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Book Discussions Feature, Author Controversy and SJM Books
Kyle Colley
January 30, 2024
Happy Tuesday!
Welcome to the Bookum Buzz, a quick-bite newsletter courtesy of the lovely people of Bookum (Yes, we are the lovely people 😆).
Each Tuesday (Pub Day, baby!), we will give you the best of the book world and upcoming goodness on our new social book club and book discussion app!
Like all great writers, we will try to make brevity our friend (no promises 😉) and get started!
Today's Table of Content:
This Week on Bookum: New Feature: Book Discussions
This Week in The Book World: Author J.D. Barker faced scrutiny for an email campaign sent to book influencers
This Week in Publishing: House of Flame and Shadow
This Week On Bookum:
We just released a new feature, book friends!
Introducing: Book Discussion Group Chats
You can now segment your chats based on the books your club is reading. Reading multiple books? No problem! Each book has its own unique conversation space now! Great for big book groups and multiple conversations!
Moderate your club by yourself or even have a group of people run it together!
Download the app to see the new update - http://bookumapp.com
This Week in The Book World:
Book Content Creators - BEWARE of Weird Marketing Campaign Asks!!
"On Jan 23, bestselling author J.D. Barker faced scrutiny for an email campaign sent to book influencers asking them to take risqué videos with his latest book in exchange for payment," Today reported.
"At this point, it's the safety of the whole community," Amanda Zarb, who received the email, says of the outpouring of videos. "The whole point was to make sure the community was aware this was happening."
We will share the full article here, courtesy of Today:
As a company that is creator-first and are bookish content creators ourselves, we will make sure to continue to share important information for the safety of our book community!
This Week in Publishing:
If you are not an SJM fan, cover your eyes because, "House of Flame and Shadow" is going to be all over your timelines!
Sarah J. Maas is back with her third book in the Crescent City series.
Please make sure to use spoilers when you talk about the book on the timeline (Or… stir the pot and face the wrath 😎).
Regardless, make sure to use our Nook feature (real-time audio/live podcast) to host book discussions or start your own SJM readalong Book Club with the diehard Crescent City fans!
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Footnotes (Aka other articles we are reading and Bookum Content):
Creators Talk Podcast with Traci From The Stacks - Best of 2023, Critiques and 2024 Predictions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD-CGRaoyV8&t=1420s
Join the Millenialmorphs Book Club hosted by Crystal - https://link.bookumapp.com/vUvReUk0LGb
Authors Talk Podcast With BJ Thompson ‘Awaken A Better You’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-RKXGVFlQo&t=188s
A Conversation with Keda's Black Alliance l Star Wars l Creators Talk Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVBlhYDoac&t=869s