Burn the Haystack: Available for Pre-order Now!

Hi Substack Readers!

I’m so excited that Burn the Haystack is now available for pre-orders! You can click here to the HarperCollins landing page, which has links to various retailers (some of which are still populating, so if your fave isn’t working yet, please check back later!).

I want to explain why pre-orders are so important, because I personally didn’t know all this until recently:

Hitting the New York Times bestseller list is easiest the first week of publication. Every book sold from NOW through the first week of sales counts toward hitting the list. After the first week, the Times just counts sales week by week. With the book coming out next April, there’s time to bank enough preorders to hit that list.

Getting strong preorders also communicates to bookstores and media that a book has momentum and they need to get on board and stock it and talk about it.

If the book hits the Times bestsellers list, it signals to the media and the world that Burned Haystack is already a culturally significant movement; it’s not just a book. It’s a community of people who came together in a grassroots way to literally change the landscape of dating in America and across the planet.

I’ve tried to give more than I ask for, and I hope I’ve done that, but I’m asking you to pre-order this book because I want us to collectively send a message to the world that we are serious, we are united, and we have taken matters into our own hands.

We’ve already done SO MUCH --- so much more than I ever dreamed of in my wildest dreams. We’re now at a moment where we get to ratchet it up to an entirely new level of discourse and of social change, and this is how we do it.

Here’s a quick overview of what you’ll find in the book:

• The story of Burned Haystack as a feminist, intellectual community—how it started, caught fire, and bloomed into what it’s become today.

• A thorough-but-clear discussion of exactly what applied rhetoric and critical discourse analysis are.

• All the Burned Haystack Method rules, all together, in order, with examples!

• All the Burned Haystack rhetorical patterns, all together, with examples!

• A whole chapter on spotting toxic dating coaches.

• Next-level rhetorical tactics and tricks to game the apps.

• Detailed analyses of women’s profiles that led to needles!

• How to apply Burned Haystack method beyond the apps and beyond dating altogether, including some VERY creative ways women have tapped into technology (but NOT the dating apps!) to find their needles.

And a lot more, but I wanted to hit these major points. The book also includes Burned Haystack success stories and humor breaks!

And thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter. Please pre-order the book for yourself and maybe as a gift for anyone else you think might benefit, and let’s Burn the Haystack on a whole new level!

Here is the link to pre-order again: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/burn-the-haystack-jennie-young?variant=43947396399138

*Note to those of you outside the US:

You will be able to order the book in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, but we don’t have details yet, so please stay tuned!

For Canadian orders: You can order the US edition. The link to preorder should be live on HarperCollins Canada now and will offer you different options for ordering, or you can preorder it on Amazon.ca right now.

For orders elsewhere in the world: You will be able to order the US edition anywhere HarperCollins books are sold in your country, but timing may vary when the book shows up in their systems. I know some people have already had success!