#2502 - Q&A: “What’s the deal with #BookTok?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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What's the business model behind viral book trends on social media like #bookstagram and #BookTok? This listener wants to understand how creators are monetizing book-related content.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Sidesz Old School listeners. Thanks for tuning in today. We're going to open up a new chapter as we explore the world of social media and books. |
| 0:19.0 | Now if you've been around for a while, you know I am an author I love writing books I love reading books I like |
| 0:24.8 | watching TV and playing video games too but actually books are my first love my |
| 0:28.8 | first medium so if you are using social media like Instagram and TikTok in particular, you might have stumbled upon the communities known as book talk. |
| 0:38.0 | That's a big thing on TikTok or bookstagram on Instagram. |
| 0:42.9 | There are some others. |
| 0:44.2 | If you have not, well either way, |
| 0:46.1 | you might wonder how do these viral book reviewers, |
| 0:49.7 | how do these social media book reading sharers how do they make money so whether it is |
| 0:55.7 | Instagram's or Tik-Tok's book talk or something else our listener today is |
| 1:00.7 | looking to read between the lines and potentially perhaps profit from a page turner. |
| 1:07.0 | What's the deal with book talk? |
| 1:08.0 | Well, let's look into it. |
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