Instagram is also a viable alternative to BookTok, with the Bookstagram community first gaining momentum in the mid-2010s.

Dr. Bonilla, a professor of American studies at Princeton, writes about race, history and pop culture. My professional life revolves around reading and writing books. But for years, I carried a ...

In November, a chasm opened in the middle of one of the most popular online reading spaces. It started after the election, as political chatter bled into BookTok. On one side of the app, readers ...

BookTok creators who voted for Harris, or were strongly against Trump, began stitching these videos with their own rebuttals.. “Reading is political. Books are political. Being literate is ...

BookTok first formed around 2020 and already by the end of that year Bloomsbury saw a 220 percent rise in profits.By 2021, book sales in the U.S. rose 9 percent to reach 825.7 million print sales ...

BookTok’s popularity continues to rise, influencing both the reading world and the literary industry. “I use BookTok every day. Based on the content I watch, I’ve incorporated new habits into my ...

As noted in a 2022 Observer article, publishers have started actively scouting viral self-published authors and creating campaigns to mimic BookTok’s aesthetic, prioritizing the kind of stories ...

The Kindle girlie aesthetic is dominating BookTok—here’s what you need to know about it Reading has never been cuter. Stacey Nguyen. Updated on October 11 2024 4:13 pm CDT ...

TikTok's book-loving community has no shortage of reading recommendations. But which BookTok books are ... it started going viral among those whose For You page looked like the 2014 Tumblr aesthetic.

A row has erupted on BookTok after an influencer complained the novel she was reading had 'too many words'. Yana from California took to TikTok to review Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, expressing ...

5 Bay Area-based #BookTok and Bookstagrammers to follow — and what they’re reading right now From kid lit to romantasy, find your next read from these bookish influencers ...