ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, appears to be expanding into the publishing business. The company has listed a number of open jobs in the “online publishing” department in recent weeks, and a ByteDance subsidiary recently filed a trademark for 8th Note Press. A spokesperson told PL that the initiative is not related to TikTok and that ByteDance is always exploring new opportunities. The trademark application states that 8th Note Press expects to offer print books, ebooks, and audiobooks in fiction and nonfiction, as well as an app to buy and read the books. Unsurprisingly, social networking is part of […]