Happy Pub Day!

We've just surpassed 300+ users on the app in our first official month since launch!

So, you know what that means… *random Usher Meme*

Today's Rundown:

• 📚 WEBSITE IS LIVE!!

•  📺 Kierra Lewis x Harry Potter Readalong

• 📖 A Conversation on Publishing with Founder of Muse Inc. Leah Hernandez

Alright, let's start our confessions!

This Week On Bookum:

Last week, we promised something cool, and dang it, it's time to deliver!

The WEBSITE INTERFACE is here! (Move aside Gen Z; this update is for our Millennial and up readers 😎)

You can now start clubs, post book blogs, leave book reviews, and more without having to leave your laptop!

It's our little way of bringing the Bookum community to every format (who knows, maybe next week we'll have Apple Vision Pro ready 😉😆)!

If you're interested in hosting membership clubs for your core fans (our Patreon meets book space feature), you can now set it up directly on desktop and access it on the app as well (creators can earn on Bookum)!

Get started on the web by visiting www.bookumapp.com and clicking "create an account" in the top right to login.

This Week in The Book World:

Do you remember the first time you read Harry Potter?

Well, if not, Bookish content creator Kierra Lewis is bringing back all of those first-time feels with her "Harry Potter reactions" videos.

Kierra had never read or watched the series and is taking her audience on the magical rollercoaster all over again.

Through just 4 books, Kierra has posted 61 videos with over 45.7 million views on TikTok alone. She is also posting them on Instagram!

Even more unique, commenters are protecting her sections from spoilers just so they can relive the journey as Kierra tries to predict storylines and guess who to trust.

Her whiteboard videos are pure gold, and we'll make sure to share a link to the series below:

@kierralewis75

Yes i went to the store tk get a whiteboard 😂😂😂 #harrypotter #booktok #harrypottertiktok

This Week in Publishing:

We sat down with Leah Hernandez, founder of Young Authors Publishing and Muse Inc., for an in-depth conversation about diversity in publishing, the independent publishing process, and what the future of publishing might look like.

If you're an author or just curious about how independent publishing houses work, we highly suggest you check out our Founders Talk Podcast this week!

Enjoy!

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Happy Reading!

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Footnotes (Aka other articles we are reading and Bookum Content):

Swifties Book Club is Reading Clara Bow - https://link.bookumapp.com/XJDfbywTkHb

‘American Fiction’ And The Wet Eyes Of The Sentimentalist - https://defector.com/american-fiction-and-the-wet-eyes-of-the-sentimentalist

Paradigm Shift: The Colleen Hoover Story - Missing Pages Podcast - https://listen.podglomerate.com/show/missing-pages/paradigm-shift-the-colleen-hoover-story/