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As pre-orders roll in for a book with no author, is this a Swift memoir? Or an exploitative move by an industry?

‘BookTok’ books like Alice Osman’s series Heartstopper are popular with secondary school children.

Emily Henry’s knowing romcoms have sold four million copies and turned her into a BookTok favourite. She talks to Amanda Whiting about her new novel ‘Happy Place’, her obsessive online fandom and why romance novels are ‘innately progressive’

What Kids Are Reading report found communities on sites such as TikTok helped stimulate interest in reading

Editorial: As publishing looks to cash in on the BookTok revolution, it would do well to remember an earlier innovator, Peter Usborne

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

Run, don't walk to the fiction aisle.

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…

Read it and weep (for yr bank account).

From slow burners to murder mysteries, we’ve got you covered

To further capitalise on the popularity of BookTok the social media giant will let users purchase titles through partnerships with publishers and retailers