RIP TikTok; Long Live TikTok
RIP TikTok; Long Live TikTok
May 23, 2025 2:45 PM 3:45 PM Coral Ballroom B
For better or worse, TikTok changed the book world. It launched careers, revived backlist titles, and made reading feel more social and accessible. But it also brought constant discourse cycles, unpredictable algorithms, and waves of anti-intellectualism. With TikTok’s future up in the air, what comes next?
This panel looks back at BookTok’s impact and asks what it means to move forward. We’ll discuss where creators and communities are going, how publishing is shifting in response, and whether bookish content can thrive beyond the app that reshaped how we talk about reading online.