Do you want to be a star on YouTube? Do you just want to understand a little bit more about how YouTube works? Whether you are at either of these extremes, or somewhere in between, YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts is the perfect book for you. Written by Alan Lastufka, one of the most subscribed comedians on YouTube and Michael W. Dean, filmaker, the book doles out easy to read, expert advice on making videos and understanding the social networking side of YouTube.

You will find advice on both the artistic and technical aspects of making videos. In the marketing and social networking sections there are discussions on how to fit into the YouTube community and cultivate a devoted audience. If you don't want to make your own videos, there is even a chapter on Re-broadcasting commercial content. Interviews with YouTube stars and staff are included. YouTube: An Insider's Guide covers everything you should and would want to know.

To get a better idea of what is covered in YouTube: An Insider's guide to Climbing the Charts, below is the Table of Contents:

1. What is this YouTube of which you speak?
2. Storytelling and directing
3. 99-cent film school: Shooting, editing, and rendering
4. Creating your very own channel
5. Broadcasting yourself: User-generated content
6. Rebroadcasting: Commercial content
7. Building your audience
8. The community: Where do you fit in?
9. Hacking the system: How to cheat (and why you shouldn't)
10. Reaching the world
11. Money, Money, Money!
12. Beyond the Tube
13. Becoming a success story
14. Closing arguments
15. Interviews with other YouTube rock stars

I highly recommend YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts to anybody with an interest in learning more about how YouTube works.

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