In Love & Words | How to Start a BookTube Channel Q&A @InLoveAndWords | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
TIMESTAMPS, VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS, EQUIPMENT LIST + MORE BELOW
**TIMESTAMPS**
Why I Started a Channel: 0:25
What Equipment Do I Need? 3:36
What I use to Plan Content: 5:50
How much time does editing take? 6:14
What kind of camera do I have? 7:05
How do I deal with BookTube Anxiety? 7:44
Is appearance important? 8:35
How to handle negativity: 9:23
Free books + ARCs: 10:23
Thumbnails: 10:53
The hardest thing about being a BookTuber: 11:41
How much does it cost to start? 12:12
How do to get people to watch your videos: 12:15
Do you need a unique channel name? 14:46
Finding motivation: 15:27
How many videos should you post a week? 16:26
How to be confident on camera: 17:57
Does age matter? 18:47
What should your first video be? 19:12
How do you stay concise? 19:46
How to edit videos? 19:59
How to stay motivated when you aren't growing 20:16
Is it scary to know so many people watch you? 20:53
How do you learn to edit? 21:08
What if you're not happy with how you look/sound on video: 21:16
What if you don't feel the "community" / How to make friends: 21:41
How to differentiate yourself? 22:45
What type of content gets the most views? 22:55
Is it ok if you don't read new releases? 23:20
Tracking for wrap-ups: 23:27
Is it hard to edit videos? 23:31
THE BEST BOOKSTAGRAM ADVICE FROM REMARKABLY LISA: 23:48
**VIDEOS YOU SHOULD WATCH**
The Bookish Realm has a lot of great BookTube discussion videos:
BookTube is Repetitive? youtu.be/Mb6lGkm9Xm0
Being A Black BookTuber: youtu.be/rMm-iqOgKXU
Should BookTubers Make Money? youtu.be/auyvomSP7eI
Honestly, she has SO MANY great videos, subscribe to her here: youtube.com/c/BookishRealm/videos
The Book Refuge has an entire playlist discussing The Business of BookTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=OgFe-DMs7X0&list=PL_561Uip5TrJnW5c9NuhqSDqsTMFndJs3
**OTHER TIPS I FORGOT TO MENTION**
- A great way to get other Booktubers to watch your videos is to do a "taste test" of their books in a video and tag them in it!
- Tag other booktubers in posts when you mention them in a video
- People like what they like and someone will always have a criticism, so just do what you want
- If you're a Romance booktuber, join the Romance BookTube Discord: discord.gg/X7ATuNr
**VIDEO I TALKED ABOUT**
BookTube Behind the Scenes (Where I talk about my equipment and process): youtu.be/lUklqxq1miU
(Free) Audacity for editing sound: audacityteam.org
**MY EQUIPMENT**
~Lighting~
Box lights amzn.to/2WiPdEI
Ring Light amzn.to/3mu9AJI
~Camera~
Canon EOS M50 Mark II amzn.to/3mnui0J
Canon 22mm Lens amzn.to/3oWS821
AUX Battery for Canon EOS M3 amzn.to/37qYNLW
~Mic~
Blue Snowball iCE USB Microphone amzn.to/38cv2hc
InnoGear Microphone Arm amzn.to/34h2q5u
RayCue USBC to USB Adapter amzn.to/3nrAsvk
~Programs~
Asana app.asana.com
Adobe Audition amzn.to/38bV7Ny
iMovie apple.com/imovie
Canva canva.com
Procreate https://procreate.art/
~Misc~
MacBook Pro 16 inch amzn.to/3oUR5zR
iPad Pro 11 inch amzn.to/37pBfXZ
Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) amzn.to/2LxyhYT
(The above links are affiliate links. I receive a small commission if you make a purchase using one of those links. Thank you so much for supporting my channel!)
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCdNhl7oGsJg0R82nKAon27w/join
Have a book you'd like me to read? Recommend it here: https://forms.gle/cjjnLJGSCBv7DJrY6
My B-Roll music comes from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/8lhkc2
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**PARTNERSHIPS**
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analuisa.com/lovewords
15% off at hellolovelybox.com with code LOVEWORDS15
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TIMESTAMPS, VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS, EQUIPMENT LIST + MORE BELOW
**TIMESTAMPS**
Why I Started a Channel: 0:25
What Equipment Do I Need? 3:36
What I use to Plan Content: 5:50
How much time does editing take? 6:14
What kind of camera do I have? 7:05
How do I deal with BookTube Anxiety? 7:44
Is appearance important? 8:35
How to handle negativity: 9:23
Free books + ARCs: 10:23
Thumbnails: 10:53
The hardest thing about being a BookTuber: 11:41
How much does it cost to start? 12:12
How do to get people to watch your videos: 12:15
Do you need a unique channel name? 14:46
Finding motivation: 15:27
How many videos should you post a week? 16:26
How to be confident on camera: 17:57
Does age matter? 18:47
What should your first video be? 19:12
How do you stay concise? 19:46
How to edit videos? 19:59
How to stay motivated when you aren't growing 20:16
Is it scary to know so many people watch you? 20:53
How do you learn to edit? 21:08
What if you're not happy with how you look/sound on video: 21:16
What if you don't feel the "community" / How to make friends: 21:41
How to differentiate yourself? 22:45
What type of content gets the most views? 22:55
Is it ok if you don't read new releases? 23:20
Tracking for wrap-ups: 23:27
Is it hard to edit videos? 23:31
THE BEST BOOKSTAGRAM ADVICE FROM REMARKABLY LISA: 23:48
**VIDEOS YOU SHOULD WATCH**
The Bookish Realm has a lot of great BookTube discussion videos:
BookTube is Repetitive? youtu.be/Mb6lGkm9Xm0
Being A Black BookTuber: youtu.be/rMm-iqOgKXU
Should BookTubers Make Money? youtu.be/auyvomSP7eI
Honestly, she has SO MANY great videos, subscribe to her here: youtube.com/c/BookishRealm/videos
The Book Refuge has an entire playlist discussing The Business of BookTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=OgFe-DMs7X0&list=PL_561Uip5TrJnW5c9NuhqSDqsTMFndJs3
**OTHER TIPS I FORGOT TO MENTION**
- A great way to get other Booktubers to watch your videos is to do a "taste test" of their books in a video and tag them in it!
- Tag other booktubers in posts when you mention them in a video
- People like what they like and someone will always have a criticism, so just do what you want
- If you're a Romance booktuber, join the Romance BookTube Discord: discord.gg/X7ATuNr
**VIDEO I TALKED ABOUT**
BookTube Behind the Scenes (Where I talk about my equipment and process): youtu.be/lUklqxq1miU
(Free) Audacity for editing sound: audacityteam.org
**MY EQUIPMENT**
~Lighting~
Box lights amzn.to/2WiPdEI
Ring Light amzn.to/3mu9AJI
~Camera~
Canon EOS M50 Mark II amzn.to/3mnui0J
Canon 22mm Lens amzn.to/3oWS821
AUX Battery for Canon EOS M3 amzn.to/37qYNLW
~Mic~
Blue Snowball iCE USB Microphone amzn.to/38cv2hc
InnoGear Microphone Arm amzn.to/34h2q5u
RayCue USBC to USB Adapter amzn.to/3nrAsvk
~Programs~
Asana app.asana.com
Adobe Audition amzn.to/38bV7Ny
iMovie apple.com/imovie
Canva canva.com
Procreate https://procreate.art/
~Misc~
MacBook Pro 16 inch amzn.to/3oUR5zR
iPad Pro 11 inch amzn.to/37pBfXZ
Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) amzn.to/2LxyhYT
(The above links are affiliate links. I receive a small commission if you make a purchase using one of those links. Thank you so much for supporting my channel!)
Join this channel to get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCdNhl7oGsJg0R82nKAon27w/join
Have a book you'd like me to read? Recommend it here: https://forms.gle/cjjnLJGSCBv7DJrY6
My B-Roll music comes from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/8lhkc2
--
**PARTNERSHIPS**
10% OFF ANA LUISA JEWELRY
analuisa.com/lovewords
15% off at hellolovelybox.com with code LOVEWORDS15
--
LET'S CONNECT
Social links, PO Box, Wish List & More: inloveandwords.carrd.co
--
DISCOUNTS & REFERRAL LINKS
| Scribd (referral link)
60 days of membership FREE with this link:
scribd.com/g/811v8p
| Libro.FM (referral link)
Get your first month free with this link
bit.ly/2Kpv0He
| Thriftbooks (referral link)
Get 15% off with this link:
bit.ly/3bsWdow
| BetterWorldBooks (referral link)
Get $5 off your order of $30 or more with this link:
bit.ly/2RWwqNz
