TikTok parent ByteDance is shutting down its short-lived book publisher

Tiktok Parent bytedance’s books editor, 8th Note Press, closes the store, according to a report The bookseller.

Thanks to its #Booletk community, Tiktok has become an irreplaceable engine for publishers to stimulate book sales; Even the self-published authors found unprecedented success By capturing a viral moment on Tiktok. Bytedance crossed the next logical step in 2023, thinking that if the application revolutionized sales of books, then it could as well cash in on the sale of his own books.

But the foray of Bytedance in the publication is interrupted. While the authors were attracted by the 8th Note Press because it seemed that his affiliation with Tiktok could stimulate sales, the press is now say writers that he will closure and give them their publication rights.

We do not know why Bytedance closed the press after such a short life. The company has not responded to the request for comments from Techcrunch, and has not responded to requests from any other point of sale so far.