BookTok

English Etymology en :af book<id:Q571> -Tok + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈbʊkˌtɒk/ RP en /ˈbʊkˌtɑk/ GA Proper noun The community of book- and reading-oriented accounts on TikTok. en SmutTok en 23 February 2021 Carly Pearce BookTok? A Gen-Z guide to literature Epigram Bristol University https://issuu.com/epigrampaper/docs/354pdf 20 The biggest difference between the other communities and BookTok is the length of the videos. en 9 September 2021 Maddy Franklin The rise of BookTok The Red & Black University of Georgia https://issuu.com/redandblack/docs/rop_9.9.2021 A7 Frazier agreed, saying BookTok has the power to determine what novels are popular en 1 February 2022 Lara Mellett Inside the World of BookTok Trinity News Trinity College Dublin https://issuu.com/trinitynews/docs/trinity_news_vol._68_issue_6 13 BookTok seems to be a gateway to a reading hobby for many users. en Elizabeth A. Harris How TikTok Became a Best-Seller Machine w:The New York Times 2022-07-01 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/books/tiktok-books-booktok.html 0362-4331 BookTok is not dominated by the usual power players in the book world such as authors and publishers but by regular readers, many of them young, who share recommendations and videos of themselves talking about the books they love, sometimes weeping or screaming or tossing a copy across the room. https://web.archive.org/web/20220715145414/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/books/tiktok-books-booktok.html en 2024-06-26 Stephanie McNeal Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To w:Glamour https://www.glamour.com/story/influencers-arent-getting-famous-like-they-used-to Then there’s the fact that platforms like TikTok tend to silo users based on interests. Niche communities (insert hobby here plus Tok) are thriving, and so a person who may be famous on FarmTok or BookTok may have trouble breaking out of the mold. https://web.archive.org/web/20260928183113/https://www.glamour.com/story/influencers-arent-getting-famous-like-they-used-to 28 September 2026 en Hypernyms en Bookternet Coordinate terms en Booklr Tumblr en Bookstagram Instagram en BookTube YouTube en SmutTok Derived terms en BookToker en SmutTok Noun A book- or reading-oriented video on TikTok. en Sarah Jerasa; Trevor Boffone BookTok 101: TikTok, Digital Literacies, and Out-of-School Reading Practices w:Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 8 October 2021 As you consider the ways you might include BookToks in your classroom, we ask that you are mindful of these critical components that make BookTok so unique and relevant to its users en Scharina Bencosme The Enchanting World of BookTok The Outlook 94 7 w:Monmouth University 3 November 2021 8 In my case, the BookToks I see thanks to the algorithm are related to my genres of preference such as historic fiction, young adult, sci-fi, and books popular in my age group. en Maarit Jaakkola Reviewing Culture Online: Post-Institutional Cultural Critique across Platforms w:Palgrave Macmillan 2022 110 978-3-030-84848-4 Blogging, YouTubing, vlogging, instagramming, microblogging and podcasting—or, more specifically, book blogging (Driscoll, 2019; Steiner, 2010), booktubing, (Tomasena, 2019; Vizcaíno-Verdú et al., 2019; de Leusse, 2017; de Lourdes López López, 2017; Sorensen & Mara, 2014), bookstagramming (Jaakkola, 2019), sharing BookToks (Merga, 2021) or booktwittering—are distinct practices of using social media, and reviewing—or, for example, reviewing books—embedded in these forms of communication. en Books TikTok