Die New York Times schreibt unter dem Titel «TikTok Sells a Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too.» über ByteDance als Verleger (danke an Marcella Haab für den Hinweis):
«As ByteDance launches a publishing company, many in the book world wonder if it will create an uneven playing field by boosting its own authors at the expense of others.»