How do two besties go from reading thrillers to running a viral romance book club? This week, I chat with the hilarious duo behind Two Bookends, the creators of that viral football-smut-announcer video (yes, that one with over 9M views on TikTok). But there’s so much more to their story, from book recs and bloopers to building an authentic, monetized community around their love of reading. We dive into: 📈 How they went viral more than once 📚 Why they started their romance book club and ...
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How do two besties go from reading thrillers to running a viral romance book club? This week, I chat with the hilarious duo behind Two Bookends, the creators of that viral football-smut-announcer video (yes, that one with over 9M views on TikTok). But there’s so much more to their story, from book recs and bloopers to building an authentic, monetized community around their love of reading. We dive into: 📈 How they went viral more than once 📚 Why they started their romance book club and ...
Why Julia Whelan Is the Meryl Streep of Audiobooks
Shelf Made Stories
29 minutes
2 months ago
Why Julia Whelan Is the Meryl Streep of Audiobooks
If you’re a book lover, chances are you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice… and probably more than once. She’s narrated over 700 audiobooks, from Gone Girl to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and has been dubbed everything from “the Meryl Streep of audiobooks” to “the Adele of audiobooks.” Julia is the founder of Audiobrary, a new audio publishing platform reinventing how creatives are compensated. Her debut novel, My Oxford Year, has been adapted into a Netflix film, and her latest, Thank...
Shelf Made Stories
How do two besties go from reading thrillers to running a viral romance book club? This week, I chat with the hilarious duo behind Two Bookends, the creators of that viral football-smut-announcer video (yes, that one with over 9M views on TikTok). But there’s so much more to their story, from book recs and bloopers to building an authentic, monetized community around their love of reading. We dive into: 📈 How they went viral more than once 📚 Why they started their romance book club and ...
