AUSTIN (KXAN) — Social media trends often come and go in the blink of an eye, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic brought a significant increase in users and their time spent online. But one “trend” and subgroup of the internet revolves around a form of entertainment that has existed for millennia: books.
“BookTok” and “bookstagram” have millions of posts about readers’ favorite books, and the latter has been the catalyst for many people to get into reading for pleasure.
Ironically, those online communities are just part of a resurgence of independent bookstores, as Javier García del Moral, an owner of a Dallas-area bookstore/bar, discussed with Devin Markham, a digital journalist for Straight Arrow News.
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Markham recently released a report on that resurgence, particularly the significant boost in Texas. She found that more and more independent bookstores are popping up across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas, and nationally, despite the rise of online shops and Amazon…