GREAT SANDERSON CONSPIRACY!🕵️ Your Books Are About To Get Smaller (Literally)🌳 ~FN~

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

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[@samuelleask1132]

Sanderson, sitting in his office, with the manuscripts for his 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Secret Novels on the desk before him, rubbing his hands together gleefully while holding his finger over the button to announce it right after Daniel uploads Fantasy News for the week: 😏😈😈😈

[@prestonc9059]

"Your final episode of fantasy news" was a massive jumpscare daniel

[@lbear4292]

I KNOW RIGHT I WAS STRESSING SO HARD FOR 2 SECONDS

[@juliagaylard4186]

Your comment actually saved me from the jumpscare😂

[@rad4924]

If there is a Cosmere adaptation, I expect Brandon to announce it 30 seconds before you're about to upload Fantasy News.

[@robbybevard8034]

Well then he just gets to do a bonus video!

[@rosemarywilliams5183]

This is the Way.

[@Mightyjordy]

lol he literally just said in his weekly update an hour ago that Snapshot is getting a TV show, so that’s basically what happened

[@sadee4175]

You like manifested that... Its not a cosmere adaption but still

[@joshuasims5421]

“Ok, Daniel. I need you to play a key role in my adaptation hype scheme. When you do, make sure you insist you have no insider information!”

[@FullMetalWhovian81]

My Brando Sando theory is that he actually 3 typewriters in a trench coat

[@lordlannister177]

A week without Fantasy News is a week without Fantasy News

[@CrushedGears]

Well Said. 👏

[@JacobGordon-bp4eb]

Noooooooo you got here before me

[@lordlannister177]

@JacobGordon-bp4eb when you play the game of thrones you win or you die. There's no middle ground.

[@neondemon5137]

Woah

[@JacobGordon-bp4eb]

@@lordlannister177 I just realized your profile says lord Lannister 😂😂

[@Yondi1000]

In relation to the Sanderson conspiracy, there is a 1.5 hour panel at Dragonsteel Nexus this year that has the ominous title *REDACTED*. That is being held in the largest hall of the con. I can imagine this would be a great time to announce things.

[@rosemarywilliams5183]

There's definitely been some speculation about that panel possibly being an adaptation announcement. It'd be cool, but I'm just not sure that Brandon has enough power to control when/how an announcement comes out. That'll be up to the studio. (On the other hand, a studio might be totally down to do the announcement at Dragonsteel Nexus. Dunno. Feels like they'd be more likely to want to do it at something bigger like SDCC, but this is definitely within the realm of possibility.) I am 99.99% sure, though, that the Worldhopper Ball isn't remotely related to anything adaptation. The whole thing is being produced by a company that specializes in this sort of thing, and they have their own group of in-house actors.

[@nikkiwilger6377]

I am going to politely disagree, and say that BS absolutely DOES have enough power to control the announcement. Especially if he makes that control a part of the contract when/if he sold the rights for the adaptation. Remember, Sanderson famously said he is not in the position of really NEEDING these studios' money, so he has all the leverage in the world to get these sorts of concessions. Just my opinion.

[@rosemarywilliams5183]

@@nikkiwilger6377 he's been asked before on streams, and answered that announcement details/timing wasn't in his control.

[@davidwilson6577]

It's also possible that Brandonalsium could have made a convincing argument that Dragonsteel will be the best place to announce it from a pragmatic perspective. They don't have to compete with Disney etc. for prime panel stuff at a more mainstream event, they can take as long as they want and show whatever they want, and they will still reach a massive audience through social media.

[@michaelcamp6076]

Next fantasy news, Daniel will announce that he’s been cast as Vin

[@michaelaporee260]

😂😂😂

[@HeavyTopspin]

I'll be concerned about the publishing industry's waste after I don't get 20 physical mailings a day from political candidates printed on heavy stock.

[@davidwilson6577]

At least once a year I get a letter from my bank informing me that my statements are paperless.

[@aneonfoxtribute]

My biggest problem with the Sanderson Conspiracy is this: I don't think he could convince Hollywood to shut up. The secret projects were under wraps because the only people who about that was him and his family. The cosmere RPG was under wraps because it was people who respected him enough to go along with it. I don't think Hollywood has that level of respect for anybody. I think that the cast and crew would be on board with doing that. I don't believe the studio executives funding the movie would. Hollywood doesn't give a shit, and this talk would have been done before this was a tactic proven to work so he wouldn't have been able to point to his clear success doing this.

[@GeeOff]

As someone who vastly prefers physical books over ebooks or audiobooks, I don't care if the books are smaller as long as the overall quality doesn't drop off. Cost-saving and environmental concerns do matter in an industry that is looking to extend its lifespan however it can. Still, I have to admit to feeling a slight tinge of sadness that my Big Fat Fantasy books aren't going to be quite as big anymore.

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

I agree with you and am more worried about the thinner pages. That’s a no from me. Smaller text? Sure but I want those texture beautiful pages that feel so good to turn.

[@jasongrundy1717]

They make them cheaper, you buy more, why aren't carbon emissions going down? Heh

[@rachel-joyseifrit4833]

@@DanielGreeneReviews Little Brown and Company did this with the latest Graceling novel (Seasparrow?) and the pages were bible thin. They got enough backlash that it was fixed, but that first run was a big yikes. They made 625 pg book the same size as a standard rom com paperback (like 300 pg?) and it was Too Much.

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

Think about it like this - they'll actually be bigger, word count wise This means that stuff like Wind and Truth might not have to be split into two volumes outside of America and WHEN not IF we get The Winds of Winter, they may actually be able to bind it into one GIGANTIC volume instead of selling it as two separate books. Lol

[@WheezingBobcat]

I hope this doesn't impact text size. I have bad vision and can't read mass markets. I guess I'll just stick to ebooks.

[@Raverenz06]

I wonder if the 20% reduction in paper and ink will pass on savings to the consumer, or will we get smaller books still for $30?

[@aarondunnuck5814]

You know the asnwer to that question already lmao...

[@NickoTyn]

@@aarondunnuck5814 If it would have been passed down to the consumer, then the inflation excuse wouldn't be used. How is going the manufacturer offset the inflation if he doesn't gain something from this reduction in paper?

[@Colaman112]

Lol

[@hawk66100]

The books will get smaller but the prices will go up. Shrinkflation=double penetration.

[@edsheeran1243]

Totally didnt think he was saying "lord of the rings war of their own harem"

[@OriginalMrocco]

What a strangely reasonable totally crazy conspiracy theory

[@fakjbf3129]

My first thought about the sustainable typeface story is that means Brandon Sanderson can make his books 20% longer and still be within printing capacity.

[@robbybevard8034]

Stormlight 5 is in fact several thousand words longer than the upmost maximum the publisher said it could be. So don't be surprised if the new typeset or some sort of trick gets used on it.

[@sparksdog8111]

I'm gearing up for the 2025 "Moving Into Our Dream Norway Residence!" video.

[@Soberirishguy]

Liked for existential dread about the poster 😂

[@JosephDickson]

Shrinkflation Marketing 101: Say it's good for the environment.

[@l33lzonwh33lz]

Omg! Thank you so much for the promo for “Scrambled Eggs”! The author here, awaiting your return from and wishing you the best of luck on your move!

[@IndiaTides]

Harmless conspiracy theories are okay.

[@zack32460]

Your thoughts on posters and books spark joy. That's a pretty good why. We live in a beautiful world filled with abundance and light and love. You dont have to work the fields or fight in war to survive, and your work has value even when it doesn't feel like it. Cheers!

[@AlcheonArt]

Sanderson WOULD totally do that lol, BUT you forget he loves to troll you, so since you exposed this, he's probably gonna change it just to spite you :D

[@amandag5072]

Shorter print runs and print on demand should be the future.

[@KittyxKult]

“I have no insider knowledge” Sanderson chuckling in the background: 😉

[@CoconutMigrating]

Brandon said today that “Snapshot” is seeing some strong movement on a show and will hopefully by announced soon. Not the adaptation reveal we’re all hoping for, but hilarious that he puts that out on the day you unveil your conspiracy theory.

[@Wildflower1013]

I hope the strategy for making books smaller works well. The text in some books is so small now that as someone with terrible eyesight in general and now age, those tiny font books have become unreadable. I use audiobooks/ebooks more often than not these days. If they can find a more readable way to save on materials than just shrinking the font size, that would be great.

[@WheezingBobcat]

Right there with you. My vision sucks and prevented me from reading for like a decade. Ebooks have been a huge help.

[@colereeder5653]

I had a lot of doubt that Mistborn got cancelled from the get go. The idea that the Writer's strike stopped it completely was a little silly lol

[@Evelyn_Okay]

🤚 Hire more editors to cut down manuscript word counts 👉 Make books harder to read

[@mEmory______]

I dont want bolks to be shorter so thos is preferable.

[@MariaRodriguez-dx6sm]

To keep the Sanderson conspiracy secret, the NDAs that every person involved in the project would have to sign have being crazy.

[@piniep1574]

I thought the conspiracy was gonna be, that Sanderson is behind the plans for a denser typeset to allow him to make Stormlight 6 be even bigger than any other book ever made

[@e_n_hand]

The sustainable serif thing is fascinating and I really hope that it pans out. As someone who really hopes to publish a book one day but is also very environmentally conscious, this is the best news I've heard from publishing in a long time.

[@jasongrundy1717]

"You're making books smaller and cheaper?" "Oh boy, I'll buy more!" So... how did carbon emissions get reduced there?

[@NickoTyn]

They didn't say it will be cheaper for the consumer, but cheaper to produce.

[@Tarmachan]

The fact that in the era of very successful animated fantasy shows we don't have a single Cosmere work yet is crazy Crit Role kickstarted theirs, why can't we get an animated Stormlight Archive or Mistborn series???

[@robbybevard8034]

Brandon's been pretty clear. While he personally loves animation, and would be fine with it for a one-off like Tress, *general* audiences still divide live action and animation into two entirely seperate universes. "Cartoons are just for little kids" is a persistent mindset, even today. You and I don't need to be convinced that's silly, but the general public does. Live action draws a bigger audience that will never give animation the time of day, no matter how many Pixar and Ghibli films you throw at them. If his works are going to break into the mainstream, they need to be live action. Animated stuff can come later. He's been pretty clear that Mistborn is the obvious break in point proof of concept, and from there they can try to figure out Stormlight... but even that he doesn't want to end up in a GoT situation where a show catches up to the books. (Now that there's a clean break with book five... maybe.)

[@stevenhedge2850]

Isn’t he also concerned that he wants to find the right people who will only do changes that he approves of but still stick to the main story so he’s not selling off the right (though at this point with his money I’m sure he can have a higher power in saying how he wants it

[@robbybevard8034]

@@stevenhedge2850 He's got big writer money. He's got nothing on hollywood money.

[@rextitan]

I've said it before, but every time i see that 'FN' at the end of the title a part of my brain thinks Daniel has learned to speak Finnish.

[@Paul_McSeol]

I love conspiracy theories but I’m not buying it. Sanderson keeping a secret is one thing but the number of folks who’d have to keep mum for that is unlikely. I hope you’re right! But I have doubts. Thanks, Daniel!

[@DanielGreeneReviews]

I think people are taking it as me saying there will be a full on table read already in the bag. That’s would be way too far. BUT a cast list and budget set? I think I have a 50/50 shot of being right haha

[@ayushkatarpawar6429]

I found your channel cause of one piece but you got me into reading again. rekindling my love for reading I had as a child. So thank you for that. Currently reading WOT. The series really helped me get through tough times. I basically read first 3 books waiting in hospital corridors. anyway I started book 5, MAKE Moraine MC. love Nynaeve( I wanna chook her by her own braide sometimes) Perrin is awesome. Rand still sucks.😄( I commented this on yr last video. guess you didn't see it. I just just wanted you to know I really appreciate your work)

[@AlexInASmallTown]

That change to text font is one of the stranger bits of book news. As long as it leaves real in hand paper books readable I'm fine with it. I'd take that over the thinner paper in some books.

[@xilban2555]

There's always another secret. And that secret is a new trilogy with movie adaptations for each along with microseries between each movie.

[@alexisherbert687]

I would think Sanderson would release another secret project rather than hiding an entire cast and preproduction of a movie to be announced at the convention

[@aikenpublishing]

You are NOT wasting time talking about book covers. As an indie publisher, I use book covers for inspiration for my own books. Keep them coming.

[@priyamshome7005]

Day 36 of asking the Goblin to give Made in Abyss a try.

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

The black framing on Legends and Lattes Wraithmarked edition is actually one of my favorite parts. If you look closely you will see it is not a solid black but a bunch of itty bitty coffee beans and when they catch the light as you move the book it's really just lights up the cover.

[@e443productions9]

The Sanderson conspiracy is the funniest this I have ever seen. Do I think it’s possible? Totally, but I just find it so unlikely that we wouldn’t have heard anything from any Hollywood sources first. Brandon can keep secrets because he’s the one in charge of the company he runs and Brotherwise games was a much smaller thing than whatever studio would pick up the cosmere movie rights

[@dologistics6499]

Brandon Sanderson: "RAFO"

[@dumbsocrates]

Love the kitchen light just rolling around the forehead. Lol

[@carole5648]

i'm all for them fitting more words per page, as long as there are still some margins and some space between lines. its amazing how, especially with YA hardcovers, sometimes theres so much more space than necessary.

[@styrofoamsoldier]

Ahh, I wouldn't have guessed today's installation of Fantasy news would be a mix of two of my favourite things, Cosmere and jiu jitsu lmao.

[@DenDave_]

Best of luck with the move Daniel!

[@ChristianBullock]

FN days are the best days of the week - the amount of effort, fun, and facts in these is truly mind boggling. Thanks Daniel

[@williamloria5089]

Reduction in paper size, print size, and quality make me happy that I have recently gone 100% ebook over last couple years

[@Angras_advocate18]

We need to get type-moon on his radar it’s the strongest franchise in anime with their base abilities giving them immeasurable speed. & my power scaling playlist has all the proof we need, my essay playlist also proves it has the best written characters in anime especially in the girl aspect.(which some shonen struggle cough* Naruto) Like generic anime channel’s shirou essay, it’s billion$ budget & ufotable come together to give us peak animation of any year they drop or period. Its also the lotr of anime with lore on lore & galore.

[@crimsonraen]

Thanks so much for the news, Daniel! If Brando Sando has a live action already in the works, I will be SO freakin' excited! :O Wont hold my breath, but ya never know! He did say something about some sort of tv show from some collection in his newest video, but I think that's highly unrelated.

[@batmanphone]

At a Sanderson panel in Taipei 9 years ago he got really hyped about the beginnings of an entire cosmere adaptation. The plan at the time was to start with The Emperors Soul (probably because it had recently won a bunch of awards). So, not half bad Daniel. I'd put money on this conspiracy being much more true than we know.

[@crushgoil]

I swear I heard Sanderson say that there wasn’t going to be any big adaptation news at this year’s Dragonsteel…

[@jonathankoan]

Terry Matalas’ Picard Season 3 is my favorite Season of Star Trek ever. I think he just understood exactly what the fandom needed.

[@Bixit-ph9yl]

Goblin from the void!

[@chaosdoughnut5277]

Can they not just bring back mass market paperbacks? They have the perfect size for books right there, but no, they do woobly-doobly font nonsense instead.

[@aaronlandry3947]

Throughout the rebel Moon series there is one phrase that exemplifies my opinion of every single scene. "But why?" It's almost like the movie was written by AI based off of an amalgamation of all sorts of other movies but without really explaining the why behind a lot of things happening and character decisions. Like one you have the Galaxy famous general who just finished explaining that you can't trust the empire and they will betray you and kill everyone... Then he tries to set up a negotiation with the food being a bargaining chip? And he never once thinks that even if you successfully bargain with the empire and they leave the planet that they won't just destroy your entire village out of spite? He literally has no reason to believe that they will survive at all even if they are successful yet he does it anyway.

[@exiled666]

Re book sizes, its always puzzled and annoyed me that books have increased in size over the years as they were fine at the smaller size and making them bigger must have cost more. Books have grown by about an inch both in height and width for no reason, resulting in just a bigger border round the text for no point. It massively annoys me when a series starts in one size and then changes to a bigger size halfway through (One that stands out for me is the Dresden Files, Winter Knight was 6 and 3 quarters inches tall and the next Small Favour suddenly grew to be 7 and a half inches tall.....for no discernible reason)

[@robbybevard8034]

First run hardcovers always come in two sizes. Mail order book clubs get slightly smaller editions, (for cheaper shipping I assume) and then mass market editions are bigger. My dad has a massive collection and I discovered this the hard way when I got the collection and started trying to fill out some gaps. My Pern books go up and down in size at random and it's very annoying. So it's entirely possible that Dresden didn't change size, you just got editions from different places.

[@WarDog793]

Shorter books will mean more volumes in a series, that IS: more sales & money for the publisher & author and more money we poor fans need to spend. I just had a dream (last night--I'm NOT kidding!) where I was flipping through a new book and discovered it was 1400 pages.....and it was a hardbound! And I like having a printed, paper book to read. All I need is enough light to read by, no high tech or special access.

[@EjDantes]

The art for Bookshop and Bonedust looks like it's by Justin Gerard? Can't find anything official though but I can spot his style so fast.

[@jenniferanderson7010]

I have Myasthenia Gravis. This does a number on my hands and muscles and ... a lot more. I LOVE my eReader. It's even lighter to read from than my phone and doesn't strain my eyes. I get it isn't for everyone, but it's been a life saver for me.

[@bendingsands87]

I'd love to see a Cosmere anthology made by the Love, Death, And Robots people on Netflix. They're doing one based on video games now, so it'd be a no brainer to go epic fantasy😊. It doesn't even need to be any of his main story arcs. Fade into ep. 1 with Wit sitting down to tell someone a story at a campfire. "Tales Of Wit, Wonder, and War. " it'll probably never happen, but I can dream.

[@jotobrosmusic3928]

Wait, hadn't realised Daniel had housing problems at the same time as I am having housing problems. Will be moving to my new apartment this week as well!!!

[@cruZak89]

I truly believe Sanderson would disappear an already finished adaptation just to spite Daniel. So thank you Daniel, for robbing all of us.

[@craiglooney8220]

Man, a Mistborn movie announcement similar to the Cloverfield launch would be EPIC!

[@MrBenfranz]

A hearty Mazal Tov on y'all moving into your 'for real' home.

[@arabellawillow]

That inner monolog during your thoughts on WotR gave me chillz 😬

[@Warloser360]

Those new LOTR miniatures look awesome. Good work, James Workshop.

[@avsambart]

I love how it went from "forever home" to "next home" to "new home" 😂 what happened 😂

[@sadee4175]

At this point you gotta ask yourself if someone at Dragonsteel watches your twitch live streams when you are editting fantasy news just so Sanderson can sneak in some big news to mess with you because the TV show announcement for snapshot was RIGHT after you posted this

[@pebna-jay]

as a picky person, a reader, and a person who handles library books all days, I'll let ya know if i notice any noticeable shift in the books lol

[@edwinleskin3112]

that meta commentary during the poster descrip had me do an actual honest to god spittake

[@chrisrumfellow4566]

I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT ABOUT THE ACTORS AT DRAGONSTEEL!!! It would be so incredible!

[@MedinaManor]

Sanderson is the ultimate troll!

[@aaronlandry3947]

For the paperback book changes will wight has been down this road for years now. His cradle series paperbacks are all taller books but thinner with less pages. The larger format book has more surface area on page to fit more text and therefore even though each page is larger they use less paper overall for the entire book.

[@akshaysinghrai]

Void was a vibe.

[@charles3840]

They could have found someone willing to do the adaptation and locked in since the initial studio dropped out during/soon after the Pandemic. However, he's been so open with the audience about where the adaptation rights are that I'm not certain he'd keep such a thing hidden. I could be wrong, but I'm just saying, keeping it hidden without a word about the option being picked up again prior would be a bit out of character based on previous patterns.

[@chrishall5570]

I'm hoping that there's not a noticeable change with the books. Not only do I prefer to read physical but I also have come to like having nicer books despite the price and the weeping of my wallet. If the overall quality goes down and lets face it the price isn't going to go down it'll defeat the point of having a nicer book in my mind.

[@juliagaylard4186]

Brando Sando watching this and IMMEDIATELY changing his plans

[@T--------]

I remember hearing something about exec involvement and disagreements with Bong Joon Ho for Mickey 17 which is worrying and insane because after the homerun that was parasite why would you not give that guy full creative control, here's hoping nothing was changed against his will, because otherwise I have full trust in him as a director, it's probably gonna be amazing

[@fakjbf3129]

18:53 The best part about that screenshot is that it doesn’t even have the Words of Radiance Leatherbound campaign that was hosted on Backerkit instead of Kickstater, which would be the number 2 spot on that list.

[@jprowland]

Would a studio simply drop such a gold mine well into pre-production? Two words: Batgirl movie

[@davidwilson6577]

Mickey17 sounds a bit like Use of Weapons. Remember when the showrunner of Utopia was set to adapt The Culture? Remember The Culture?

[@thebookwyrm235]

This video made me happy to be a Sanderfan.

[@louyou6614]

The font thing unlocked middle school me memory of my parent not allowing me to read some books because the font is too small , one of the books i had to put fown was a french traduction of the hobbit , i was very myope ,for my age , but like lol , it was dramatic and to this day instill hadnt read hobbit

[@vidarfe]

I'm normally allergic to conspiracy theories, but this one actually sounds believable.

[@brokenredflag]

The fact that he wears a boxhat deserves atenchon, just for that.😂😂

[@Mwezi828]

Wow I hate you for giving me this Sando theory to torture me until December...

[@danielhughes7542]

Seems to a common theme of Red Headed boss babes in fantasy animated productions nowadays

[@the_writers_block]

Don't go giving Sanderson more crazy ideas.

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

Daniel, he literally dropped his weekly update 20 minutes ago. I dont think there is anything particularly crazy in there HOWEWVER i AM starting to believe that he IS doing this to you on purpose, lol. Youve picked the absolutely WILDEST arch nemesis to have, Daniel. Hes too powerful! Be careful out there, ok?! Watch your back!

[@lrae9519]

Live for the sanderspiracies

[@susanna4972]

Relieved that it’s a change in x-height as opposed to shrinking font. Because those small font (smaller than normal) books are murder. Hope the readability promise holds up.

[@ethanjstone]

Void box conspiracy Daniel is just missing the cork board

[@cyriltournier]

That scifi movie looks pretty cool but it reminds me a lot of Moon.

[@joshuatempleton9556]

mistborn needs to be animated, there is no way to sell that as a live action.

[@icarusfluffybottom899]

@6:32: Ayo hold on... what's he gonna do with those allen wrenches though? >_>

[@flipninja55]

I never thought I would be so excited to watch Jackson DickerDown get mounted... kappa