The Murverse Mothership

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• Mur and Matt come to you live from the brand new film studio inside the Ditch Diggers manor with special guest, Hugo-nominated BookTuber Claire Rousseau!
• Interesting shoulders are briefly unpacked.
• The Ditch Diggers bring you up to date on their current events, including Mur’s daughter’s drive-thru high school graduation.
• Claire graciously and eloquently explains what BookTube is, what it does, and some of the challenges associated with breaking into more traditional spaces as a BookTuber, e.g. the Hugo Awards.
• The winding, serendipitous tale of how Claire got started as a BookTuber (and an explanation of concepts like Book Holes).
• The challenges of breaking into BookTube and getting discovered by viewers, and how the same systemic racism and misogyny affecting other mediums extends to BookTube.
• Claire shares some of her favorite recommendations for BookTubers to check out.
• How companies deal and have dealt with BookTube/Tubers and vice versa, how those companies (namely Book Outlet) have fallen short in those dealings, and their response.
• Claire finally shills her own channel, and tells the audience about her exciting new projects.
• Booktubers from this episode:
  • • Claire’s BookTube channel
    • Codie’s Book Corner
    • Bowties & Books
    • Becca and the Books
    • ONYX Pages
    • Black Creators Speaking Up
    • Black BookTubers Playlist

HEY. Matt has a book, SAVAGE LEGION, coming out shortly. Be a dear and preorder, won’t you?