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Romantasy, Bridgerton, audio porn apps: it’s a great time for horny ladies

For fans, sexy, female-centered entertainment is a welcome escape from reality

The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2025

Amazon’s Goodreads builds community, but breeds division. Indie rival StoryGraph is playing it safe – and gaining ground

Reading, once a largely private activity, has become more public and communal with the emergence of book-centred social media spaces. But while the “BookTok” and “Bookstagram” communities are often in the news, Goodreads, founded in 2006 and estimated to have 150 million users, was arguably the first digital network to…

The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025

Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?

New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of ‘spicy’ romance?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2025

I wanted to hate this romance-fantasy book series, but I’m converted

Sarah J Maas’s series is a global bestseller, combining fantasy, romance and action

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025

Fyodor fever: how Dostoevsky became a social media sensation

White Nights, the author’s 1848 novella, sounds an unlikely candidate to go viral, but the story of lovelorn loneliness is now a favourite among TikTok and Instagram users

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

Microsoft, TikTok and AI are ‘disrupting’ book publishing. But do we want their effortless art?

Publishing is one of many fields poised for disruption by tech companies and artificial intelligence (AI). New platforms and approaches, like a book imprint by Microsoft and a self-publishing tech startup that uses AI, promise to make publishing faster and more accessible than ever.

The Conversation · Dec 4, 2024

TikTok owner ByteDance to publish print books

8th Note Press, an imprint launched by ByteDance, will print novels in genres popular on BookTok including YA and contemporary fiction and ‘romantasy’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2024

Life is Strange: Double Exposure Is A Murder Mystery Game Tailor Made For True Crime Fans

Okay, true crime heads and Booktok shippers, have I got a game for you. The Life is Strange series has a brand new entry, serving up another murder-mystery plot scored to a banger indie soundtrack. In Life is Strange: Double Exposure, you once again play as Max Caulfield several years…

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 29, 2024

‘I love the whole atmosphere and can spend hours browsing’: how did bookshops suddenly become cool?

A new survey suggests that young people are shunning AI algorithms and online retailers to experience the joy of visiting bookshops

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2024

Queen Camilla Could Be the First Royal to Join TikTok

Watch out for the next BookTok star.

Marie Claire · Sep 20, 2024