BlackRose2400 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Heeey everyone on Pagebound! I've just got to share this cool find with you all – Steven Reese and his newsletter called Read Your Colour. It's all about getting book recs that really fit how you like to read. 😂📚
So, the idea is super simple: you take a quick quiz to find out your "reading colour" – like, what kind of stories light you up inside. Are you into deep thoughts, wild adventures, or something totally offbeat? He sorts readers into colours and then shares recommendations that match each one. I tried it and apparently I'm an orange reader. I have been getting his newsletter for a couple of months now, and it nailed my love for big fantasy worlds without any mushy stuff.
If you're keen to try, hop over to the quiz here, it's super fast! Then you can subscribe (free option) to his Substack for weekly book ideas tailored just for your colour.
Just to be clear, I've got zero affiliations with him or anything, no sneaky promo here. I just think it's a great way to discover new, unexpected reads. Happy reading! 🌈✨
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BlackRose2400 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
how long is too long between author book announcements and release dates? more and more i am seeing the gap getting larger, and i beg the question, why?!
IMO up to 3 months is perfect. 3-6 months mmm ok i can possibly get behind it. 9 months!!!??!?? or MORE????? are we cooking a baby here??? i want the book NOW🧑⚖️
anything more than 6 months, to me, feels like a publicity stunt. and frankly, i am tired of seeing book teasers floating around and then see a release date of july-2026. girl WHAT. sure, you want to promote the book so people get excited (fully understand this!!) but annoyance creeps in and perhaps by the time your book FINALLY releases, i’ve lost interest or simply don’t care. it can live on the TBR forever 🙇♀️
is there anyone here in publishing? what is behind the long delays? if you’re planning to release a book so long in future, why release the date now? general reader thoughts welcome. please call me out and educate me if im being ignorant.
thank you for listening to my TED talk 🤧
EDIT: this is specifically for first in a series books or new authors with their first book. time between announcement and release for books within a series, i can understand the gap! :)
BlackRose2400 commented on a post
Let me know what your favorites are from this and I will add more volumes to the collection!
So far my favorite is Kuma Kuma Kuma & Sword Art Online!
BlackRose2400 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
BlackRose2400 commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum
Another quality of life update! You can now select which edition of a book you are reading, which will update the book info in your library. This is most relevant for changing which book cover shows up in your library, or changing the language edition. We get asked all the time about changing book covers, so I'm happy to report this is finally an option! The edition page will also show you additional data like publisher and page count.
This does require an app update if you are on the iOS/Android app.
We've been working with a few volunteer librarians to combine language editions on Pagebound and are making steady progress "deduping" popular authors. This is a necessary process to make sure we have one forum per book, and also ensures if you read a book in say Spanish, the English version is also marked "finished" and you get credit towards any Quests, Readalongs etc. Deduping will also make Search and navigating the author pages easier.
To change the language/edition of a book, click "View All Languages & Editions" on the book page (next to publish year above the book description). You'll see a list of all available editions, and can swap from that page. Your chosen edition will reflect in your Library.
Combining language editions is a monumental task, so we appreciate your patience as me, Lucy, and our volunteers work through it all!
Another fun update: we brought the "Featured Emoji" to the Discover Lists page!
We're still working on home feed updates and will be back soon with more updates :)
Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy
PS: if you're curious how deduping works: When language editions are combined, it just means that there is one Book/forum per listing, but the "deduped" editions are still available on the editions page. All reviews and forum posts that were on the deduped book will now show up on the main Book page.
BlackRose2400 commented on a post
I think this is a completely new to me genre and I’m looking forward to exploring some of these books.
BlackRose2400 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I was wondering what everyone's thoughts on novellas (that are part of a series) are? Personally, when I find a new series to look into, I've noticed my brain automatically just filters out any books with a .5 - I use Goodreads to see the order of books and how many there are - and look for the main books. I think I might read a novella if I LOVED the main story, but whether they follow side characters (even if they're my favourite) or elaborate on the main, I'm just not typically interested. Like, I don't feel a NEED to read them.
Do you always read them? Do you skip? Depends?
BlackRose2400 commented on a post
I was not even halfway to the book and I will be DNFing it. Like maybe I'm not vibing with the book at the moment, or maybe I'm not really emotionally invested for now. And it saddens me because I see potential in the story.
Maybe I'll give the book a shot next time, who knows. But for now, I'm DNFing it 🥹
BlackRose2400 commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
à la the PB review page that prompts you to pick 3 emojis to describe a book, what 3 emojis would you use to describe yourself? I feel like the book emoji is a given so maybe avoid that one (or don't I'm not the emoji police) 📚
Mine would be 🤓📻☕
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