BookTok is the antidote to doomscrolling | The Vergecast

Morgann Book reads a lot of books. And, as a literary creator and podcaster, makes a lot of content about books. She joins the show to explain why BookTok loves all things romance and romantasy, why physical books are an important balance to digital life, and why she's not worried at all about the future of reading.

0:00 Intro

01:27 From Cake Decorator to BookTok Creator

03:36 What BookTok Really Is

07:25 Books as Screen Breaks

09:16 Balancing Reading and Content Creation

12:14 What Counts as Reading?

15:52 Adapting Books for the Screen

19:48 How to Read More

26:45 BookTok on e-Readers

30:12 One More Thing

35:04 Outro

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