jenniferPagebound
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jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Re read feature
I have no precise idea what it would look like but I think it would be very useful to have a way to notify on Pagebound that you are re reading a book - maybe by creating a new shelf, a « re-reading » shelf? Or an entirely new button? The only way I can think of right now is putting the book in and out of the « finished » shelf. But then I donât know if it shows on the « book journey » that you started reading this book a second time.
jenniferPagebound commented on a post
Iâm new to this app, how do I find volume one? Interested to see it!
Thanks!
3jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Link Activity from People You Follow to Their Review
I would love if when I click on the list of people who have finished a book under "Activity from People You Follow" if I could then click on a user's rating and be taken to their review.
Right now we can filter reviews on a book's page to people we follow, but I would imagine as follow counts grow it could take a bit to find a specific person's review.
jenniferPagebound commented on a post
such an exciting collection of books, i canât wait to dig in! somehow o caledonia was not on my radar before and now iâm so stoked to read it
4jenniferPagebound commented on a post
Isn't the cover of Sugar by Mia Ballard AI art? And potentially some of the writing too?*
*please see the comments--this is all speculation at this point!
11jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I guess this is the best place to ask this?
Been wondering more and more why pagebound chose to use substack despite all it's known wrongs and supporting... Very very bad stuff*. Is there a reason the newsletter won't move to something like Ghost? So many people have migrated over to Ghost and it's been going very well apparently.
I love reading the newsletter, but would love to see less support for a platform that chooses to support some of the worst things there is.
*Edit since some were wondering what exactly: Substack themselves have said they will not remove or demonetise extremist, nazi, anti-vax, etc content from their platform because they don't believe in doing that. And they're more than happy to take their share of the money that content brings in. A lot of nazis who have been banned on like every social media found a haven on substack where they have massive platforms
33jenniferPagebound commented on jenniferPagebound's update
jenniferPagebound earned a badge
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Platinum: Finished 20 Main Quest books.
12jenniferPagebound earned a badge
Supporting* Women's Wrongs
Platinum: Finished 20 Main Quest books.
12jenniferPagebound commented on a post
Love love the name of this quest and so excited to start picking out some reads from here!
I have a couple of suggestions of books that fit this theme:
- Julie Chan is Dead, Liann Zhang
- Count My Lies, Sophie Stava
2Post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hi all, we just released Vol II of the Starter Pack Quests! The Starter Packs are intended to be guided challenges for the genre. Vol I includes a mix of extremely popular titles and books that are considered foundational, for both new readers and readers that are new to the genre. If someone were to say "I wanna get into Romance, where do I start?" Vol I would be the place to start!
Vol II is for those ready to dive a bit deeper past the blockbuster hits. These books are still popular but you'll find more diverse and niche titles in Vol II (we had a lot more wiggle room without the Vol I constraint of including certain authors and titles that are "cannon" for that genre!)
Hope you guys enjoy the new Quests :) PS - you can filter for Start Pack quests specifically on the Browse Quest page, and if you want to see just the new Starter Packs, you can sort by Newest
24jenniferPagebound commented on a post
Iâve been waiting for this one so bad.
Iâm so excited to dig into the recs, but especially The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi and The Jasmine Throne. both have been sitting on my mental TBR like soon⊠soon⊠and this just pushed them to the top.
thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for putting this together. genuinely such a fun, thoughtful list. fantasy readers are being fed today đ„čâš nomnomnom.
4jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
When I see "Activity from People You Follow" and some of them have DNF'ed the book, I would love to be able to click the map icon from there and see any posts leading up to the decision to DNF. Where is the map icon? I can never seem to find it.
Do I have to navigate to the person's page and then try to find it?
Sorry if it's very obvious.
EDIT: Turns out it doesn't work on the website, only on the app. Insert crying emoji here because I primarily use the website.
9jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Change auto-populated books in search
(Iâm on the app.) When I go to search for any book, I get a pre-populated list of books. They seem like a most-finished list, maybe? Among them are blockbuster YA books and HP. Seeing those same books over and over implies endorsement (even though I suspect it isnât). Would it be possible to change the list that populates? Maybe to the books with the most forum posts today so it directs people to the conversation? Or books that show up in the most lists?
Post from the Pagebound Club forum
We just released 32 new color variants of our current avatars, focusing on increasing the skintone range of our human-like avatars. Some of the more popular avatars, like the ghost, dragon, and alien, have more colors also :) We'll be coming out with more colors and brand new avatars soon!
98jenniferPagebound commented on fatedmates's update
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Fated Mates Book Club: Romance Books for Novel People
Ruby: Finished 50 Main Quest books.
12jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
35New Avatars + More Avatar Colorways
We're adding 5 brand new avatars and adding more color variations to our existing avatars. This will be an ongoing project!
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
33Additional tiered badges for Main Quests + book cap
We will enforce a 100 book cap on Main Quests and introduce additional badge tiers as Quests grow (example: Ruby at 25 books, etc)
jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I've noticed that in quite a few quests, it says that I have read more of the books than I actually have. For example, for the Achillean Across Genres quest, it lists 3 books as having been read, though I've only marked one as finished (this isn't the only quest that seems to do this). Does anyone know why this could be and has this happened to you? It's really confusing. Edit: I haven't been able to find any answers in the FAQ, either
3jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hi everyone! We dropped 5 new quests today, shout out to our Top Contributors who spent so much time curating the lists and reading voraciously in their niche to make sure the quest lists are unique, interesting, and emblematic of the theme!
We've seen when Quests are launched, the community chimes in with recs and opinions. Definitely have discussions about the list, but want to kindly remind everyone that the TCs put in a ton of work to curate the lists, and Quests are intended to be slow-growing (with mostly new releases; the work of curating backlist titles was done before Quest release).
Hope everyone enjoys the new Quests, we have some exciting Quest updates to launch very very soon! (new badge tiers....? đ)
36jenniferPagebound commented on a post
Not sure if this is the right place but just tell me and I'll remove it.
Like the title says when I opened PB tonight I had gotten the bronze badge for this quest, I didn't think much of it initially, just assumed some more books that I'd already read must have been added. Curious as to which book that could have been I opened the quest to check. But after double and triple checking I have still only read 4 books.
It obviously isn't a huge deal, I just feel bad about having a badge I haven't earned, and it is a bit of an odd bug. Has anyone else experienced it?
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