booktok & how it came to be

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#booktok - a subcommunity on tiktok, absolutely exploded in the beginning of 2020 and our reading taste and habits haven’t been the same since. in this video i wanted to discuss the rise of booktok with you, how it compares to the reading communities on #bookstagram and #booktube; tropification of books; book scandals (The Seattle Kraken & booktok, bikertok drama); smut; the impact of booktok on the publishing industry and so much more. ----------------------------------------- 🍿 timestamps: 0:00 - intro 02:10 - the success of booktok explained 10:20 - how booktok made reading fun again 17:55 - booktok changed the way we talk about books; tropification of literature 29:40 - smut, book scandals & diversity discussion 38:29 - booktok's impact on the publishing industry 42:32 - final thoughts & outro ----------------------------------------- check out Jananie's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thisstoryaintover 🎥 YT video clips used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNwDB9HDNks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leJacQ_QORk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8gDX8DKTK4 🎥 YT videos mentioned: discussing booktok: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtG4OKU7q-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxDd8ocpcHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu2Q1unqr7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwS2Qt0wexA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FF4-XnfGPk&t=1s booktok vs fast fashion discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYyDTrg4Qrg&t=184s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ckcYAbdGl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NOP018-qng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wawhPcp6jeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9sm-dfsn0 smut & book drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CuuTCbo3vo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBYwyklxHz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6ZpCqQAfZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_v3QSTjNr8 ----------------------------------------- 🗞️ articles used/mentioned: https://www.chron.com/culture/article/houston-bookstore-booktok-18659064.php https://bookriot.com/is-booktok-changing-the-way-we-talk-about-books/ https://www.publishers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BookTok-for-WEBSITE.pdf https://www.tiktok.com/business/en-US/blog/nielsen-study-tiktok-discovery-content-authentic https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/booktok-tiktok-books-community https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/booktok-tiktok-creator-publishing-1234649819/ https://magazine.catapult.co/dont-write-alone/stories/how-booktok-is-changing-publishing-cecilia-beard-social-media-and-publishing-industry ----------------------------------------- 📚books/fanfiction mentioned: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry Beach Read by Emily Henry A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Black It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Circe by Madeline Miller Ariadne by Jennifer Saint A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors Normal People by Sally Rooney Big Swiss by Jen Beagin My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco A Court This Cruel and Lovely by Stacia Stark The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent Manacled by SenLinYu Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare, Brigitte Knightley ----------------------------------------- find me on socials: 🕯️ instagram: https://instagram.com/rayareadzzz 🕯️ goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/152132775 💌 contact me via: [email protected] 🍂 for music on my channel i use EpidemicSound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/7li4zd thanks for watching and have a good one! xoxo, raya