Similar to the feature request to be able to search our own shelves, I would also like to be able to search other people's shelves as well. For some very specific context, whenever I see a post asking for recommendations, I like to go to that users profile and do a quick skim through their Finished shelf with an eye out for any books that I also have marked as Finished; if I see that they haven't read the book I want to suggest, then I can feel confident recommending the book knowing that it's a fresh suggestion. However, if they have read hundreds and hundreds of books then it's tedious and I'll just give up and throw my recommendation into the world regardless.

I'm not sure if this feature would fall under the existing request to search our own shelves, so please reject as duplicate if it's already going to be included!

I wish we could be able to search within our library sections such as TBR. I have over 1000 books on my TBR for example so it's hard to remember which I have added and which I have yet to the list.

On desktop, select multiple books from a status or custom shelf in your library to batch-edit

would it be possible to implement a share option for reviews on web from the [...] drop down? share is currently an option on posts and comments on web and on posts, comments and reviews in the app. it would appear at the present time the only way to get a review link is to open it in it's own page and grab the link from the address bar. i would appreciate a fewer clicks option of being able to grab a share link from the [...]!

Love the app guys. Currently I'm use custom shelves to track my romance book tropes & micro-tropes. Over time, the list has grown into 150+ private custom shelf which are trope-based shelves, and managing them has started to feel difficult as the list gets longer.

At the moment I'm facing a bit of difficulty:

1. The shelf list is very long and requires a lot of scrolling.
2. There’s no scrollbar limited to the list items/shelf section/custom shelf section within the library.
3. There’s no way to search within custom shelves or lists items within the library
4. There are no sorting or filtering options within custom shelves or lists within the library

I wanted to suggest a few improvements that could make this much easier:

1. A scrollable shelf panel instead of full-page scrolling, meaning a scrollbar for the custom shelf panel within the library, so we don't have to scroll so much.
2. A search bar to quickly find custom shelves or list items within the library.
3. Filtering options for private shelves/custom shelves or list items within the library
4. Sorting options/Filtering options for private shelves/custom shelves or list items within the library, such as name (A–Z / Z–A), date added, or book count, ascending, descending.

Would you guys please consider expanding the existing custom shelf system to support searching, filtering, and sorting? This approach would greatly improve trope tracking/custom shelf tracking for readers who use shelves heavily.

Thanks so much for all the work you put into Pagebound and for being open to user feedback!

Hi!

I was wondering if there was a way we could create a new shelf as we’re sorting books we’re looking to read.

For example. I’m looking through lists and I found a book I like. I go to update my status as interested and then I see all my shelves that are already created. BUT at this point in the process I’d like the option to create a NEW shelf called “Books From Cool List” because that’s not currently a shelf in my shelves.

But I don’t see a way to do this (on the app) and so I’d have to go out of the book, go to my library, create the shelf, and then go back and find the book I was looking at from the cool list.

So could there be a way to create the new shelf as I’m already in the process of setting my status? Like at the bottom of the shelves, an option that reads “create new shelf”

I hope this makes sense 🫣. Thank you!

Really tiny request and not sure fully if it would work so if it’s a no that’s 1000% okay!

On the picking format options is there a way to incorporate library books? I know some libraries have physical, audio and ebooks own so I don’t know if this would go along and maybe it’s opening a can of worms of minute detail that doesn’t need to be opened!

However just curious if there was also an option to included a library option, I’d like to track which books I’m getting from there which I’m doing with my shelves atm and it is working as a good method anyway. As said unsure if it would open a can of worms as then maybe it would also need to have a “Own by Me”, “Borrowed of a Friend” and then a “Library Lend” or if it can just be a library option along side the physical/digital/audio/tandem?

Unsure though if having it next to the current options it would affect how you pull the stat data but just a minor request to try incorporate the library more! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Thankyou for all the amazing work already done!

Quality of life update: when you move a book to "reading", "re-reading", "finished", "dnf", you'll see options to update the start date, finish date, tracking mode, format, and length right in the status update modal.

If the book is in "reading" or "re-reading", you'll see an option to edit these details in the status update modal

This might be very niche for me, but I like to read my books in multiple formats as I’m reading. I usually start with the physical book (nothing beats the smell of a book!) but I do that before work. I might swap to the audiobook while I’m working so I can stay absorbed in the story and not hate the soul crushing state of late stage capitalism more for keeping me from my true love (reading). Then I might go back to the regular book after work, or if it’s a big fantasy I might swap to the ebook as well because holding it is awkward and I don’t want to crack the spine. Because of this longwinded story, I track my reading here based on percentage complete, and I don’t really know how many pages I read or minutes I listen to books. But I’d love to see what that equals out to. I figured since I can’t log these swaps (and idk how that could be done) seeing the equivalent of total pages/minutes read at the monthly/annual wrap ups would be really cool!

I really enjoy the search by emoji function on the website, and I’d love to be able to do the same on the app.

This is a request stemming from the accessibility club discussion post. The main request is for the webpage to include a dark mode/high-contrast mode option for accessibility. But if that takes a lot of time, could users get better compatibility with dark mode/high-contrast browser add-ons until an official dark mode/high-contrast mode is created?

Users shared that browser dark mode/night mode add-ons did not work well with Pagebound's website. Certain images do not change into a dark mode alternative. For example, the pastel-gradient wavy design that fills the top-right half of the Feed webpage and the fuzzy colour image behind the "Discover", "Books" button, "People" button, "Quests" button, and "Lists" Button on the Discover webpage. I've attached a screenshot below of the main feed webpage in the default dark mode settings to show the compatibility issues. This is on Google Chrome with the Dark Reader extension.

Many users with accessibility needs use the webpage on their phone's browser at the moment, so improving the website's compatibility with add-ons will help users even if they don't use dark mode. Some of the add-ons used include dark mode, GIF stoppers/pausers, and bionic readers. I would also like to add that dark mode doesn't necessarily mean a black background with white text, but rather focuses on contrast and, overall, a muted colour palette. Obviously, a dark mode will not help all disability needs, but the choice will be greatly appreciated.

🔗Example of a Website with a Migraine Mode The toggle button is on the top banner next to the search area on the website and can be accessed by clicking the top right corner and scrolling to the bottom on a phone browser.

Thank you!

First, I want to acknowledge that I’m not sure how feasible this request is from a development standpoint. I also tried looking through the existing feature requests, but if this has already been suggested, I apologize for the duplicate.

As someone who is becoming more active on Pagebound, my notifications can quickly grow into the hundreds. While I love seeing the engagement on my posts and comments, I don’t necessarily need to open every individual like or upvote notification just to clear it.

I currently scroll through and ignore them to focus on the comments, then “mark all as read” after. It would be incredibly helpful to have a “Mark all likes/upvotes as read” option. That way, I could quickly clear engagement notifications and focus on comment notifications and conversations that need a response.

I think this would be a great quality-of-life feature for active members who receive a high volume of notifications. Thanks for considering it!

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this. I looked through some of the requests but didn't find anything. If possible, I thought it would be cool to see our top 2-3 authors for the month/year in Stats.

I enjoy seeing data like how many days, pages read, average rating, etc., and thought it might be nice to quickly see if there are any authors I read a lot of. I don't usually pay attention to that while reading, but after a conversation with my friends, knowing theirs, I got curious about my own top authors.

I think it would be helpful for any readers wanting to keep track of that info, just to know or share with others.