"BookTube" meaning in English

See BookTube in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Blend of book + YouTube. By surface analysis, book + -Tube. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|book|YouTube}} Blend of book + YouTube, {{surf|en|book|-Tube}} By surface analysis, book + -Tube Head templates: {{en-prop}} BookTube
  1. The community of book and reading-related channels on YouTube. Categories (topical): Books, YouTube Hypernyms: Bookternet Derived forms: booktuber Coordinate_terms: Booklr (alt: Tumblr), Bookstagram (alt: Instagram), BookTok (alt: TikTok)
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          "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.",
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          "ref": "2019, Jen Campbell, \"BookTube\", in Giles Clark & Angus Phillips, Inside Book Publishing, page 271",
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