampire Novel; Lands Book Deal

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Marta Acosta Posts Free Vampire Novel; Lands Book Deal

By Jason Boog on Jul 13, 2010 10:30 AM

Novelist Marta Acosta posted her entire vampire novel for free on Scribd, earning 17,676 views and becoming the top ranked YA book on the site. Now she landed a deal with Tor Books.

Here's more from Acosta's blog: "I am really thrilled to announce that The Shadow Girl of Birch Grove, my young adult gothic, has been bought by Tor Books. I really love this story and I'm so glad it will be published in hard cover, as well as paperback."

Acosta also thanked a fan who helped her proofread the manuscript on Scribd: "It was amazing to me that anyone would take the time to carefully read the manuscript and note the errors. I didn't get around to fixing all of them, but thank you for your time and effort."

The excellent i09 blog has an interview with Acosta, exploring her writing process.

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