Hi, I just wanted to ask if it would be possible to update the description of this quest and not use the term "British Isles" as it's not recognised or appreciated by a lot of Irish people. Saying Britain and Ireland might be better.

“British Isles?” And a title including “British and Irish” literature with just a British flag? This is pathetic. Ireland is not English nor does Ireland belong to the British. Get fucked

Imagine if we could read our ebooks WITHIN Pagebound?? Like, if we had an option to upload our own ebooks to our personal profile and open it within Pagebound (so basically to have an e-reader function).

My ideal version of this would have an ability to listen to the book, like for instance the app ReadEra where the automated voice reads the words, as I'm using screenreaders whenever I can. Also, it would be amazing if we could highlight parts of the book within pagebound as well.

This is me just putting my fantasy out into the universe! I know this would probably be technically challenging and I'm not trying to put pressure on the founders!

Chapter three really opened my eyes to all the twists and turns in how American law handles free speech. 😲 It's such a tightrope walk, with a strong drive to guard everyone's right to speak their mind on one side, and on the other, a solid grasp that some words can do real damage and must be reined in. I was shocked to find out that lots of those scary examples people throw around when pushing for tougher rules, like straight-up threats or bad harassment at work, are already covered by the laws they have.

The chapter also highlighted the big split between public and private spots. I never quite grasped how much freedom private groups or places have to make their own calls on what's okay to say. It's not just the government calling the shots on speech; loads of times, it's businesses or communities setting their boundaries, which throws in even more layers to think about. 😮

Comparing that to the sneaky, silly, and downright stifling rules popping up in the UK and across Europe these days, it's like night and day. 🙃 Over here, laws seem to creep in and squash speech under the guise of protection, making everything feel so heavy and restricted.🙃🙃

It makes me appreciate the American way even more, though I do wonder if those “emergency” carve-outs for free speech, meant for quick action when harm's looming, can keep up with how fast stuff spreads online now. Those rules came from a time when things moved slower and stayed more local, and sometimes I doubt if they're quick enough for today's viral messes.

Still, the chapter has me thinking hard about ways to tweak those ideas for the digital world without tipping the scale away from that crucial mix of freedom and safety that keeps democracy buzzing. Food for thought, my friends. Food for thought... 📖

Hey everyone! For a little over a month now (what is time, even?) a small, dedicated team of Pagebound Librarians have been amalgamating book entries - as in cataloguing all editions of the same book so they just have one spot on an author's list, and then you can change the edition by using that option on the book page.

This cleans up the author pages, making it much easier to browse their catalogue. Each Pagebound Librarian has been working away on their own lists (starting with authors who have books on quests they created/manage, then working their way out), and I've personally been making a game of picking random lists to process those authors, or using the books in the daily emoji category, or authors mentioned in Pagebound club posts, but now I want to open it up to all of you.

Are there any specific authors whose pages you would like to see catalogued sooner rather than later? If so, comment below so they can become a priority.

As a courtesy, please check the author page to make sure it hasn't been cleaned up already before suggesting your author. That'll make things go a lot smoother!

As a side note to my fellow Pagebound Librarians on this project - if you want to process any of the entries from users in the comments of this post, go for it! Just reply to that user's comment "I'm on it!" or something like that (but only do so if you are literally starting that author in the moment; don't try to call an author for later).

Happy reading, everyone!

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.

Just to remind everyone who already joined (and invite whoever wants to join still) that our buddy read will start soon. 😎

I'm thinking about starting on Sunday (19th oct) but the agreed date, if I'm not mistaken, was to start on the 20th.
Is everyone still up for it? Would anyone rather push the dates?

I'm so excited for thiiiiiiiiiis! ETA: The book we are reading is HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship by Nadine Strossen 🫶

English is not my first language and I have a question that’s been unanswered for years. 12:00 AM?? Does that mean midday or midnight 😭 I’d say midday but I’m not sure

I read this awhile ago but figured it would count for the read along haha

Thank you for creating this quest! I think it’s crucial for everyone to engage themselves in learning more about Feminism and what it actually means to be one.

However, I want to mention that one of the authors in this quest, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who admittedly is known for championing Feminism, has said some anti-trans sentiments in her previous interviews. more about that in here and here and here

But to summarize, she said previously that: • transwomen could not truly be women because they had experienced male privileges; • or that when questioned about her views if it’s right to say that ‘All Women are threatened by Transwomen’ but rather implied instead that it is different from saying that ‘Women’s rights are threatened by Trans rights’ which to her is arguably the truer statement out of the two.

She even supported and defended JK R*wling, known for being one of the biggest TERFs ever, when questioned about her anti-trans sentiments on her 2018 essay on sex and gender and deemed it ‘perfectly reasonable’.

I’m just sharing this for awareness to everyone before deciding on picking up her book. Personally, I don’t support Adichie (and R*wling) anymore and asking everyone to take this as you will but if you can, support other feminist authors that are far better deserving than these two.

This is not to discourage anyone from doing the quest but rather as another means to encourage more discussion about Feminism.

With that being said, still a huge thanks to @crybabybea for making this quest. Learning never ends :)