Make the comment section look like we're locked into a big 5 book publishers head quarters (doesn't matter which one) and we have all the passwords to everything 👀

on this day, the day of my level 9 birthday, i ask you to once again share with me (and everyone else) a gif that encapsulates your feelings about your current read!

okay. me first:

and:

can’t wait to see yours!!! 🩷

Neurodivergent here and the past few years, I've only been able to listen to audiobooks while also doing something else. Unfortunately, there are quite a few books I'd love to listen to but don't have audio versions. I'm curious if anyone has any text to voice/audio options they like? I tried Speechify and wasn't crazy about it and same with Alexa and Google. I know it's probably a long shot that there's anything better out there but just thought I'd ask. TIA! 🥰

Quests, created by Top Contributors, are such a labor of love, and there's so much time and effort put into research and curation. As Pagebound grows, we have been brainstorming sustainable ways to create more Quests that the community is eager to see. We're trialing a new idea for a community-voted Quest, inspired by a List.

How this will work:

1. Royalty members can nominate a List (their own or any community List) that would make a great starting point for a Quest. Royalty members will receive a notification tomorrow + an email with a link to a form to fill out by EOD March 31st to nominate. The form will include context about what makes for a great Quest.
2. The entire Pagebound community will then vote on which nominated List will inspire a Quest. Everyone will receive a notification on April 1st with a link to vote.
3. The creator of the winning List will be able to accept/reject.
4. If they accept, we will create a Quest inspired by their List, adapting the title & book list if necessary to fit Quest guidelines (for example, if a List has 20 books, we will reduce it to 15 for a Side Quest; if a List includes all 7 books of a series, we would put book 1; all books from the Quest would come from the original List curation). In the Quest description, the List creator will be credited and their List linked. The resulting Quest could be either a Main or Side Quest, but it will not be open to book additions since there will not be anyone actively maintaining the book list (similar to when a Main Quest hits its 100 book cap and is closed to further additions).

We hope this idea will encourage quality List-making, give the entire community a voice in Quest creation in a sustainable way, acknowledge our Royalty supporters, and result in more diverse Quests. We think it can be a fun community-building activity! That said, we will see if this trial achieves those goals before deciding if and how often we'll repeat it.

Thanks for helping us trial and your open-minded participation! Jennifer & Lucy

hello all! recently swapped over to here from pagebound via recommendation from some danmei readers I know, and I'm hoping to meet the rest of the community here. I'd love to be mutuals if you read any amount of danmei!

Hot take: Books should have a Netflix-style model, uk one subscription and unlimited access to ebooks. No paying per book, no credit systems like audible, just read whatever you want, whenever you want. So why isn’t this the norm already? And would it actually make reading better—or quietly ruin it?

This is a light hearted question, i just want to hear everyone's opinion

p.s. thank u everyone for replying and sharing their views. Now that u guys pointed it out, i do see why things are the way they are, It's really nice to hear other opinions and increase my knowledge as an 18 yr old in a 3rd world country. I love the ideas of the Library but unfortunately in my country there are rarely any Libraries which actually have a decent book collection of the modern books hence, it is really surprising and amazing to hear that u yall have access to anything u want (mostly) and local bookstores are also rare. The main thought process behind this post was around the idea tht there are many people who want to read books but cant afford them in this economy so why cant we make it more accessible to people and also tht production cost of a movie is way more than a book but like i see everyones point.