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Literate Brooklyn Hipsters Needed!


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Jen Carlson

Published Apr 24, 2008

Modified Apr 24, 2008


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Published Apr 24, 2008

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sweetvallyhipster.jpgAttention sexy hipster kids, there's a new Craigslist poster that needs YOU...if you are, in fact, a young hip Brooklynite who has a penchant for blurbing and reading about the sexual encounters of teens. Interested? Read on...

Cool Brooklyn book publisher looking for cool 18-25yo hipsters to blurb our cool forthcoming book of sex stories for teens. We will send you a PDF of the book and ask for a blurb & headshot for advertising, website, publicity. Tiny honorarium of free books and our guarantee to read and consider your own book manuscript for publication.

Their previous books, they note, have been reviewed by the Hipster Book Club! If you're in the market for three brand new paperbacks and a have an unpublished manuscript lying around, apply now; you may even get your headshot on the internets!

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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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