Start your side hustle with Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/answerinprogress Why are buying books and reading books two different hobbies? Why is your to be read (TBR) list only ever getting longer? And what does all that have to do with book publishers destroying thousands of books every year? In this video, Sabrina explores the world of Booktok, bookstores, and publishing, to figure out why we keep buying books we don't read. And yes, she does read ACOTAR and Fourth Wing in the process. SUPPORT US ON PATREON https://patreon.com/answerinprogress SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER New issue with book buying advice comes out on Tuesday Mar 19! https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter BUY THE BOOKMARK https://www.answerinprogress.com/shop SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Sabrina Cruz Research Assistance by Jananie K. Velu from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJn0v3OAEAX3-V4crjcHtRA Video Editing by Joe Trickey Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz Sound Design by Joe Trickey Special Thanks to: Patrick Hempelmann from BMV Books Chris Krawczyk from Little Ghosts Books Kariza Santos from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRZ1OquIwGiUjJS7SXW4Fdg MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today using our affiliate link. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING No specific recommendations but check out BMV Books and Little Ghosts Books for some great options! https://www.littleghostsbooks.com/ https://www.bmvbooks.com/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 realizing i have a problem, in real time 00:44 the ikea kallax system system has failed me 00:55 of course i made this into an existential crisis 01:26 forcing myself to read (again) 01:35 eat your heart out, storygraph 02:46 what did i learn 03:03 oh, it's that i'm BASIC 03:17 nvm, maybe i'm NUANCED 04:04 i read the ACOTAR series (derogatory) 04:42 how BookTok changed publishing 05:52 how BookTok changed my reading 06:28 wait but why is BookTok so efficient? 06:51 how traditional publishing works 08:13 the benefits of BookTok 09:54 trying to justify my problem instead of solving it 11:00 this is an extended metaphor, trust me, it pays off 12:00 what happens to unsold books 13:35 just be glad i didn't show you a supply-demand graph 14:25 please don't judge me 14:37 the metaphor is about to pay off 15:11 SEE! 17:01 now i'm just restating the metaphor because... it was very extended ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! In case you don't want to buy books, you could try making a reservation at the local library. Just be careful, they tend to be fully booked! Leave a comment with the word BOOK to let me know you were here ;-)