Pictures of books are a thing. Actually, they have been for a while now. Pictures of books have evidently been a thing since at least the summer of 2014. Collective Lifestyle’s article, Social Media Meets Book Nerds With Bookstagram, introduces the phenomenon, but says there were already 150,000 bookstagrams on Instagram by then. So, being in love with all things book-related as I am, I thought I’d try my hand at making a bookstagram. I’ve made two, actually, and they’re up on my Instagram account, shared to my Twitter feed, so I apologize if you’ve already seen them.
Here’s the first one, featuring A Siege of Bitterns by Steve Burrows, and the coolest bookmark I’ve ever had (or seen!):
Quirk Books just posted a neat article on July 21 entitled, How to Photograph Your Books for Instagram, in which are lots of good tips for creating appealing bookstagrams to entice followers and grow your audience. Pointers like making sure there’s no messy background, and adopting a unique quirk or characteristic so people will recognize your signature style.
In my second bookstagram, featuring Claws of the Cat by Susan Spann, I replaced the latte with a book-themed candle, but kept my bookmouse companion:
Book Riot’s article, A Brief Guide to Bookstagram, gives us “the scoop on all the hottest bookish hashtags” in case you haven’t yet taken the plunge yourself. And if you have made your own bookstagram, check out the article anyway, and maybe you’ll discover some new book-delights!
I just did this a few weeks ago and thought it was kinda cool. I have a few books that I checked out at the library in this picture and I like that the top book has the work tikun on it, which, in hebrew, means to repair. I feel that books can make our world better and probably can repair it too 🙂 /Users/montiesmith/Desktop/photos/IMG_1123.jpg
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I think this is a great idea for us who love books as much as photos!
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I am having trouble putting the picture in the comments so I reblogged your post on mine at evelynsphotos.wordpress.com and you can see it there. Sorry about that.
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No need to apologize! I’m just glad you liked the post. Thanks for your comments 🙂
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Great Bookstagrams! And thank you for using Claws of the Cat – that’s really cool!
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Thank you for writing such interesting and unusual books!
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Great pics and I love your little mouse! I had no idea bookstagram was a thing! Thanks for those links, it certainly ups the ante when photographing books!
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I’m so excited that you can enter the world of Bookstagrams! 🙂 I hope you post some after you take a few.
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