{{Short description|2014 book by Alfie Deyes}} {{Infobox book | italic title = <!--(see above)--> | name = The Pointless Book | image = File:The Pointless Book.jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = | author = Alfie Deyes | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = Activity book | set_in = | published = Dorking | publisher = Blink Publishing | publisher2 = | pub_date = 2014 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print | pages = 192 | awards = | isbn = 9781905825905 | oclc = | dewey = 828.9202 }}
'''''The Pointless Book''''' is a 2014 activity book by British vlogger, YouTuber and presenter Alfie Deyes.
==Background== Deyes runs a number of popular YouTube channels. The book contains 'pointless tasks' such as baking a cake of mud or creating a time capsule and contains interactive features.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
The book sold 30,000 copies in its first two weeks,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/comment/profiles/article1461448.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317110917/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/comment/profiles/article1461448.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |title=Alfie Deyes: Prince Pointless hits the spot for YouTube kids |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=2014-09-21 |access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref> and was top of ''The Times of London'' Bestseller list<ref>{{cite web |author=Tony Mulliken |url=http://www.midaspr.co.uk/news-stories/alfie-deyes-pointless-book-sails-sunday-times-bestsellers-list-1/ |title=Alfie Deyes' The Pointless Book sails into the Sunday Times Bestsellers list at No.1 - Midas PR Agency London |publisher=Midaspr.co.uk |access-date=2015-06-18 |archive-date=2015-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511164411/http://www.midaspr.co.uk/news-stories/alfie-deyes-pointless-book-sails-sunday-times-bestsellers-list-1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a bestseller overall for 2014.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sian Cain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/dec/24/bestselling-books-of-2014-did-booksellers-get-predictions-right |title=Bestselling books of 2014: did the booksellers get it right? | Books |newspaper=The Guardian |date= 2014-12-24|access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref> The book was praised for its range of activities by fellow YouTubers, however similarities with ''Wreck This Journal'' were noted<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teneightymagazine.com/2014/09/16/teneighty-book-club-the-pointless-book/ |title=TenEighty Book Club: The Pointless Book ‹ TenEighty — YouTube News, Features, and Interviews |publisher=Teneightymagazine.com |date=2014-09-16 |access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref> and was reviewed in ''The Guardian''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2014/sep/28/alfie-deyes-youtube-pointlessblog-videos-book |title=Alfie Deyes, the 21-year-old king of YouTube: 'He's normal, not like celebrities' | Life and style |work=The Guardian |date=2015-02-16 |access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref>
A signing at a bookstore in Piccadilly Circus in London was attended by 8,000 'screaming fans' and resulted in road closures and police helicopters being used,<ref>{{cite web|last=Rockett |first=Karen |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/youtube-blogger-alfie-deyes-mobbed-4293469 |title=YouTube blogger Alfie Deyes mobbed by 8,000 screaming fans at book signing - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date=2014-09-20 |access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref> forcing Deyes to reschedule another event at ExCeL London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/alfie-deyes-event-rescheduled-excel |title=Alfie Deyes event rescheduled for ExCeL |publisher=The Bookseller |date=2014-09-19 |access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref> while more than 1000 attended a signing in Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stacey |first=Alison |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pointless-alfie-deyes-birmingham-book-8114140 |title='Pointless' Alfie Deyes' Birmingham book signing causes crazy scenes in city centre |publisher=Birmingham Mail |date=2014-11-14 |access-date=2015-06-18}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pointless Book}} Category:2014 children's books Category:British children's books Category:Books by YouTubers
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