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undercover_lesbeean t1_jdb3hf6 wrote

Reply to comment by Pipe-International in Thoughts on Booktok by [deleted]

ofc not, but it's becoming more widespread. bookstores now have "booktok rec" tables, and when i tell you that it's just rows and rows of the SAME FUCKING BOOK, they all just look the same, it makes me want to cry

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Pipe-International t1_jdb4frl wrote

Well that’s been a thing for a long time too. TikTok is just the newest platform of an age old marketing strategy. Use to be ‘New York Times Best Sellers’ tables and ‘Oprah Winfrey Bookclub Recommendation’ stands. And it would literally be the same old same old trendy book that month.

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undercover_lesbeean t1_jdb9uuv wrote

NYTBS are still multiple genres though, there is plenty of diversity. Some are actual quality books and some not.

Idk about the oprah club thing, because I've not seen it.

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