geoff: booktok is having a major impact on the book industry.ult fiction, driven by booktok, grew by 25% over the previous year. last year it grew another 8%. adrian: i think a lot of people hopped on tiktok, especially during the pandemic, because we were isolated. geoff: adrian cepeda, who owns a bookstore, has himself jumped into the world of booktok. adrian: this was a way for me to reach people again through books and recommendations and really try and talk to them again about what they wanted to see and what they wanted to read. geoff: cepeda says his own booktok videos, and others, ar driving sales at his store. adrian: the minute a booktok video goes viral, the sales in my store gup for that book. geoff: booktok has become the go-to platform for readers looking to find recommendations for books in all kinds of genres, not always in the mainstream. chioma: it's like a mini universe of books that is encompassed in a social media platform. geoff: chioma nwuzi, who goes by "chibereading" on tiktok, has 17,000 followers. chioma: you're going

and a look inside the growing world of booktok, the online space where book lovers are sharing recommendations driving book sales. >> tiktok can really, really make an author. it can be a new author, it can get off as it's been around for a while, a book that's been around for a long time, a classic, a brand new novel, anything.

i have heard people telling me that they are reading more because of booktok.if there is a lot of good and joy and positive that can be derived from the tiktok experiences. yes, there are bad actors who come in and post violated content and it's our job to remove them but the overall experience is a very positive one for our community. >> it's your job, to remove them, it's been said about the 41 days that that video stood up, addressing the chairwoman. >> after this i will go and look into the specifics of that. >> thank you. madam chair, i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. chair recognizes the lady from texas, miss fletcher, for five minutes. >> thank you madam chair, and thank you mr. chew for appearing today. it's been a long day but we are here to learn about a complex set of issues that relate to tiktok and how to address them. i think that is what we are hearing from colleagues on both sides of the aisle today, a real effort to grapple with the challenges that we see for national security, and for the safety and protection of american citizens. espec