Links of Interest: January 31, 2024
The latest in TikTok, traditional publishing, hybrid publishing, legal concerns, Amazon, AI, the UK, and culture & politics.
The latest in TikTok, traditional publishing, hybrid publishing, legal concerns, Amazon, AI, the UK, and culture & politics.
The latest in misleading polls, TikTok, Amazon, children’s publishing, libraries, AI, and 2024 predictions.
The latest in traditional publishing, libraries, AI, TikTok, and Amazon.
The latest in traditional publishing, AI, TikTok, trends, Amazon, and culture & politics.
The latest in AI, the creator economy, TikTok, marketing & promotion, and culture & politics.
Aimed at the under-35 romance reader, Afterglow will build on TikTok’s #spicytok content, releasing two trade paperback titles a month.
The TikTok Book Awards will launch this year, with a curated longlist based on BookTok data, publisher contributions, and a panel of judges.
Updates on TikTok’s book publishing contracts, discussions over ChatGPT and advance review copies, plus #MSWL Rumblings started last month that TikTok appeared to be planning its own publishing operation, based on a new position posting for an acquisition editor. In April, parent company ByteDance filed an application for a US trademark for a new book-publishing … Read more
The Biden administration suggests it will ban TikTok if not sold to a US-based company, but China has indicated it will oppose a forced sale.
What’s new in #MSWL and TikTok trends.