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Tome<\/a>, a book-tracking app and book lovers community, is closing its doors.<\/p>\n Built on the back of the sizable and influential BookTok community \u2014 creators who discuss and review books on TikTok \u2014 the app offered readers a place to chronicle and rate their books, get recommendations, and even add photos of things like favorite quotes or memes, or share playlists that match the book\u2019s vibes.<\/p>\n The app was one of many that caters to a growing demographic of Gen Z readers who create book-related content on social media \u2014 a group that began mainly as women promoting their favorite \u201cromantasy\u201d titles, but has since grown to include readers of all types.<\/p>\n But the space to leverage that community to take on the still-reigning book-tracking champ Goodreads<\/a> may be a bit too crowded now. Tome, for instance, had to compete against several other book trackers with a similar vibe, such as Fable<\/a>, Margins<\/a>, Bookly<\/a>, StoryGraph<\/a>, Bookmory<\/a>, Pagebound<\/a>, TBR<\/a>, and others. (TBR\u2019s app not to be confused with the book recommendations site TBR<\/a>, which is also shutting down in June!)<\/p>\n In a blog post announcing<\/a> the closure, Tome hints at the competitive landscape, noting that its community of 100,000 readers wasn\u2019t able to reach the scale needed to keep up with the expense of running a social app that supported memes, GIFs, and video. The company said that in the end the service \u201cwasn\u2019t financially viable to keep running.\u201d<\/p>\n Tome said that the app will officially shut down on May 29, at which point it will stop working as the servers will have been shut off. The website will also shut down on the day, the company said.<\/p>\n The post also advises Tome users on how to download their data, including posts and images and a spreadsheet of their reading updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n