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‘Amazon doesn’t care about books’: how Barnes & Noble bounced back

Barnes & Noble is the US’s largest remaining book chain but, under James Daunt, each of the 600 stores is meant to run like an independent bookstore

The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2023

Litty Committee: These Colleen Hoover Books Are Under $16 RN In Case Yr In Need Of A Good Cry

Run, don't walk to the fiction aisle.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 14, 2023

Micro review: 'Never Never' by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

Almost a decade ago, BookTok star and popular author Colleen Hoover came up with the idea of a teenage girl, who forgets her memory one fine day. Hoover revealed recently how she told this idea to her author friend Tarryn Fisher, and how together the two unintentionally ended up writing…

The Times of India · Mar 9, 2023

CoHort, assemble: How Colleen Hoover became the world’s biggest author

Colleen Hoover has a devoted following on BookTok, but her appeal isn’t niche. Amanda Whiting explains how the prolific author, who has multiple books in the New York Times bestseller list, became a publishing titan

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

‘Never seen anything like it’: how Colleen Hoover’s normcore thrillers made her America’s bestselling author

‘CoHo’ began as a self-published writer. Now she’s sold 20m books worldwide – and has legions of TikTok fans

The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2022

Babel: the BookTok sensation that melds dark academia with a post-colonial critique

Set at Oxford in the 1800s, Rebecca F Kuang’s new novel is a magic-infused allegory for structural oppression – and social media can’t get enough of it

The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2022

The Guardian view on BookTok: a welcome disruptor of the status quo

Editorial: The social media platform is revolutionising bookshops and galvanising publishers. Enjoy it while it lasts

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022

Smutty novels are blowing up BookTok – but why are their covers so discreet?

Sexually explicit literature is no longer dismissed as ‘filth’, with the TikTok generation embracing erotic fiction like never before. But these books boast some key differences from their historic predecessors, writes Laura Hampson

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2022

‘More zeros than I’ve seen in my life’: the author who got a six-figure deal via ‘BookTok’

After she was dropped by her agent, Alex Aster turned to a books-obsessed corner of TikTok to gauge interest in her YA novel … and now it’s one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

Reader, I followed them: TikTok expands its content to tap into the BookTok phenomenon

New retailer partnerships, live events and book clubs are all planned to capitalise on the platform’s vibrant community of literature lovers

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022