Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) has decided to take to Youtube to discourage his many readers from taking advantage of the fact that the first book in the Series of Unfortunate Events, #1: The Bad Beginning is now available to be read for free online. By squinting, we can just make out what books Lemony is currently reading: A Century of Horror, The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford and Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex by Judith Levine and
Joycelyn M. Elders. Unfortunately Lemony is interrupted before he can tell us his second important message. Take a look:
If you must, you can read the first book in the series here.
Daniel Handler, who writes the bestselling Lemony Snicket books, has moved from HarperCollins to Little, Brown. He signed a deal to write four new Lemony Snicket books and one stand alone young adult title.
In August, Egmont U.K. bought British rights to the four-book series; no U.S. publisher was announced at that time.
The Handler/Snicket team will work with longtime editor Susan Rich who has joined LBYR in the newly created position of editor-at-large. Rich was formerly at HarperCollins Children's Books, first in the New York office and then in Toronto.
A Series of Unfortunate Events was a blockbuster for HarperCollins, selling 60 million copies. We loved the series and can't wait to see Mr. Snicket has in store for us this time.
