The TikTok Book Awards will launch this year in the UK and Ireland, with a curated longlist based on BookTok data, publisher contributions, and a panel of judges. The final winners will be decided by the TikTok community through an in-app vote in the UK and Ireland. Categories include Creator of the Year, Book of the Year, Author of the Year, Best BookTok Revival, Indie Book Shop of the Year, and more. Read the press release.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
