{"id":1967,"date":"2021-06-25T11:51:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/25\/the-rise-of-booktok-meet-the-teen-influencers-pushing-books-up-the-charts\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:51:20","slug":"the-rise-of-booktok-meet-the-teen-influencers-pushing-books-up-the-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/25\/the-rise-of-booktok-meet-the-teen-influencers-pushing-books-up-the-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of BookTok: meet the teen influencers pushing books up the charts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young TikTok users are sharing their passion for books with millions \u2013 bringing titles they love to life online and reshaping the publishing world, all in under a minute<\/p>\n

In August 2020, Kate Wilson, a 16-year-old from Shrewsbury, posted on the social media video platform TikTok a series of quotes from books she had read, \u201cthat say I love you, without actually saying I love you\u201d. Set to a melancholy soundtrack, the short video plays out as Wilson, an A-level student, holds up copies of the books with the quotes superimposed over them. \u201cYou have been the last dream of my soul,\u201d from A Tale of Two Cities<\/a><\/em>. \u201cWhatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same,\u201d from Wuthering Heights<\/a><\/em>. \u201cEvery atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own,\u201d from Jane Eyre<\/a><\/em>. It has been viewed more than 1.2m times.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s TikTok handle, @kateslibrary<\/a>, is among the increasingly popular accounts posting on #BookTok, a corner of TikTok devoted to reading, which has clocked up 9.6bn views and counting, and has been described as the last wholesome place on the internet<\/a>. Here, users \u2013 predominantly young women \u2013 post short videos inspired by the books they love. Those that do best are fun, snappy takes on literature and the experience of reading. \u201cBooks where the main character was sent to kill someone but they end up falling in love,\u201d from @kateslibrary<\/a>. \u201cThings that bookworms do,\u201d from @abbysbooks.<\/a> \u201cWhen you were 12 and your parents caught you crying over a book,\u201d from @emilymiahreads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nYoung TikTok users are sharing their passion for books with millions \u2013 bringing titles they love to life online and reshaping the publishing world, all in under a minute
\nIn August 2020, Kate Wilson, a 16-year-old from Shrewsbury, posted on the social media video platform TikTok a series of quotes from books she had read, \u201cthat say I love you, without actually saying I love you\u201d. Set to a melancholy soundtrack, the short video plays out as Wilson, an A-level student, holds up copies of the books with the quotes superimposed over them. \u201cYou have been the last dream of my soul,\u201d from A Tale of Two Cities. \u201cWhatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same,\u201d from Wuthering Heights. \u201cEvery atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own,\u201d from Jane Eyre. It has been viewed more than 1.2m times.
\nWilson\u2019s TikTok handle, @kateslibrary, is among the increasingly popular accounts posting on #BookTok, a corner of TikTok devoted to reading, which has clocked up 9.6bn views and counting, and has been described as the last wholesome place on the internet. Here, users \u2013 predominantly young women \u2013 post short videos inspired by the books they love. Those that do best are fun, snappy takes on literature and the experience of reading. \u201cBooks where the main character was sent to kill someone but they end up falling in love,\u201d from @kateslibrary. \u201cThings that bookworms do,\u201d from @abbysbooks. \u201cWhen you were 12 and your parents caught you crying over a book,\u201d from @emilymiahreads. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Young TikTok users are sharing their passion for books with millions \u2013 bringing titles they love to life online and reshaping the publishing world, all in under a minute In August 2020, Kate Wilson, a 16-year-old from Shrewsbury, posted on the social media video platform TikTok a series of quotes from books she had read, …<\/p>\n

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