Saturday, 21 June, 2025

TikTok’s 8th Note Press Book Venture to Shut Down Just Months After Launch

TikTok parent ByteDance is winding down its 8th Note Press imprint—which launched in February 2025 to publish print and e‑books leveraging BookTok trends—just four months after debuting. The imprint targeted popular genres like YA, romance, and romantasy but failed to gain traction. Authors are now negotiating rights reversion as ByteDance exits the publishing arena, signaling a swift retreat from its experiment to transform viral content into traditional book sales.