Important

It may look like they're using custom characters animations but it's not. They just created a few pictures of their characters and animate those with simple animations that many editors can do in any editing software. So please don't let it scare you that these videos are way to expensive to create because of animations because they're not. You can simply create a character by using ChatGPT, OpenArt or any other AI that can create pictures. I tested this out and I personally like OpenArt the most because they have a option to create a characters in their paid option ($15 per month).

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How to find topics?

To find good topics in this niche, it's important to look closely at which books they cover because the book niche is very broad. The channel Pagely can actually be seen as a sub-niche since they focus on a specific type of book. The key is to stay within the same niche so that viewers are more likely to click on another video after watching one.

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For example, let’s say you see a video about Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, a book about a girl named Mare who discovers that despite her Red blood and lower-class status, she possesses a superpower that is usually reserved for the Silver rulers. To protect themselves, the King and Queen decide to marry her off to their youngest son, Maven. Now, imagine that the next video on the channel is about a biography of Ronaldo. The chances of the same viewers clicking on it are very low.

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That’s why it’s crucial to analyze what kind of books your competition is choosing and stick to that sub-niche. A great way to do this is by using ChatGPT. You can simply list the book titles that the competing channel has covered and ask what the common theme is between them. Based on that answer, you can then ask ChatGPT to suggest more books that fit within the same category. This will help you find new topics that are likely to attract the same audience. This is the ans

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The audience seems to love YA fantasy, romantasy, dystopian fiction, and dark academia. Here are some book recommendations that would likely appeal to them:

YA Fantasy & Romantasy

• A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas
• Throne of Glass – Sarah J. Maas
• The Cruel Prince – Holly Black
• The Shadows Between Us – Tricia Levenseller
• An Ember in the Ashes – Sabaa Tahir
• These Hollow Vows – Lexi Ryan
• Dance of Thieves – Mary E. Pearson
• Kingdom of the Wicked – Kerri Maniscalco

Dystopian Fiction

• The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
• Divergent – Veronica Roth
• Legend – Marie Lu
• The Selection – Kiera Cass
• Shatter Me – Tahereh Mafi
• Delirium – Lauren Oliver

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Comment section:

That aside, I’d definitely recommend checking the comments as well. This audience often engages so much with these types of videos that they enjoy suggesting topic ideas in the comments. It's also common that when books are finished, there are more parts, and you’ll find all that information in the comments.

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YouTube: On YouTube, there are some channels focused on book summaries, but none that do it quite like our competitor channel, Pagely. An example of this is the channel below. What's interesting to see is that their most recent video chose the same topic (Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros | Animated Summary) and it immediately performed well. This is yet another confirmation that if you want to start in this niche, the chances of success are definitely there.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JLyCgTXDD0OUJ2NAtQwQg

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Topic:

I first explored ChatGPT’s suggested book list and came across Caraval by Stephanie Garber. To see if this topic had potential, I searched for it on YouTube and found a brand-new channel with only two videos. Interestingly, their first-ever video was about Caraval—and despite having zero subscribers, it still managed to get 9K views. For a new channel, that's a strong indicator that there's demand for this topic. This confirmed to me that Caraval is a great starting point, which is why I decided to go with it. I’ll link the video below.