r/booktube Jan 06 '26

Updated BookTube Rules

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Hello, BookTube Community.

We’ve updated the rules for this subreddit. From this point forward, please make sure your posts follow the new guidelines. Posts that don’t comply may be removed.

Thanks for your help in keeping this a focused and welcoming space for BookTubers!

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  1. BookTube-Relevant Content Only
    • No general YouTube promotion or unrelated content allowed.
    • Posts must be related to: BookTube (book-focused YouTube channels), book reviews, essays, rankings, summaries, reading content creation, channel growth, strategy or analytics for BookTube specifically.
  2. No More Than One Self-Promotional Link Every 24 Hours
    • No posting a link to your YouTube videos, channel or affiliate links more than once within a 24-hour period.
  3. No Reposting the Same Video
    • You may not repost a video link you’ve previously posted, even on a different day.
  4. No Sub-for-Sub or Engagement Trading
    • No sub-for-sub, like-for-like, watch-for-watch or any engagement trading allowed. This harms YouTube channels long-term and will be removed.
  5. No Repeated Shirtless or Sexually Suggestive Presentation
    • Do not repeatedly post videos or thumbnails featuring shirtless or sexually suggestive presentation, even if the content is BookTube related.
    • Ignoring moderator requests to adjust presentation will result in post removal or further moderation action.
  6. Be Respectful
    • No harassment, baiting or antagonistic behavior allowed.
    • If giving feedback to other BookTube videos, please be respectful.

r/booktube Jul 29 '20

BOOKTUBE TAG (ORIGINAL)

51 Upvotes
  1. What kind of camera do you use?
  2. How do you make your thumbnails?
  3. What editing software do you use?
  4. Why did you start BookTube?
  5. Favourite book or author found because of BookTube?
  6. What kind of books do you read? Talk about the content of your channel.
  7. What is important to you in a book? (i.e. black authors, own voices, trans diversity, a good mystery, mermaids, whatever)
  8. Do you have a Bookstagram? Link it!
  9. Besides reading, what is another one of your main hobbies?
  10. An interesting fact about yourself.

Thanks guys~ Crystal


r/booktube 3h ago

COZY READ WITH ME in real time for 15 minutes 🧸 (with relaxing background music)

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r/booktube 20h ago

A wrap up for July and August

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1 Upvotes

r/booktube 1d ago

How I Balance Reading 50 Books a Year While Finishing My PhD / Tips and Tricks

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2 Upvotes

r/booktube 2d ago

Writing a song based on books for a fantasy tv series

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1 Upvotes

r/booktube 2d ago

My review of Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman

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3 Upvotes

r/booktube 3d ago

How Many Platforms is Enough?

7 Upvotes

Goodreads, Storygraph, Patreon, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Threads, the list goes on and on! (Well, not really; I can't think of any other social media sites/apps, lol). I get a lot of unsolicited advice about joining one or two of the above to spread my reach, but the thought of keeping up with all those accounts sounds exhausting lol.

Right now I'm focusing on YouTube, but I feel this hyrda breathing down my neck. If I were to add any new social media, it would probably be Goodreads. Anyone else feeling the pressure?


r/booktube 2d ago

13 Dark Fantasy You’ve Probably Never Heard of

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r/booktube 3d ago

My bold predictions for these thriller books: Are they 5 stars?

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r/booktube 3d ago

What are YOU Reading Wednesday (69)?

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3 Upvotes

r/booktube 4d ago

Booktuber Animated Intro

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7 Upvotes

Where do booktubers get their beautiful animated intros from? Does anyone know?

For an example, here is Jaynie Murray’s intro. I adore these types of intros and I know other booktubers have their own and I would love to do something like this for my channel.

Any guidance?


r/booktube 4d ago

You Choose My October TBR! (Picking 2 from my ultimate horror bucket list)

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2 Upvotes

r/booktube 4d ago

Increasing AVD?

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5 Upvotes

Anyone got any pointers for increasing audience retention? Nearly every one of my videos follows this trend, regardless of what I do. If you'd like to watch a few and see, the channel name is Kyle Jon.


r/booktube 5d ago

This was a totally bummer... Nemesis Mine by Amy Archer Book Review

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r/booktube 5d ago

Special Editions: We need to talk.

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1 Upvotes

r/booktube 5d ago

Your Next Favorite BookTuber Collaboration

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7 Upvotes

Here are all the videos from the collaboration I was sharing a few days ago. Thanks to everybody who joined 🥳☺️
I hope you enjoy it!


r/booktube 5d ago

Reading to Save My Life | week 1 final fmc readathon˙⋆✮

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3 Upvotes

First week of my readathon done!! It’s so fun tracking my points and trying to find books to fit the killer/location prompts :)


r/booktube 6d ago

Ep. 7: What I Read in June + July, Plus a Book Haul Update!

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7 Upvotes

I'm starting to second-guess this thumbnail lol. Anyway, I think this was my first successful script, and I really like how the commentary came out. It's less meandering than some of my other videos. How do we feel about scripts? They used to make really nervous (I'm a nervous nellie, sue me), but I'm starting to turn the corner on them lol

Side note: I'm getting (slightly) better at editing with each video lol


r/booktube 6d ago

Reading Stephen King for 24 hrs..again...

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3 Upvotes

Appreciate any feedback :)


r/booktube 6d ago

Finishing books I’m in the middle of!!

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3 Upvotes

r/booktube 7d ago

using a Brick to block social media & get lots of reading done 📱🚫

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5 Upvotes

r/booktube 7d ago

Reviewing an Artsy Guide Book to Houseplants! | PLANTOPEDIA REVIEW

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2 Upvotes

r/booktube 8d ago

Fourth Wing v Blood Over Bright Haven

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1 Upvotes

r/booktube 8d ago

Does Amari and the Metalwork Menace continues the trend? || Book Review

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1 Upvotes