It doesn’t matter if you avoid social media or are chronically online enough to know what “faerie smut” is – if you’re a reader, you’ve probably heard of BookTok. Reader communities ...
Furthermore, BookTok is in complete chaos because they can’t make sense of what they’re reading. While this is the third installment in Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean series, it has left many ...
Beth Marhanka, a librarian at Georgetown University’s Lauinger Library who helps facilitate Lattes and Lit, said she sees BookTok impacting the literary landscape for the better. “It’s wonderful to ...
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The book frequently pops up on TikTok as a #BookTok recommendation. With its pastel cover featuring a competitive figure skater and hockey team captain, the book has the look of a classic rom-com ...
It’s almost like therapy.” “I have to credit BookTok a lot, because it provided that forum for people to start sharing what they were interested in,” Weaver tells Rolling Stone.
Calling all bookworms! Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Let’s not forget about the romance purists: BookTok gave romance a big boost. In 2020, there were only two romance-specific ...
This week, BookTok creators reflected on how social media, can build a readership for a book, the pros and cons of book-related merch and the rise of events aimed at influencers. There are “a ...
Have you ever been in a book slump? However much you love reading, there will come times in your life where you just can’t quite find the motivation. But there are people who want to help you ...
Reader discretion is advised. Booktok —the reading community on the social media app TikTok— has shaped the publishing industry, its dedicated members playing a crucial role in whether a book joins ...