This is a brilliant video idea! I only discovered booktube two years ago, also through my daughter. Two ideas of finding new channels (that you haven't mentioned): watching "mid year book freakout tag" (it highlights the booktuber's personality and taste) and searching for reviews of books that you love.
Hi Kim, Wonderful topic! I love everyone you mentioned and I always appreciate Brian’s political discussions especially when they get emotional. I agree that you can differ in reading taste but love personalities. One tip I got from MJ is to search the newbie tag. I found some wonderful people that way. Also searching favorite genre of books usually brings me to interesting creators. You have given me many ideas that I’m excited to try. Marcia’s question was awesome. I love the dark poem. It’s how we feel sometimes and it’s real. Thank you for shouting out my Maya Angelou event. Aloha friend.
Great video. I quite often look at the booktube newbie tag and then watch the ones that look less polished 😂A really good way to find booktubers as a booktuber is to do some original tags, because they spiderweb out from the source. But yeah generally its other booktubers I learn from.
Personally, I am not into feed's algorithms (even though I am an IT person 😅) and I try to disable tracking of my activity as much as possible. Even on UA-cam, I keep cleaning my watching history. Because since Instagram and Facebook times, and after reading about Social Media "bubbles", I realized that recommendations limit my lucky chances to explore and find great creators. Algorithms just push me either same content or videos, which are viral. But my weird taste just cannot be out to any algorithms, I like to find different people, I like to challenge my taste. So, I stick with personal recommendations of BookTubers and check comments section for new names. But thanks for this video, it is really informative for newbies on BookTube ❤
What a profound poem, something I'll chew on for a while. I love that you did this topic though wish I had it to watch when I first started watching booktube channels. Funny enough I'm really about the personality of the booktuber. That's what grabs and keeps me following rather than having lots of books in common, and as a bonus I get to find out what people are reading that I normally wouldn't know about. I love that.
Terrific video, Kim. Very good insights about how to find great booktube channels. I think I found both Britta and Heidi through your channel, so thank you for that! 😊
Your channel caught my eye because of its name!!😂 I love George Eliot so much!! I read Adam Bede earlier this year and it was like a reunion with an old friend!❤ I also look at people's shelves when they sit in front of their books!!
6:04. The little one stretching in the reflection. "Home" is where I've found most of the channels I subscribe to and that's how I became aware of your channel, FrankFiction, Libby's Reading Corner , Ben Reads Good and Michael Wertenberg. Since I started watching BookTuber's the Algorithm suggested mostly SciFi/Fantasy and then Horror so that was the majority in the beginning. To Readers It May Concern doesn't read many of the genres I'm interested in , but the way is speaks and his opinions are interesting. With Music/Booktubers/ASMR/Vaporware/Horror and automotive channels I'm at 70. Not sure I'll add to that. Great content .Love the channel. It's Wednesday the 21st btw.
Ohhhh, I really enjoyed this original topic of discussion Kim. And wow, that poem! Very poignant and could have been written by my mother in law who - although she’s perfectly fine for her age - is sadly finding life less and less enjoyable as every day passes. I basically find my book tubers in exactly the way you outlined your process. Checking out whether you listed, gave a shout out to or subscribe to other book tubers, reading the comments and seeing whether they have a channel, doing a comparison on their Goodreads page….etc. I must say though I find it really helpful reading negative reviews too. I find it just as important knowing WHY somebody doesn’t like a certain book. If it’s for some silly reason like they don’t like an unlikable character, well, then I don’t pay too much attention to the channel…. 😂. It goes to say there are a lot of factors that go into finding /searching for someone to subscribe too. As for you not using any special equipment/ specially effects, yes, it goes back to you having a more mature audience. I’m here for the content, for the discussion, for the insights. I don’t care that your curtains don’t match the color of your nail polish😂 I find that silly 😂 Although I must say, I once subscribed to someone’s channel which I really enjoyed, but found myself paying too much attention to the messy chaotic house he was filming in, that it really did distract - I guess there’s a happy medium. I actually don’t subscribe to channels that I don’t have a lot in common with, although I do go back-and-forth and peek into them frequently but when, after the eigth / ninth peek, I sill see nothing in common, I don’t bother subscribing , or I unsubscribe.
@@eviewilliams5100 I feel the same way about messy backgrounds. It can get distracting. And checking Goodreads is a great way to compare book tastes. ☺️
Thank you for all the tips. I’m new to BookTube and have wanted to expand my viewing. I really enjoy your content for sure, so I’ll be checking out your suggestions. Thank you again.
Great topic and tips. My tips would be to type in keywords for the genres you like at UA-cam field (e.g. "nonfiction", "detective"), to keep an eye on booktube tags especially on Tuesdays as those topics and q&a reveal a lot more about each booktuber who does them. When in doubt, I go to a booktuber's "Booktube Newbie Tag" and fast forward to one of the later questions which is what type of books you like to read. One bonus from starting your own channel is that you're automatically aware of who else was launching their "Newbie Tag" at the same time - and there's a nice "Class of Month/year you started" feeling, where you tend to notice each other's work and comment on each other's videos. I agree also about looking for other people whose books/videos/culture is different - every now and then, I go specifically looking for this, to broaden my reading life. Have fun!
That was a bit dark, but a nice segue into your video. I started out doing short readings of favorite excerpts last year, and sort of forgot about those with doing almost ALL the competitive readathons this year. Might have to get back to those, maybe once I hit my 1yr booktube anniversary (next month?). I started out looking for people reading the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die List, and people reading the books I was reading, til I landed in livestreamed reading sprints and started making more friends I can chat books with. My reading range is a bit wider than many of my booktube friends, and I read 300+ books per year, so the majority of booktubers don't read as many books as I do, but between the things we have in common and a fondness for sprints and competitive readathons, it is working out so far. I did not think I'd be into the competitive readathons, but I joined a friend's team when it turned out her team was far smaller than the others, and have really gotten into them.
I do have to latch onto videos by booktubers I watched early on (like this video) because the algorithm forgets I like more than just the sprints and sprint-hosts after a while.
Are you doing an Angelou poem in each video these days? I love it. This poem was gorgeous. Interesting video! I love hearing how other people are using booktube. I think I've found my subscriptions fairly organically, usually by checking out who's mentioned in videos I'm watching and occasionally from what the youtube algorithm is suggesting.
Excellent video Kim! When I found you, I was desperately on the hunt for adult youtuber reading books other than, YA, sci-fi and fantasy. From then, I found people in your comments en slowly YT stared to suggest youtubers like you! 😅
I would venture to add Sarah's Nightstand and Lindsey's Little Library, especially on Thursdays. They do a series called Booklist Thursday, where they recommend books based on a theme. It's interesting to see what they come up with. I am grateful to have found Britta through your channel as you've mentioned her before. She is lovely to watch. I'm always looking for these recs because I get pitched a lot of young, romance readers, which is fine but a genre I rarely read. I'm curious to know how you get your book recs. Mostly through Booktube, or lists or newsletters from book stores, publishers, or another source?
First found Book tube in 2016 when I searched for book reviews of Victorian novels. Of course, Katie Lumsden at “Books and Things” popped up. I’ve been following the daisy chain since then.
Excellent topic and an enjoyable video, Kim. Except now I feel self-conscious about not filming in front of my bookshelves. Except my main shelves are in my bedroom where the lighting is poor and I would actually have to be sitting on the bed in order for the wall of shelving to be visible. (I have to roll my bed away to get to the lower shelves.) So I guess I would actually feel even more self-conscious if I filmed in front of my books. 🤷♀️
The algorithm keeps suggesting young female booktubers who are reading all the popular contemporary romance novels, all with the same cover illustrator (in my eyes anyway) and it’s just not my thing. I don’t follow any of them, I don’t watch any (on purpose) and the sort of channels I do like and watch, just don’t seem to be the type that UA-cam is recommending me. It’s very frustrating sometimes. So I’ll definitely take some of your rec’s on how to find them! 😊
Love this! Perfect timing as I've been on the search for other booktubers. I guess I'm wondering how to find small booktubers (less than 1,000 subs) like me, stuck in the liminal space for seemingly ever. I'd assume they just don't pop up in searches due to the algorithm and not having enough subs, comments, watch time, etc. Anyone in the comments have recs for small channels? Thanks for the good tips!
I recently subscribed to your channel and love it! I’m with you on the more ‘adult’ booktubers, be great if we could all somehow recommend channels that we love?
I felt lucky when I first discovered booktube that you and Britta were the first to pop up. Both your recommendations and those side pop-ups helped me fill in the others I continue to watch. What a journey of Discovery for me of authors I would never have found. 🩵 Bookish, Heidi, Criminolly... On my list as well. Great fun.
Hey Kim! Thanks for the great video. I remember when I first started watching Booktube and had a similar experience as many do and needed to find something more my style. I found your channel for which I immediately felt a connection. Around the same time I found Greg of Supposedly Fun who I had also became very fond of. Most recently you recommended @BookChatWithPat8668 which I enjoy and I also found Olly @CriminOllyBlog and I do not read horror, pulp and very little crime novels but ahhh. I could listen to him talk for hours. So again thankyou for humoring me on this topic. I have found a really great group of interesting booktuber friends and feel right at home.
I watch Heidi faithfully even though I rarely read the same books. ❤ her. She does great vlogs too.
@@judybrown1624 love her vlogs! ❤️
This is a brilliant video idea! I only discovered booktube two years ago, also through my daughter. Two ideas of finding new channels (that you haven't mentioned): watching "mid year book freakout tag" (it highlights the booktuber's personality and taste) and searching for reviews of books that you love.
@@azu_rikka yes to both!
Beautiful poem, thank you for reading 🙏🏽.
Curating Booktubers I want to listen to is an ongoing process for me. Great video.
This is all great advice! I always try to zoom in on the shelves! 😄
Great topic, and nicely covered!
Aww, thank you so much my friend!! ❤
Hi Kim, Wonderful topic! I love everyone you mentioned and I always appreciate Brian’s political discussions especially when they get emotional. I agree that you can differ in reading taste but love personalities. One tip I got from MJ is to search the newbie tag. I found some wonderful people that way. Also searching favorite genre of books usually brings me to interesting creators.
You have given me many ideas that I’m excited to try. Marcia’s question was awesome.
I love the dark poem. It’s how we feel sometimes and it’s real. Thank you for shouting out my Maya Angelou event. Aloha friend.
Great video. I quite often look at the booktube newbie tag and then watch the ones that look less polished 😂A really good way to find booktubers as a booktuber is to do some original tags, because they spiderweb out from the source. But yeah generally its other booktubers I learn from.
Personally, I am not into feed's algorithms (even though I am an IT person 😅) and I try to disable tracking of my activity as much as possible. Even on UA-cam, I keep cleaning my watching history. Because since Instagram and Facebook times, and after reading about Social Media "bubbles", I realized that recommendations limit my lucky chances to explore and find great creators. Algorithms just push me either same content or videos, which are viral. But my weird taste just cannot be out to any algorithms, I like to find different people, I like to challenge my taste. So, I stick with personal recommendations of BookTubers and check comments section for new names.
But thanks for this video, it is really informative for newbies on BookTube ❤
What a profound poem, something I'll chew on for a while. I love that you did this topic though wish I had it to watch when I first started watching booktube channels. Funny enough I'm really about the personality of the booktuber. That's what grabs and keeps me following rather than having lots of books in common, and as a bonus I get to find out what people are reading that I normally wouldn't know about. I love that.
@@tealorturquoise me too! 🥰
Terrific video, Kim. Very good insights about how to find great booktube channels. I think I found both Britta and Heidi through your channel, so thank you for that! 😊
Yes to all of these things. Love all of the BookTubers on your list. Some of my faves too. 😊💙
This was delightful. Thank you. Booktube has changed my life, too.
Great tips, Kim. You perfectly describe my experience when I first became aware of BookTube.
I also consider age because I gravitate to Booktubers in my current stage of life. 😊
I love Sian and Bert from Pastory Time, Steve Donoghue, and YOU!
@@jillwhitneybirk that’s a great group!!! 🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️
Great tips on finding booktube channels. The algorithm freaks me out too! Thank you for the very kind words.
@@BookishTexan anytime! ☺️
Love criminolly, ann novella, heidi, britta, bookish, marilyn, booktime with elvis, nicole from noteworthy fiction… etc etc etc
@@eiketske so many great people!!!
Shawn the bookmaniac was the first channel I subscribed to and from there it snowballed 🙂
Your channel caught my eye because of its name!!😂
I love George Eliot so much!!
I read Adam Bede earlier this year and it was like a reunion with an old friend!❤
I also look at people's shelves when they sit in front of their books!!
@@Dawnsbookreviews thanks so much for watching! 🥰
6:04. The little one stretching in the reflection.
"Home" is where I've found most of the channels I subscribe to and that's how I became aware of your channel, FrankFiction, Libby's Reading Corner , Ben Reads Good and Michael Wertenberg. Since I started watching BookTuber's the Algorithm suggested mostly SciFi/Fantasy and then Horror so that was the majority in the beginning. To Readers It May Concern doesn't read many of the genres I'm interested in , but the way is speaks and his opinions are interesting. With Music/Booktubers/ASMR/Vaporware/Horror and automotive channels I'm at 70. Not sure I'll add to that.
Great content .Love the channel. It's Wednesday the 21st btw.
@@Tetsujin-28 thanks! 🤣🤣🤣
Ohhhh, I really enjoyed this original topic of discussion Kim.
And wow, that poem!
Very poignant and could have been written by my mother in law who - although she’s perfectly fine for her age - is sadly finding life less and less enjoyable as every day passes.
I basically find my book tubers in exactly the way you outlined your process. Checking out whether you listed, gave a shout out to or subscribe to other book tubers, reading the comments and seeing whether they have a channel, doing a comparison on their Goodreads page….etc.
I must say though I find it really helpful reading negative reviews too. I find it just as important knowing WHY somebody doesn’t like a certain book. If it’s for some silly reason like they don’t like an unlikable character, well, then I don’t pay too much attention to the channel…. 😂. It goes to say there are a lot of factors that go into finding /searching for someone to subscribe too.
As for you not using any special equipment/ specially effects, yes, it goes back to you having a more mature audience. I’m here for the content, for the discussion, for the insights. I don’t care that your curtains don’t match the color of your nail polish😂 I find that silly 😂
Although I must say, I once subscribed to someone’s channel which I really enjoyed, but found myself paying too much attention to the messy chaotic house he was filming in, that it really did distract - I guess there’s a happy medium.
I actually don’t subscribe to channels that I don’t have a lot in common with, although I do go back-and-forth and peek into them frequently but when, after the eigth / ninth peek, I sill see nothing in common, I don’t bother subscribing , or I unsubscribe.
@@eviewilliams5100 I feel the same way about messy backgrounds. It can get distracting. And checking Goodreads is a great way to compare book tastes. ☺️
Thank you for all the tips. I’m new to BookTube and have wanted to expand my viewing. I really enjoy your content for sure, so I’ll be checking out your suggestions.
Thank you again.
@@vickicoleman2474 thanks for watching! 🥰
At about 4 minutes I started to smile because I had the same experience getting into Booktube.
And then for the rest of the video I was nodding my head. “Yes, yes, exactly, yes!”
Great topic and tips. My tips would be to type in keywords for the genres you like at UA-cam field (e.g. "nonfiction", "detective"), to keep an eye on booktube tags especially on Tuesdays as those topics and q&a reveal a lot more about each booktuber who does them. When in doubt, I go to a booktuber's "Booktube Newbie Tag" and fast forward to one of the later questions which is what type of books you like to read. One bonus from starting your own channel is that you're automatically aware of who else was launching their "Newbie Tag" at the same time - and there's a nice "Class of Month/year you started" feeling, where you tend to notice each other's work and comment on each other's videos. I agree also about looking for other people whose books/videos/culture is different - every now and then, I go specifically looking for this, to broaden my reading life. Have fun!
Good tips--I will admit to looking for grey hair in people's thumbnails when I'm craving booktubers of a certain age.
@@deborahwager5883 got plenty of those! 🤣🤣🤣
@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH Me too!
I love this so much and I love you & your channel Kim! Thank you for the kind words ☺️. I can’t wait to read that dang book. - 📚MJ
@@M-J ❤️🤣❤️
This is really helpful. I had no idea you could see people’s subscribed lists on a desktop - great tip.
@@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing and now I just subscribed to you! 🤓😄
@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH 🥰 Thank you! ♥️
That was a bit dark, but a nice segue into your video. I started out doing short readings of favorite excerpts last year, and sort of forgot about those with doing almost ALL the competitive readathons this year. Might have to get back to those, maybe once I hit my 1yr booktube anniversary (next month?). I started out looking for people reading the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die List, and people reading the books I was reading, til I landed in livestreamed reading sprints and started making more friends I can chat books with. My reading range is a bit wider than many of my booktube friends, and I read 300+ books per year, so the majority of booktubers don't read as many books as I do, but between the things we have in common and a fondness for sprints and competitive readathons, it is working out so far. I did not think I'd be into the competitive readathons, but I joined a friend's team when it turned out her team was far smaller than the others, and have really gotten into them.
I do have to latch onto videos by booktubers I watched early on (like this video) because the algorithm forgets I like more than just the sprints and sprint-hosts after a while.
Are you doing an Angelou poem in each video these days? I love it. This poem was gorgeous. Interesting video! I love hearing how other people are using booktube. I think I've found my subscriptions fairly organically, usually by checking out who's mentioned in videos I'm watching and occasionally from what the youtube algorithm is suggesting.
@@bethannebruninga-socolar a poem for every video in August. 🥰
Excellent video Kim! When I found you, I was desperately on the hunt for adult youtuber reading books other than, YA, sci-fi and fantasy. From then, I found people in your comments en slowly YT stared to suggest youtubers like you! 😅
@@julieg_quebec-julesselivre8641 yay!!! 🥰
I would venture to add Sarah's Nightstand and Lindsey's Little Library, especially on Thursdays. They do a series called Booklist Thursday, where they recommend books based on a theme. It's interesting to see what they come up with. I am grateful to have found Britta through your channel as you've mentioned her before. She is lovely to watch. I'm always looking for these recs because I get pitched a lot of young, romance readers, which is fine but a genre I rarely read. I'm curious to know how you get your book recs. Mostly through Booktube, or lists or newsletters from book stores, publishers, or another source?
So lovely to hear that, Maria, thank you!
🙂💛📚
Beautiful poem and fantastic video. I have to say I also tend to lean towards those of us getting a bit long in the tooth 😂
@@TheBookThing 🤣🤣🤣
First found Book tube in 2016 when I searched for book reviews of Victorian novels. Of course, Katie Lumsden at “Books and Things” popped up. I’ve been following the daisy chain since then.
@@mame-musing great place to start! 🥰
This is great advice 😊
Excellent topic and an enjoyable video, Kim. Except now I feel self-conscious about not filming in front of my bookshelves. Except my main shelves are in my bedroom where the lighting is poor and I would actually have to be sitting on the bed in order for the wall of shelving to be visible. (I have to roll my bed away to get to the lower shelves.) So I guess I would actually feel even more self-conscious if I filmed in front of my books. 🤷♀️
@@lindysmagpiereads 🤣🤣🤣 Some of my favorite Booktubers film wherever it makes the most sense! 🥰
@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH 😘🤗
The algorithm keeps suggesting young female booktubers who are reading all the popular contemporary romance novels, all with the same cover illustrator (in my eyes anyway) and it’s just not my thing. I don’t follow any of them, I don’t watch any (on purpose) and the sort of channels I do like and watch, just don’t seem to be the type that UA-cam is recommending me. It’s very frustrating sometimes. So I’ll definitely take some of your rec’s on how to find them! 😊
@@jamgart I’ve noticed so many similar recs. I’ll stick with my methods. ☺️
Love this! Perfect timing as I've been on the search for other booktubers. I guess I'm wondering how to find small booktubers (less than 1,000 subs) like me, stuck in the liminal space for seemingly ever. I'd assume they just don't pop up in searches due to the algorithm and not having enough subs, comments, watch time, etc. Anyone in the comments have recs for small channels? Thanks for the good tips!
@@thebaileygrind I’m going to add some shoutouts in my next video. 🥰
@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH yay I’m subscribed and will keep my eye out!
And they were readers, ☆Aisling☆
You are making me blush over here! All the same right back at ya! We need to get together again sometime soon. ❤
@@myreadinglife8816 I was just thinking about that! Perhaps in the early fall when the weather is awesome. 🥰
@@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH There is a new bookstore/bar I have been hearing about in Portland!
@@myreadinglife8816 YES!!!
I recently subscribed to your channel and love it! I’m with you on the more ‘adult’ booktubers, be great if we could all somehow recommend channels that we love?
@@Ali-AvidReader thanks for subscribing! ☺️
And oh yeah, I love Bill Ruttenberg’s channel, because he loves history and so do I 🙂
@@eiketske his channel is awesome!
I felt lucky when I first discovered booktube that you and Britta were the first to pop up. Both your recommendations and those side pop-ups helped me fill in the others I continue to watch. What a journey of Discovery for me of authors I would never have found. 🩵 Bookish, Heidi, Criminolly... On my list as well. Great fun.
@@artstories52 thanks so much for subscribing! 🤓
Hey Kim! Thanks for the great video. I remember when I first started watching Booktube and had a similar experience as many do and needed to find something more my style. I found your channel for which I immediately felt a connection. Around the same time I found Greg of Supposedly Fun who I had also became very fond of. Most recently you recommended @BookChatWithPat8668 which I enjoy and I also found Olly @CriminOllyBlog and I do not read horror, pulp and very little crime novels but ahhh. I could listen to him talk for hours. So again thankyou for humoring me on this topic. I have found a really great group of interesting booktuber friends and feel right at home.
@@marciajohansson769 I’m so glad you subscribed! ❤️❤️❤️