The LRB Podcast

BookTok

Mar 21, 2023

40:48

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

How to Use TikTok to Find Things You Don't Want to Watch

2min

How to Interact With Other People on TikTok

3min

What Is a Typical Book Talk Video?

2min

The Value of Being the Same

4min

The Most Popular Tropes

2min

The Role of Vladimir Prop on Booktok

3min

Donna Tart's Secret History

2min

The Rise of Relatability in Books

2min

10.

David Sylvester's Response to Tears

2min

11.

The Importance of Laughing

2min

12.

The Paradox of TikTok

2min

13.

The Unconfrontational Marketing of Book Talk

3min

14.

How Goodreads Compares to TikTok

2min

15.

The Bias of Recent Movies

3min

16.

The Best Film Ever

2min

17.

The Importance of Having a New List

3min

With the future of TikTok increasingly uncertain in the US and other countries, Malin Hay talks to Tom about the app’s powerful reading-focused corner, BookTok: what it is, how it works, and the tropes which dominate its favourite genre, romance fiction. They also look at some recent emails from listeners.

Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/booktokpod

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