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Breaking down BookTok: What brands can learn from this social-literary phenomenon.
Do your research before joining TikTok. Reports say they harvest everything: search and browsing histories; keystroke patterns; biometric identifiers—including faceprints, something that might be used in “unrelated facial recognition technology,” and voiceprints—location data; draft messages; metadata; and data stored on the clipboard, including text, images, and videos.
BookTok is a TikTok subculture where book lovers discuss the books they can’t stop talking about.
#BookTok has over 61.9 billion views, with some individual videos reaching upwards of 100 thousand likes. As of July 17, 2022, ten of the 15 books listed on The New York Times Paperback Trade Fiction Best Seller list are #BookTok recommendations.
Bookstagrammers: Instagram users who focus on artfully staged book photos and/or reviews. It’s been around longer than you might think. Read Four Tips on Creating Your Own Bookstagram from Penguin-Random House.
This is the trial about Penguin Random House’s bid to take over Simon and Shuster, creating what many call a monopoly and hindering writers from being published by reducing the number of available publishers.
Showdown: DOJ’s Bid to Block PRH Acquisition of S&S Is Heading to Trial
Oral arguments start August 1.
In Final Briefs, DOJ, PRH Flesh Out Arguments Ahead of Trial
A Third of Canadians Read Daily
Ten Most Puzzling Impossible Crime Mysteries
The Real Regency: PW Talks with Vanessa Riley Lady Worthing, the multiracial heroine of Riley’s series launch, Murder in Westminster (Kensington, Sept.), confronts mysteries of race, crime, and class in Regency London.
Brooklyn Poets, a nonprofit that celebrates poets, at 10 years old opens storefront in Brookyn Heights.
Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters Wins 2022 Eisner for Best New Graphic Novel
Penguin Random House’s Crown imprint, bought Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times. Look for it November 15, available for pre-order in English and Spanish. First printing will be 2.75 million copies.
Harper Collins Select imprint bought Joanna Gaines’s The Stories We Tell. Publishes in November, with a first printing of 1.5 million copies.
Spring 2023 Children’s Sneak Previews
There’s a lot of diversity in this list. To mention just a few: Under the Sea Seder by Ann D. Koffsky, Purr-im Time! by Jenna Waldman, illus. by Erica Chen, Big Wolf’s Yom Kippur by David Sherrin, illus. by Martin Moron, My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom, illus. by Steph Littlebird, The Carpet: An Afghan Family Story by Dezh Azaad, illus. by Nan Cao, Dear Mothman by Robin Gow, Go Green! Energy: My First Pull-the-Tab Eco Book by Pintachan, Old Enough to Make a Difference by Rebecca Hui, illus. by Anneli Bray, A Child’s Introduction to Pride by Sarah Prager, illus. by Caitlin O’Dwyer, Up Where the Stars Are by Ryan Jacobson, illus. by Michelle Hazelwood Hyde.
Four best creativity websites from Writers Digest for 2022
Electricliterature.com—publishes two literary magazines: Recommended Reading for short stories and novel excerpts and The Commuter for flash fiction, poetry, and graphic narratives.
FantasyNameGenerators.com—random generators for everything from creature names to descriptions of weapons and settings to riddles, swear words, and calendars.
Inkarnate.com—a map-making platform, free but additional benefits with the paid version. One sample:
LitHub.com—articles on craft, author interviews, reading lists on literature where it meets contemporary culture.
Ingram to Launch Wholesale Business in United Kingdom For two years, the UK has had only one major wholesaler. David Taylor, senior vice president, Ingram Content Group UK says, “Ingram is establishing a UK-based wholesale offer for books for any title that we can supply from our Milton Keynes operations. We will launch the full service in September 2022.”
The Pitch
Publishing Gets the Reality Show Treatment with America’s Next Great Author. The pilot offers competition as path to publication
Beware of America’s Next Great Author: The Author Reality Show Idea Rides Again
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware® July 15, 2022
