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Bookternet

UK/ˈbʊk.təˌnɛt/US/ˈbʊk.tɚˌnɛt/

Bookternet proper noun: the online community and subculture of book lovers.

Proper noun

Bookternet

  1. The online community and subculture of book lovers.
    • I was inspired by all my newfound Bookternet friends—readers, writers, bloggers, booksellers, publishing world types, and fellow refugees.2014, Maris Kreizman, “Publishing: A Story”, in Sari Botton, editor, Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York, page 171
    • Through Goodreads, I was drawn into the world of the “bookternet,” an internet subculture of book-geeks, mostly young women who may have started their reading fanaticism with Harry Potter.2018, Rebecca Hill, “Read Another Book: Repeat When Necessary”, in Jonathan Chambers, Stephannie S. Gearhart, editors, Reversing the Cult of Speed in Higher Education: The Slow Movement in the Arts...

Origin of Bookternet

Blend of book + Internet.

Questions about Bookternet

What does Bookternet mean?
Bookternet means the online community and subculture of book lovers.
What part of speech is Bookternet?
Bookternet is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bookternet?
Bookternet is pronounced /ˈbʊk.təˌnɛt/ (UK).

Words near Bookternet in the dictionary

  1. booksy
  2. booktalk
  3. booktalks
  4. booktastic
  5. bookteaching
  6. Bookternet
  7. booktivist
  8. BookTok
  9. booktoken
  10. booktokens
  11. BookToker

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