An Atlas About Prejudice
A (very) brief history of an unlikely international bestseller and its toll on my sweat glands
In January 2009 I drew a map and posted it on my Flickr profile. It was a satirical pun at contemporary European politics. Had I known it was the beginning of the biggest project I had ever worked on, I would have probably panicked, overthought every detail, and fucked it all up. Thankfully, I was completely clueless and (naturally) the little map inspired a whole collection that subsequently turned into a bestselling book.
It sounds easier than it really was. Maybe because by a lucky strike the succession of maps became viral, took over the Internet by storm and reverberated on the pages of traditional media all around the world.
It took eight years for the book to appear in eight languages. So far there are fourteen different published editions: hardcovers, paperbacks, and ebooks. Six traditional publishers took a chance with it: Knesebeck (Germany), les arènes (France), Aplina Book (Russia), Rizzoli (Italy), Nail Kitabevi (Turkey), and Book Republic (Taiwan). I self-published in English and Spanish. As of April 2017, the Atlas of Prejudice has sold more than 110,000 copies worldwide!
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An international bestseller, the Atlas of Prejudice has been published in English, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Italian. Its various hardcover, paperback, and electronic editions have sold more than 100.000 copies worldwide!
