''BookTok Laureate,'' he'll love that. 
LMAO he's such a scammer, since when was he a librarian? He's actually trying to scam his way from his own arrogantly SELF PROCLAIMED position as 'youtube's resident librarian' into an actual librarian. Since when was he anything but a layabout toff who pretends to read (and now pretends to cry) on his low effort youtube channel? If he has any shame he'll get that changed.Just saw this in The Bookseller’s article about the newly launch TikTok book club initiative:
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I’m out of the loop with Jack’s career path, but is he actually a librarian now?!?
Isn't that an interesting phenomenon on tiktok! I guess it happens on yt soon. But I've come across a fair few mediocre male book reviewers on tiktok who are very popular.Well he's a man who talks about books so obviously he's quite popular on booktok too
yeah from the comments on that one tiktok they follow him for his hands not his book reviewsIsn't that an interesting phenomenon on tiktok! I guess it happens on yt soon. But I've come across a fair few mediocre male book reviewers on tiktok who are very popular.
I do feel like booktok is a bit more stable (?) than other tiktok niches? And tbh all social media is the fast food of social mediaBut isn't tiktok all about short and superficial stuff anyway, like the fast food of social media. Sure things can go viral etc but they're also easily forgotten.
I wouldn't say all social media is quite the same, youtube id say has a longer shelf life and also gets revisited more.yeah from the comments on that one tiktok they follow him for his hands not his book reviews
I do feel like booktok is a bit more stable (?) than other tiktok niches? And tbh all social media is the fast food of social media
It's not all the same, no, but it's all fairly short-lived if you're talking about the kind of content that goes viral (which I don't think book content really does at least not in the wider social media sphere). Youtube does lend itself better to long-form content and I'd assume people are more likely to go to yt to search for a specific creator (whereas on tiktok people just scroll) but I don't think that necessarily means people who are successful on tiktok will not be successful for a long time. We said the same thing about yt in the beginning and it's been around for ages now (although i'm pretty sure views are actually going down now?), tiktok is just newer so we'll have to see where it goes from here.I wouldn't say all social media is quite the same, youtube id say has a longer shelf life and also gets revisited more.
Hes just so unattractive, so lacking in any sex appeal or charisma or charm.
It's not all the same, no, but it's all fairly short-lived if you're talking about the kind of content that goes viral (which I don't think book content really does at least not in the wider social media sphere). Youtube does lend itself better to long-form content and I'd assume people are more likely to go to yt to search for a specific creator (whereas on tiktok people just scroll) but I don't think that necessarily means people who are successful on tiktok will not be successful for a long time. We said the same thing about yt in the beginning and it's been around for ages now (although i'm pretty sure views are actually going down now?), tiktok is just newer so we'll have to see where it goes from here.
And regarding Jack, honestly making tiktoks is the smart move for youtubers nowadays to stay relevant, even if the tiktok account will only be successful for a couple of years, it'll (hopefully?) make people move over to your yt and/or just add an additional stream of income for now. He'd probably be less relevant in general (in the general bookish internet space) without his tiktok
also tbh i wasn't thinking of yt as much as other social media like instagram
Contributing to climate change and the hottest temperatures in France on record?what's he actually doing in paris apart from flying back to london every week