BookTokerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From BookTok +‎ -er.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbʊkˌtɒkə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbʊkˌtɑkɚ/

名詞

BookToker (plural BookTokers)

1. A member of the BookTok community on TikTok.
   • 2021 May 30, Stephanie Hammett, “Romance writer ‘mildly obsessed with fairy tales and retellings’”, in The Spokesman-Review, 138th volume, number 356, Spokane, Wash., page D1:

     Local romance and New York Times bestselling author Katee Robert has always had a devoted fanbase, but, this past year, her readership has grown to include an ever-increasing number of “BookTokers,” that is, TikTok users and accounts devoted to reading recommendations.

   • 2022 January 24, Stephanie Merry, “On TikTok, crying is encouraged. Colleen Hoover gets the job done.”, in The Boston Globe, volume 301, number 24, page C10:

     "She puts her characters through the most insane situations," says Kendra Keeter-Gray, a 23-year-old Los Angeles-based BookToker and associate producer. […] "I feel like we all just want to feel something so badly," says 19-year-old college student and BookToker Samawia Akhter.

   • 2022 February 1, Lara Mellett, “Inside the world of BookTok: Where social media meets the printing press”, in Trinity News, volume 68, number 6, page 14:

     BookTokers aestheticise not only the reading lifestyle, but the books themselves, with many members of the community choosing to buy books from-new.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:BookToker.