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Do You Bookstagram?
Mar. 25th, 2022 12:37 pmI've not been as active a blogger or article creator as I once was, in part because there seem to be so many ways to interface with the audience interested in reading my thoughts. Some of this shift is due to the way all my interactions with people have changed over the past two years; if the pandemic has brought any joys into my life (aside from the quality time spent with my immediate family), it's that I discovered Bookstagram.
I've been a reviewer for years—professionally for almost two decades! I receive a lot of review titles that I have the opportunity to cover. It's been incredibly fun to cover so many books at Den of Geek since I started writing there, and we've had a great time covering games, comics, and prose as a team at Outland Entertainment. (We're creators, but we love to consume media, too!) After I started updating my Instagram account (initially under protest, but Tara Cloud Clark insisted that adding one more social media account was important), I realized how much fun people were having with books. Makeup to match the covers! Props and beautiful backgrounds! Preorder goodies! Video or text reviews to go along with the images! I was won over.
So of course I started creating my own content. Some of the fun is finding the right location, like the steps of the Blackstone Library to feature Chantel Acevedo's #MuseSquad books.
I've made use of multiple backgrounds inside my house, like this shot of Jayci Lee's A Sweet Mess on my stove.
And I've realized that not every shot works with Instagram's framing; this shot of a book haul, complete with my Christmas cactus as an accent, ended up as just a book stack, minus the cactus, when I eventually posted it.
Every new post is a bit of an experiment, but the process of learning has been fun. If you're interested in keeping up with my regular posts and short reviews, give me a follow!
I've been a reviewer for years—professionally for almost two decades! I receive a lot of review titles that I have the opportunity to cover. It's been incredibly fun to cover so many books at Den of Geek since I started writing there, and we've had a great time covering games, comics, and prose as a team at Outland Entertainment. (We're creators, but we love to consume media, too!) After I started updating my Instagram account (initially under protest, but Tara Cloud Clark insisted that adding one more social media account was important), I realized how much fun people were having with books. Makeup to match the covers! Props and beautiful backgrounds! Preorder goodies! Video or text reviews to go along with the images! I was won over.
So of course I started creating my own content. Some of the fun is finding the right location, like the steps of the Blackstone Library to feature Chantel Acevedo's #MuseSquad books.
I've made use of multiple backgrounds inside my house, like this shot of Jayci Lee's A Sweet Mess on my stove.
And I've realized that not every shot works with Instagram's framing; this shot of a book haul, complete with my Christmas cactus as an accent, ended up as just a book stack, minus the cactus, when I eventually posted it.
Every new post is a bit of an experiment, but the process of learning has been fun. If you're interested in keeping up with my regular posts and short reviews, give me a follow!
