Welcome back to Reading Under the Covers, a romance novel podcast! In this episode, I’m sharing a special Bookish Tea discussion featuring Laura from What to Read Next Podcast and Victoria from BiblioLifestyle that we had as part of our Novel Nights live show on Youtube.

We're diving into:

📌 The TikTok Ban Whiplash – What happened, where book creators are migrating or focusing on, and BookTok's impact. Also some recommendations if you're a bookish content creator.

📌 AI & Book Publishing Scandals – An author got caught using ChatGPT… with AI prompts left in the book. Plus, a startup planning to publish 8,000 AI-generated books.

📌 Where Should Readers Go for Bookish Content? – Substack, YouTube Shorts, BlueSky, RedNote—are these the next big bookish platforms?

📌 What We’re Reading Right Now – Billionaire romances, fantasy intrigue, and murdery vibes.

📌 Reality TV & What to Watch – Real Housewives of Salt Lake City drama, The Traitors obsession, and telenovela chaos.

📢 Big Announcement! Our Novel Nights live show is shifting to daytime and is now called Novel Hour—join us Thursdays at 12 PM EST on YouTube! Plus, Bookish Tea like this one will be live every other Monday at 12 PM EST. The next one is on February 3.

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