How to Booktube! 

Your bookshelf is my aesthetic holy moly.

I just found booktube and OMG my mind is blown. How is it possible I've been on RU-vid since ages and never watched videos on books??! Reading is the biggest part of my life! maaaan. this is crazy! Any suggestions on who to subscribe to? (I love fantasy and dislike horror and crime)

"choose your name wisely because there's no going back. Like I could change it now but too many people know me by hailshearsnyc so I can't really change it." * 2 years later* ;) ;)

Hailey 2016: I always film during the day Hailey 2020: So it's 1am...

I just saw the length of this video and I was just like YAAAASSSSS!!! 😂❤️

I have always been so nervous to join the RU-vid community, but your video was so reassuring! I am so excited to finally jump into the Booktube community soon :)

You are right about the importance of a background Your is one on my favorite to be honest, your shelves are so pretty and well organized its so nice to have it as a background 😍📚

This video was super helpful Hailey! I really agree on the fact that being part of the community is such an important and fun part! I feel like the booktube community is one of the most friendly communities on the internet and it's just great to be able to connect with so many people over books!

It's so great to see your channel grow and yourself getting more confident with every video. You are always very creative and never disappoint. Thank you for your videos!

Thank you for the nitty-gritty details and tips! I've been wanting to start a channel for a while but even though I watched "how to" videos like this I never felt confident enough. For some reason though, your video has given the push to start booktube!

Been thinking about joining the community... I'm amazed at how few booktubers talk about the mechanics. This is so helpful! Thank you.

I can certainly say you've given me confidence me to begin my own booktube channel added to the fact I have already begun my my own channel. Thank you for reminding again that, you are supposed to grow connections with people. Such a positive message. Thank you so so so much maam

After watching RU-vid videos of books and makeup, recently I got inspired to finally start doing my own. I've always loved books and didn't know there was this huge community built upon it. These types of videos are very helpful to get a channel started. However, I like how you say be yourself and do it because you enjoy it not for subscribers, etc. Since i've started getting back into reading, I feel like it's becoming a passion and something I love. It does make me sad sometimes when I don't see many people taking an interest in the videos I post, but every time I make a video and share it, I'm so happy. It just makes me smile when I open up another book and get to share it with the world even if it is an old book people have already read a bunch of times. Thank you for putting out this video as a booktuber who is a huge inspiration for myself and just in general to get more booktubers to begin a new journey in their life. :) p.s. sorry for the long comment XD

This was so helpful, thank you! I think it’s part of the booktube charm that we have so many awesome people and booktubers whoa re actively giving out their expertise and knowledge to see the community grow :)

This video was super helpful. I'm new to your channel and you're already becoming one of my favorite youtubers. I love your recommendations and it's really helped me rediscover my love of reading.

I love your videos! Plus your rainbow bookshelf is seriously like my future life goal. Thanks for this video! Being a booktube newbie is so much better when you can find great advice!

You are absolutely my inspiration for starting my booktube channel. I love you videos and binge watch them all the time.

I’m on the research step of starting a book tube, and this has been the most helpful so far! Love all your stuff too, btw. Thank you for being you! And also thank you for this video!

Ohmygosh, this was sooooo helpful! I'm just starting out on Booktube, and the community is so wonderful and I'm looking forward to fully immersing myself in my channel! :D

I've watched several other videos about how to booktube, but I never fail to learn something when I watch another from another frequent booktuber, and you did give a lot of good advice. Thank you for this. :)

I honestly love hearing this behind the scenes stuff. As a viewer, it's something I know next to nothing about, and it feels like a magic curtain being pulled back!

Very helpful tips! Sooooo just letting you know that your epic bookshelf of awesome just became my bookshelf goal inspiration! So well organized and presented, I had no idea that a bookshelf could be this pretty!

I've been going back and forth on the idea of making a channel for about 6 months and this video was so helpful! Hearing from someone who has been actively doing this gave me a good push to start working on my own content :)

I love this girl

So thank you so much for posting this! I watched the whole thing and I decided to take the leap and try it! I will start my channel at the beginning of the year thanks to you! Love your channel!

This is by far one of the best videos I have seen on how to start a RU-vid channel, no matter what the content you're making is. I just discovered this whole BookTube thing, turns out just in time for the booktube-a-thon (had no idea that existed either, but I'm definitely excited)... Think I will be doing a booktube-a-thon TBR (is that right?) tomorrow, so pumped!!!!! :D :D

Such a massive bookworm and I loved this video so much. Talking about books all the time seems so appealing to me but I have tried RU-vid in the past and I have commitment issues due to school and the world of GCSEs. Thank you! :)

I totally understand not liking the username thing. I'm a Wattpad writer and I joined their partner program. So I'm forever branded with a username I chose almost five years ago (and has to do with One Direction). So I totally understand. Almost all of my usernames are ajwinterbooks apart from two. So I'm almost consistent!

This helped me so much! I've been discouraged in starting a booktube channel, but after watching this and other how to videos, I'm gaining the courage to give it a try! Thank you for all your tips :)

You totally just hit me on the head with #5 LOL. I have ordered 7 subscription boxes and a 25-book order from Bookoutlet this month LOL

It was a great video! Thanks for the advice. And yes, your videos are very informative and fun to watch. You are definitely one of my favorite book tubers. And another bonus is you are a fellow Canadian! There are not many Canadian book tubers out there! So it is nice to listen/watch someone from your own country :)

Thank you so much for posting this. I’ve been considering starting a channel and this is such a great intro on how to get started!!!

So exciting to learn about this community! I work in publishing and have been watching RU-vidrs for years. But I didn't realize this was so popular; it's nice to find these videos! Great intro!

These are such great tips! Also, I really appreciate how thorough you were. And your concern for the quality of your content definitely shows in your videos. I'm always impressed with everything you put out! :)

Thank you for making this video! I started my channel awhile ago and this video makes me want to be a frequent uploader! Love your videos!

your book shelf is to die for ! very inspiring. im new to researching booktube and this was very very useful. thank you :)

Your Alice in Wonderland obsession is adorable! I personally love your channel and personality and found these videos and links super helpful! I've totally been inspired by booktubers and the book tube community as a whole! Also the links to other videos were super helpful, thanks for taking the time to do that!

These are some super helpful tips! I've been really nervous about finally taking the leap from just a blogger to BookTuber and this was actually very reassuring and handy. I'll definitely be referencing this for when I film and start up my channel!

Great video! You are definitely doing something right. After finding your channel, I watched all of your videos! Definitely the booktuber I enjoy watching the most.

These were such great tips!! I love watching these videos so much! They're so helpful! Your shelves are so beautiful! Can't wait for you bookshelf your hehe💗

This is so incredibly helpful for us newbies! Thank you for the tips, I am definitely going to use the advice! :) You have a great camera presence

Omg! I am so surprised you don't have more subscribers (even though you already have a lot). I have watched a ton of your videos lately and you have definitely become my fav book tuber! Thanks Haley and keep up the good work☺️☺️

As someone who has been contemplating joining booktube more and more, I cannot express how helpful this video is! Thank you for the great tips, and not just a lot of the generic advice some videos give in regards to starting your own channel.

This was such a big help. Thanks Hailey! (Also, I love your shirt in this video)

Hey, I really like the way you talk , with all the hand guestures n all, it's really natural and engaging!! I was thinking to begin booktubing myself,and this video was very helpful!!

Love this video! So comprehensive and helpful. Thanks for taking the time to make this video and thanks for being so genuinely dedicated to the Booktube community!

Your bookshelf gave me an eyegasm. ❤

SUPER helpful video! Thanks so much! I've been having a lot of lighting/background problems, since my beautiful bookshelves are in the absolute worst part of my apartment for lighting purposes. But I really appreciated all of your tips and will be keeping a lot of them in mind while getting started!

I am so excited i found this video, I have wanted to start a booktube channel for so long and I think I am finally going to take the plunge!

omg no joke - I have bought so many books in the last two months, I can't stop! ahhhhhhh!

I liked how honest you were here. I'm working on mine, and I feel like you can constantly improve or get better.

Seen multiple of these kind of videos, but this is definitely my favorite so far! Your points are sound and really thoughtful, without you sounding condescending (it that makes sense haha). Great video!!!

The booktube community is so huge, you can find people from all over the world that share your same passion, books. Thank you so much for this helpful tips :)

Awesome video! I just started my own BookTube channel and I found all your tips so helpful! I'll be sure to use them in the future, and thank you so much for all the effort you put into your videos - they are very well made - keep up the amazing work!

This video was so helpful. I was having a lot of trouble with my Booktube channel (Lukyan's Library) lately. So thank you so much Hailey for posting this. I love your videos you are such an inspiration.

Hailey, Thank you. I have been trying to learn as much as I can for my nonprofit. This was really helpful! And I love your bookshelf! :)

This video was very helpful, really inspires me! Can't wait to get started on my booktube journey... I love your videos so much, thank you Hails! ^-^

I've been thinking about starting a booktube for months and this video is really helpful, it's given me the boost I need to really get serious!

thank you so much for this video!! im so excited to be starting and this was so helpful!! i love your channel so much

This is so helpful! You gave points I hadn't ever actually concidered... Thank you!

I just discovered booktube and I am in LOVE! I’m thinking about starting my own channel and this helped me so much!

Thank you so much for making this, even in 2020 it's very helpful and reassuring :) also, I love your bookshelves, the rainbow is so cute

I ALMOST filmed by first booktube video today. Glad I watched this first! Lots of great tips.

This was so unbelievably helpful! I've been wanting to start a booktube channel and decided to just do it a week or so ago. Thank you for all the tips and really showing that it's such an awesome community that supports one another!!

I've just started out in the booktube community after lurking for awhile and I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video. Thank you so so much. It's super helpful!

Thank you so much for making and posting this video. I am *so* excited to be a (new) member of BookTube. I plan on using your tips to make the best videos I can. As always, great post!:)

Ever since I started following Christine I wanted to start a BookTube, but never knew how to get started. Well, this really helped. Thanks for putting this out here! Super helpful.

great video Little Book Owl was the one that inspired me as well to start mine I love watching how to booktube videos this had a lot of great information!

This video was so helpful! I’m thinking of starting a book tube segment on my channel, right now I’m just talking about university and scholarships and stuff. I’m totally subscribing!

This was such a helpful video, Hailey! I enjoy filming book tags b/c they're fun and quick videos :)

I watched the Little Book Owl 's video about creating a channel, right before I watched this video, and I agree she also made a great video. I love your channel. Thanks so much for all the tips.

This was super helpful, I have been working to start a booktuber channel so thank you for all these good points!

This video is very helpful, thank you! I didn't know where to start, but this video has given me some of the tools I need!

Thank you so much for posting this video! I finally took the plunge and made my first video and this video really helped give me the confidence to do it!

This is such a wonderful and helpful video, thank you so much for this! I've been thinking about starting my own booktube channel for such a long time now, and I think this came at a really great time for me :)

I am new to watching booktube, I love that there is a community that talks about the love we all get from books...also love the suggestions for new books/dualogy/trilogy I stopped reading solid books for soooo long, I am 42 and always had a deep love of reading, i got caught up in ebooks and stopped buying books, but thanks to you and other book tubers I have renewed my love for the smell and feel of an actual book, so thank you xx

Thank you so much for this video! I'm still brand new at BookTube, so I appreciate how thorough this video was! I'll definitely be using some of these tips.

So glad that you've posted this years ago lol, I'm looking into starting my own RU-vid channel so I can showcase my love for books and video games! :) I want to use it to make some awesome friendships! :)

This video literally got me thinking about making a booktube channel. I've never felt confident enough. This video helped me a lot! I think I'm definitely gonna give it a try this time. There are so less participation to the booktube community from India, so looking forward to this. Thank You Hailey.

just came across this video looking for tips yo get started, this is really constructive thanks! Also I love your book shelf 😍

Awesome video! I just watched Little Book Owl's video before your's and they're both so helpful to newbies. Thank you!

Thank you for the advice! I'm planning on starting a Booktube channel and this video is really helpful.

Your promotion piece of this video was so helpful! It's the part that I've been struggling with the most!

Thank you for making this video. So great and helpful. I actually found you from The Little Book Owl's video down in the recommended videos.

Hey I just found your channel and I subscribed straight away (no joke, oh and by the way I love the cheesy royalty free background music:) ) so now I guess I'll start book tube vids!

I love how you put this video up!! It really helps a lot. And I am glad you are mentioning this topic bc I’ve been wondering about it for a while. But could you soon do a video like this on how to get your name out in the bookstagram world on Instagram?

This was such a helpful video, I just recently got back into reading books and this video got me really excited about starting a book tube!

I appreciate the time and effort you put in into making this informative and useful video. Thanks, and I can't wait to check out more of your vids.

I just saw this and it is SO helpful! I'm about to start my own booktube channel and I have no idea what I'm doing :'D Thank you so much for posting this!

idk how but i just found you and can i just say, amazing video and personality aside, i love the arrangement of your books damn

This is so helpful, I'm gonna get my shit together, and I really need this, especially about professional background, mine is just soooooo scatty. Your energy is brilliant btw! Will also watch little book owl. Cheers!

thank you so much for this video,this was super helpful! I love booktube and I think it's important that you're passionate about what you're talking about in your videos and not un it for the subscribers like you said!

I've recently just started my channel, but this video is so helpful for improving my channel in the future! And I honestly love the background of this video - I wish my bookcase was this organised!

My sister and I are about to start a channel, and this stuff is definitely helpful for sure. Thankfully, I'm so into booktube, and so is she (and reading, we already do most of this stuff). We definitely appreciate and and all advice though, because hearing about people who have already figured all of this out, makes everything so much easier, you know? Plus, I just love hearing about how people started their channels, and how things have worked out for them, because i find that sort of stuff interesting. PS, your bookcase is gorgeous (I could never alter how I organize, because it's all by last name, but I love your rainbow)

This was super helpful! I've been thinking about starting a booktube, but I still have more research to do lol. But I finally started getting more books, and I totally understand with going crazy and ordering a ton of books from book outlet and all because that's what I've been doing and it's difficult to stop 😂 I'm pretty new to the whole booktube thing, although I loved reading, I never heard of booktube and I'm actually a pretty shy person so that's why I like never comment lol. Still I really enjoy your videos! And thank you for the tips in this one! 😁

I started BookTube this year and love making videos :) This was super helpful so thank you :) x

I'm just getting started on booktube and this video is immensely helpful. Thank you Hailey!

I loved what you had to say in this video. In one of your other videos, you said you were a Canadian and I didn't comment, but I wanted to now...I'm a Canadian too and I love all of the videos I've seen so far! Thanks for all the tips and I'll look out for your next video :)

I use the Canon t5i dslr too! Great quality! Thank you for doing this! I just subscribed and am already loving your channel!

Thank you so much, Hailey!! this was very helpful and gave me the courage to start booktube