Internet fame probably won’t sell your book, says Jami Attenberg, an author who garnered 50,000 pageviews one day after her bicycle was stolen. Writing for Buzzfeed, Attenberg explains how she set up a sting operation to get back her stolen bike after finding it listed on Craigslist. The story garnered momentary attention from local news sources, but all that popularity failed to translate into any kind of boost in book sales. Attenberg has since written two more books, including the bestselling The Middlesteins and the soon-to-be-released Saint Mazie.
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