Evan Carmichael and Nina unbox the first printed copies of his upcoming book 'Your One Word,' releasing December 6, 2016. The roughly 200-page uncorrected proof exists in only 15 copies worldwide, and Evan plans to use them for video content, fan bonuses, and giveaways.
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I wanna see, I wanna see, I wanna see.
No, no, it's off. One of them is off. Nina's first learning. There it is! Your one word. Super exciting. Oh yeah, that smells like victory. What's up everyone?
Hi!
We're super excited. It is— what time is it for us? It's midnight on a Thursday now. And excited because my book arrived! These are the galley copies, the advanced galley copies, basically the first ever printed version of my book. And I wanted to wait because I have a bunch of other packages I was going to do a mail time and I wanted to wait to open it. And he's like, no!
It's exciting!
We gotta open it right now! It's midnight! She didn't say it like that, but she had this huge smile on her face, and the smile always melts me.
Because it's exciting!
She's very excited. I mean, I'm excited too, but Nina's more excited, so— So we're going to open it because Nina really wants to. Okay? So here we go. This is the first printed copy of my book.
I want to see it, I want to see it!
Oh, they put it in bubble paper and everything too.
Oh, it's nice! Wow!
Oh, this is a soft cover. It's not the hardcover.
No. That's good. It's nice. Hello.
This looks so small.
Can I see? What do you mean so small?
There it is. Your one word. Super exciting. This is nice.
Why are you smelling the paper?
Listen, let me smell the paper, okay? I like smelling the paper. Look at this. Look how easy this is to read. This is pretty special. I want to read it. I want to read it and mark it up. Oh man, it smells good. Oh, it says on sale December 6th, 2016.
I like that.
This is limited. There's only like 15 of these in the world or something. I'm serious. But you want one. I need them for my videos!
You don't need all of them for your videos.
Yeah, I want to have a stack on the table next to me to put them in the videos.
Okay, can you sign it now?
Oh my god. These are mine. Why do I have to sign my own book?
So you're not gonna give me one?
How about I sign it and give it to you once I get the hardcovers that I can put in the video?
I love you. Uncorrected proof for limited distribution. You can buy it. You can't buy this.
Yeah, so you have to give it to me.
This is the limited edition.
You have to give me one, please.
Should I give her one? What do you think, guys? Should I give her one? This is pretty special.
Yeah, you're special to me.
You're more special, but this is pretty special. It's still pretty special. Oh, what are you gonna do with it after December or whenever I get the hardcovers? Yeah, I don't know. I'm gonna sign one, give one to my wife.
I'll be getting the first one. Yes, sincerely.
Of course, of course, of course. Pinky promise.
Pinky promise.
A pinky promise. Okay, December.
No, until you get the hard copy.
Yeah, well, it might be December. Looks good. This looks good, guys. I'm excited. Have I said I'm excited yet? Right now all we've seen is like these binders, right? You guys have seen the binders that I've shown in other videos, just binders. And here is like an actual book. It belongs in a bookshelf.
Are you excited?
Where other books are.
Are you excited?
I'm pretty excited. We have to go to bed, man. How am I gonna sleep now? Look at that. That looks pretty nice. I like that.
Why are you smelling it?
Can't you smell it? Doesn't that smell like amazing?
I can't smell it.
What do you mean? Oh yeah, that smells like victory. Have a good night. Baby. Have a good night. Have a good night. Thank you guys for joining me. You can thank Nina for making me make this video right now because I wanted to wait. Are you excited? You happy we did it? Good. Continue to believe, or whatever your one word is. Believe or whatever your one word is, same thing. And we'll see you soon. Maybe we can use them as bonuses for something. If you guys have ideas for bonuses, what we can use this for, leave them in the comments, let me know. I don't need to keep all of those, but I'll keep a couple. I might give one to my wife.
What do you mean?
You will give one to your wife. I'll just sign them Dear Evan, thank you so much for writing this book. Sincerely, Evan. Play it. Believe. I believe. Go piano.
No, it's off.
Nina's first learning.
Yeah, that's it.
That's it. Hey, Nina's first song ever.
Woo! Round of applause.
Leave it in the comments.
Give her some props. That's so beginner.
That's okay. You know how beginners start? At the beginning. Everybody starts at the beginning. That's good.
