"BookTube" meaning in English

See BookTube in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈbʊk.t͡ʃuːb/ (note: yod-coalescence), /ˈbʊk.tjuːb/ (note: non-yod-coalescence), /ˈbʊk.tub/ [General-American]
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  1. The community of book and reading-related channels on YouTube. Hypernyms: Bookternet Derived forms: BookTuber Coordinate_terms: Booklr (alt: Tumblr), Bookstagram (alt: Instagram), BookTok (alt: TikTok)
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          "ref": "2014, Marohang Limbu, Binod Gurung, Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization, page 96:",
          "text": "By introducing BookTube to students studying literature, teachers may be able to inspire additional engagement in both the reading and the reports or other assignments that are based on it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Jen Campbell, \"BookTube\", in Giles Clark & Angus Phillips, Inside Book Publishing, page 271",
          "text": "I started my own BookTube channel in 2014 as a way to review books and talk about my writing."
        },
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          "ref": "2019, Rose Brock, Young Adult Literature in Action: A Librarian's Guide, 3rd Edition, page 30:",
          "text": "Booktube is a small community in YouTube that has exploded during these past few years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The community of book and reading-related channels on YouTube."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "reading",
          "reading"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "YouTube",
          "YouTube"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʊk.t͡ʃuːb/",
      "note": "yod-coalescence"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʊk.tjuːb/",
      "note": "non-yod-coalescence"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʊk.tub/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "BookTube"
}

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