A book lover’s best-kept secret: the Substacks and BookToks every reader should know
We look at the world of BookTok and the book clubs you'll wish you knew about sooner. Plus, the owner of Octavia’s Bookshelf ...
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Publishers and Authors Wonder: Can Anything Replace BookTok?
No, it won’t,” said Thad McIlroy, a book industry analyst. “Something unique happened with BookTok.” Over the past several years, TikTok has dramatically reshaped nearly every aspect of ...
Can Influencers Predict the Next Big Thing in Books?
Content creators have become an essential part of the publishing ecosystem. But as they undergo significant upheaval, they’re ...
This Is How BookTok Saved Barnes and Noble
Riding the resurgence of popularity around physical book purchases, Barnes and Noble opened more new bookstores in 2024 than ...
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Do politics fit in the book social media world? Inside the 'reading is political' debate
It started after the election, as political chatter bled into BookTok ... out of book spaces. Independent dark romance author E.Y. Kelley said she was upset by a circulating “red list ...
Why BookTok Is Absolutely Obsessed With Dark Romance
Author Brynne Weaver chats with Rolling Stone about her new book Scythe & Sparrow and why so many people seem to be flocking ...
The Empyrean series writer of BookTok fame prepares for Hollywood
The Empyrean series, a cross between romance and fantasy, has racked up millions of fans, with more books and a TV adaptation ...
What does it mean to 'DNF' a book or get an 'ARC'? Book slang explained.
If you want to be on BookTok or Bookstagram, you'll need to understand bookish slang. Here's what common acronyms like DNF, CR, RTC, TBR and FMC mean.
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A TikTok ban means losing the one platform making Americans want to read books
BookTok started in 2019 but really ... and for feminist icon bell hooks, whose 1999 book “All About Love” hit the New York Times bestseller list in 2021. The publishing industry has no ...