BookTok and the Death of the Pulp Novel
All the Stuff https://linktr.ee/charlatanwonder The Silly ADHD Beard Man is concerned that that the kids are losing access to affordable books like the pulp novel as BookTok is seemingly incentivizing larger, more ornate hardcovers that cost a pretty penny. Chapters: 00:00 intro 03:50 I do not find the critisisms of BookTok to be convincing: just let the kids read 10:03 Bookstores are making a comeback, but at what cost? 22:46 Are there solutions to this? Is this even a problem to be solved? 27:05 Final thoughts Sources: -Writers who don't read books, Man Carrying thing, • Writers who don't read books: A Response -Books: Hard Times in Hard-Cover Country, Time Magazine (online archive) https://time.com/archive/6699081/book... -US Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_ca... ( don't think I can export individual calculations, sorry)
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