Vlogging to literary success?

With 2.4 million followers on Twitter, 1.8 million fans on Facebook, and 3.2 million subscribers on Instagram, publishers couldn’t wait to get their hands on Zoe Suggs’ first book writes Sue Leonard

WITH Christmas on the horizon, publishers are vying to secure that coveted, number one slot. Will Brian O’Driscoll pip Roy Keane to the post — or will Graham Norton outflank them both with The Life and Loves of a He Devil?

If the book industry pundits are right, all three will be beaten by a 24-year-old girl from Brighton. Zoe Sugg has a substantial two-book deal with Penguin and has been sweeping her way up the Amazon best seller chart even though her debut novel won’t be published until tomorrow.