Philip PantingA psychological thriller by Lisa Jewell and an grownup fantasy novel by Rebecca Yarros had been among the many winners on the TikTok Ebook Awards for 2024.
The winners on the ceremony in London had been voted for by hundreds of members of the #BookTok group on the video-sharing app.
Ebook lovers use the platform to make suggestions, and share their ideas and opinions on trending books.
Jack Edwards, a YouTuber and TikTok creator, sat on this yr’s panel of judges.
Lisa Jewell’s None of This Is True was named e-book of the yr. The British creator’s thriller follows two younger ladies whose probability assembly at a neighborhood pub has darkish penalties.
The creator mentioned: “I genuinely cannot consider it, I knew there was a whole lot of buzz and chat about my e-book on TikTok however I used to be on a tremendous shortlist, my thoughts is blown to be sincere!
“What I’ve realised is that the three books that I used to be essentially the most nervous about whereas writing, as a result of I believed they had been too bizarre, too ‘on the market’, too sinister, too creepy, too unconventional, had been the three which were the most well-liked for me on TikTok!”
Philip PantingElsewhere, the award for worldwide e-book of the yr went to Fourth Wing by US creator Rebecca Yarros.
The fantasy novel went viral on TikTok, which propelled it to achieve No1 on The New York Occasions bestseller checklist.
Yarros, who couldn’t attend the awards ceremony, despatched a video message: “It has been a wild journey, and none of it might have occurred with out TikTok! Enormous like to the #BookTok group.”
The shortlist on the TikTok Ebook Awards was chosen by a panel of figures from the literary and media world together with the creator Samantha Shannon, broadcaster Sara Cox and the CEO of the Publishers Affiliation, Dan Conway.
However the winners got here from TikTok’s #BookTok group, with 82,000 individuals casting their votes on-line.
TikTok says greater than 35 million movies have been made utilizing the hashtag “BookTok”, making the sub-community one of many largest on the platform.
The awards had been launched final yr to have fun among the best-loved books, unbiased e-book retailers, authors and creators that flow into on the social media platform.
Philip PantingJack Edwards, who has been dubbed the “web’s resident librarian”, sat on the judging panel for this yr’s shortlist.
“It was a privilege to be a decide, I really feel actually fortunate to be right here as a result of one of the best factor that we are able to do is champion extra creators, extra bookstores and extra books!”
Edwards has amassed greater than 650,000 followers on TikTok, however, regardless of his success within the #BookTok group, he began his profession creating content material on a special platform – YouTube.
He boasts greater than 1.39 million subscribers on the social media website and within the early days of his channel, he made movies about his expertise in greater training, as the primary individual in his household to attend college.
However Edwards says the catalyst for shifting his on-line presence in direction of e-book content material was being in lockdown through the Covid-19 pandemic.
“TikTok is a special fashion and format to YouTube, for certain, however it’s a enjoyable artistic problem to assume ‘how do I make this accessible for audiences who’re in search of one thing barely completely different’, that is the fantastic thing about it.”
Now, he is writing a e-book of his personal.
“It is inspiring being in a room with all these superb authors, I am hoping that sooner or later we’ll be capable of rub shoulders and speak in regards to the craft of writing – I really like storytelling and I really like storytellers, it is one thing I’ve all the time needed to do, no matter social media.”
The 2024 TikTok Ebook Awards winners:
Ebook of the Yr – None of That is True by Lisa Jewell
Ebook of the Yr (Worldwide) – Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
BookTok Breakthrough Creator – Talia Hibbert (@TaliaHibbert)
BookTok Creator of the Yr – Maisie Matilda (@Maisie_Matilda)
BookTok Rising Star Creator – John-Paul Kunrunmi (@JPreads6)
Indie Bookshop of the Yr -The Bookshop by the Sea
TikTok Store Ebook of the Yr – The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
