jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
I noticed a couple sub-types missing when adding a book and it would be awesome if we could get them for more accurate cataloguing. c: Short Story for fiction (only noticed Novella and Short Story Collection that's similar) and Picture Book for both fiction and non-fiction (since Comic & Graphic Novel doesn't really apply).
jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
People who read digital and like to zoom in a lot making a 200 page book into 800 pages how do you guys keep track of the progression here?
Because if I write that the book is 800 pages to get the right % when logging my stats will think Iâve read 800 pages and I donât want that, since itâs not truly 800 pages.
Bc I think earlier they had a % button or maybe Iâm just hallucinating đ
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
hi, i noticed that the book id field is currently restricted only to isbn and asin numbers, so i wanted to request that an additional option be created for books that do not have either. i understand that this was likely to prevent media such as fanfiction or webtoons from being added to the database, but this also leaves out quite a number of books, such as older books that were published before isbn numbers were first used, which i noticed some others asking about in the announcement post. similarly, non-traditionally published novels such as webnovels, which make up the vast majority of genre fiction books in east asian publishing industries, do not have isbns or asins, instead using book ids unique to the platform they're published on. there's a rather big audience for these webnovels on pagebound already, so it would be wonderful if we could add and discuss the books we've been reading here too.
therefore, would it be possible to create a separate "book id" option that doesn't have a character limit? (the current isbn and asin fields are limited to either 10 or 13 characters.) this would then be able to accommodate as many different options as possible, such as "n/a" for books without any ids whatsoever. alternatively, two options could be added: one without a character restriction, and one for books with no id. thank you!
jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum
The new app version, 1.1.92, is available on iOS and Android! This includes a host of bug fixes and improvements, which I will list for curious minds at the end of the post, but we have 4 major new product updates:
Audiobook rating: For any book for which you marked the format as "audiobook" or "tandem", there is a new Audiobook sub-rating, which also appears on the Book page. This is your rating for the audiobook experience, and can help you decide which books to read on audio! As we gather more audiobook rating data, we can do interesting things like suggest top audiobooks.
Add a book to the Pagebound database: The process for adding a new book to the PB database has changed due to some unexpected restrictions from Goodreads. We used to be able to add books simply by dropping in the book's Goodreads URL, but now we have a manual entry form. We always intended to have a manual entry option, as often Goodreads data isn't great and we now have the flexibility to add books that are not on Goodreads. When adding a new book, please take care to read the instructions!! This is very important to keep the integrity of our database.
Genre Tags: With this new "add book" process, we have also introduced a Tag system for books. Right now, we are collecting Main Type (fiction, non fiction), Book type (novella, novel, essay collection, etc), Audience (adult, ya, etc) and Main Genre (Fantasy, Biography, etc). These tags are already available on the book page, however we only have data for newly added books at the moment! We will be collecting this data and adding more robust tags for subgenre and themes in the coming weeks. Really excited about this!! We can do a lot of cool things once we have genre data, like show pages dedicated to each subgenre and have genre stats.
Librarian Program: With the new manual book entry system and our new ability to tag genres (and soon: series!!), we are rolling out a Librarian Program. Librarians will verify user-entered book data, help us collect genre and series data for existing books, clean up existing book entries, and help deduping efforts (where we have more than 1 listing for a single book). Soon, we will have a way for users to flag missing or incorrect book info, which Librarians will also respond to. This is a volunteer program and an integral part of building Pagebound -- if you are interested in becoming a volunteer, you can check out the application here!
Thank you for you patience and understanding as we roll out these new processes!
As for additional updates in this release:
Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy đđ
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jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
With the addition of the tags feature assuming I understand it, I was wondering if there was a way we could tag discussion posts aswell and be able to control what genres we see, Im not a big fan of romance and I've seen some interesting discussion posts and lists that I've almost downvoted before remembering there are other people on the app more interested in such
jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum
The new app version, 1.1.92, is available on iOS and Android! This includes a host of bug fixes and improvements, which I will list for curious minds at the end of the post, but we have 4 major new product updates:
Audiobook rating: For any book for which you marked the format as "audiobook" or "tandem", there is a new Audiobook sub-rating, which also appears on the Book page. This is your rating for the audiobook experience, and can help you decide which books to read on audio! As we gather more audiobook rating data, we can do interesting things like suggest top audiobooks.
Add a book to the Pagebound database: The process for adding a new book to the PB database has changed due to some unexpected restrictions from Goodreads. We used to be able to add books simply by dropping in the book's Goodreads URL, but now we have a manual entry form. We always intended to have a manual entry option, as often Goodreads data isn't great and we now have the flexibility to add books that are not on Goodreads. When adding a new book, please take care to read the instructions!! This is very important to keep the integrity of our database.
Genre Tags: With this new "add book" process, we have also introduced a Tag system for books. Right now, we are collecting Main Type (fiction, non fiction), Book type (novella, novel, essay collection, etc), Audience (adult, ya, etc) and Main Genre (Fantasy, Biography, etc). These tags are already available on the book page, however we only have data for newly added books at the moment! We will be collecting this data and adding more robust tags for subgenre and themes in the coming weeks. Really excited about this!! We can do a lot of cool things once we have genre data, like show pages dedicated to each subgenre and have genre stats.
Librarian Program: With the new manual book entry system and our new ability to tag genres (and soon: series!!), we are rolling out a Librarian Program. Librarians will verify user-entered book data, help us collect genre and series data for existing books, clean up existing book entries, and help deduping efforts (where we have more than 1 listing for a single book). Soon, we will have a way for users to flag missing or incorrect book info, which Librarians will also respond to. This is a volunteer program and an integral part of building Pagebound -- if you are interested in becoming a volunteer, you can check out the application here!
Thank you for you patience and understanding as we roll out these new processes!
As for additional updates in this release:
Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy đđ
Post from the Founder Announcements forum
The new app version, 1.1.92, is available on iOS and Android! This includes a host of bug fixes and improvements, which I will list for curious minds at the end of the post, but we have 4 major new product updates:
Audiobook rating: For any book for which you marked the format as "audiobook" or "tandem", there is a new Audiobook sub-rating, which also appears on the Book page. This is your rating for the audiobook experience, and can help you decide which books to read on audio! As we gather more audiobook rating data, we can do interesting things like suggest top audiobooks.
Add a book to the Pagebound database: The process for adding a new book to the PB database has changed due to some unexpected restrictions from Goodreads. We used to be able to add books simply by dropping in the book's Goodreads URL, but now we have a manual entry form. We always intended to have a manual entry option, as often Goodreads data isn't great and we now have the flexibility to add books that are not on Goodreads. When adding a new book, please take care to read the instructions!! This is very important to keep the integrity of our database.
Genre Tags: With this new "add book" process, we have also introduced a Tag system for books. Right now, we are collecting Main Type (fiction, non fiction), Book type (novella, novel, essay collection, etc), Audience (adult, ya, etc) and Main Genre (Fantasy, Biography, etc). These tags are already available on the book page, however we only have data for newly added books at the moment! We will be collecting this data and adding more robust tags for subgenre and themes in the coming weeks. Really excited about this!! We can do a lot of cool things once we have genre data, like show pages dedicated to each subgenre and have genre stats.
Librarian Program: With the new manual book entry system and our new ability to tag genres (and soon: series!!), we are rolling out a Librarian Program. Librarians will verify user-entered book data, help us collect genre and series data for existing books, clean up existing book entries, and help deduping efforts (where we have more than 1 listing for a single book). Soon, we will have a way for users to flag missing or incorrect book info, which Librarians will also respond to. This is a volunteer program and an integral part of building Pagebound -- if you are interested in becoming a volunteer, you can check out the application here!
Thank you for you patience and understanding as we roll out these new processes!
As for additional updates in this release:
Thanks everyone and happy reading, Jennifer + Lucy đđ
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
Hi! I was wondering if itâd be possible to add more specific publication dates on the info page of each book including the month and day, since currently, all it shows is the year?
I think this would be helpful particularly for books published/publishing the current year so I could see when theyâre actually getting released or if they have been already so I know when I can plan on purchasing it, requesting an arc, etc. Right now I end up opening other apps just to check this or googling it but I would love to be able to see that info without having to leave Pagebound.
jenniferPagebound commented on a post


After reading Ace of Spades, I started to wonder⊠could Pretty Little Liars be considered dark academia?
jenniferPagebound commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
A few days ago, Goodreads made it impossible for software tools to read their web pages which broke our "Add a book" system. This came out of the blue for us, and we've been working hard to create a new system. The new Add Book form is now available on web only! We will be getting this out on the app ASAP, and I'll make a founder's announcement with more detail then.
This new system is a manual entry, so while it's not quite as convenient as entering a Goodreads URL, it does give you the ability to add books that are not yet on Goodreads :)
Happy to answer any questions!
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
I am from Germany and sometimes Books arent on Goodreads. So I canât add them to Pagebound. Is there a way to add new Books via ISBN or the Amazon Link?
Right now it is very frustrating to add all my TBR Books or wishlish Books because I have to request that book to be added on Goodreads and wait to add them here⊠So I donât use Pagebound as often as I would love to đ„ș
Post from the Pagebound Club forum
A few days ago, Goodreads made it impossible for software tools to read their web pages which broke our "Add a book" system. This came out of the blue for us, and we've been working hard to create a new system. The new Add Book form is now available on web only! We will be getting this out on the app ASAP, and I'll make a founder's announcement with more detail then.
This new system is a manual entry, so while it's not quite as convenient as entering a Goodreads URL, it does give you the ability to add books that are not yet on Goodreads :)
Happy to answer any questions!