I am over the moon to share that the app is officially live on both iOS and Android!!

We've quite literally poured our blood, sweat and (lots of) tears into the app development over the past 9 months and we could not be more thrilled for everyone to experience it!

We're still being indexed in app store search so you may have to scroll to find us, or type in Pagebound: Social Book Tracker. Here's links to iOS and Android: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pagebound-social-book-tracker/id6751526412 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.pagebound.app

There are quite a few improvements and new features in the app, including:

• Book Journeys (click the map icon on the book cards in your library and other user's library to see their posts, comments, and updates for a specific book)
• Quick access to "add to plan"
• Filtering your activity on profile
• Save posts
• upgraded Read Dates editing

This is the first release, so there will be many more additions and improvements to come. (PS for Android users: we're aware of two bugs related to library imports from Goodreads/Storygraph, and issues with editing read dates - these have already been resolved and are pending Google approval for release.)

We owe a huge thank you to our beta testers who worked diligently over the last month to report hundreds of bugs and help us get the app prepared for release. A huge round of applause to them.

We hope you love the app as much as we do; it definitely makes engaging on PB so much more convenient and fun. If you have a great experience with the app, we'd love if you'd consider supporting us through Pagebound Royalty; Lucy and I have worked for $0 over the past year to bring the app and website to fruition, and have been covering business costs with our savings accounts. Your contribution means we can continue to work full-time on Pagebound without influence from investors or advertisers, and keep Pagebound 100% for readers by readers. Thank you so much to all the Royalty who have already contributed; it truly means the world to us and keeps Pagebound online!

ok now go download the app and tell us what you think!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

PS - leaving us a review in app stores also helps tremendously :)

Well hello, it hasn't been long since I found out about pagebound and let me tell you I got ADDICTED Comparing to other apps and sites I have used the community, the variety and if I may say the "fashion" is wayyy more prominent and I have been enjoying it more than I could ever have anticipated

I had been a "Goodreads" user for five years now and I was pretty faithful to it, I lived for the annual voting round, the monthly lists and recently I was getting very into the monthly challenges It was a good start but this year I also had my ✨awakening ✨ let's say in terms of world issues and personal ethics So when someone mentioned that "Goodreads" belonged in Amazon and funded/fueled a billion dollar company that is starting to gain monopoly in books and not alone I tried to find something to replace it and that something was "Fable" I liked that it felt more personal, I joined many bookclubs, I preferred the reviews and rating system compared to GR and was very satisfied overall UNTIL the app really enforced AI into its functions and I could no longer support it

No I found "Pagebound" through Instagram as an alternative to be both and I have been very happy here 🪷💕 I guess what I want to say is I have been trying to find the best version of an ethical book space and has taken a bit of a toll on me, getting used to new functions and all

The community has been great, a big thank you to all of you 🩷🩷🩷

Very excited to announce that you can now download the app on Android!! Google Play approved us this afternoon :) we're still waiting on Apple and will make a big release announcement once both platforms are available.

If you're on Android, we'd love if you give us a download and leave a review. In typical non conformist PB fashion I do find it hilarious that we are available on Android before Apple; a karmic win for all our Android baddies.

Can't wait to see what everyone thinks of the app!!

I've seen comments that say things like "my feed is too busy, I hardly use it" or refer to feeds on the Discuss pages that I rarely visit. So where are some of your favorite spots on the site to be? Or maybe some features that you think are cool? (just to remind us all how great PB is!)

Want to hit your word counts while a small kitty cheers you on by playing imaginary percussion instruments in the corner of your screen every time you type? Here's Bongo Cat, a free game.

Its gammifying typing / clicking but I think its actually quite useful. A dev friend introduced it to me and its become a surprisingly good tool for focus sessions. You can earn customisations for your cat just by typing and clicking for set amounts of time and when applied to work/study, it can be really motivating.

I'm currently in a multiplayer lobby and have slammed out a number of job applications thanks to my kitty cheerleader, urged on by seeing the other cats ('humans') furiously drumming away.

Note: I am NOT sponsored by these Game developers nor affiliated with them in any way, I've just found this has some cute, useful applications and immediately thought of some of the people in this community 😊 I can remove this if its against any rules we have!

I struggle with my mental health 👎🏽👎🏽 it’s gotten so much better over the past few years, but every now and then your girl gets real low and can’t find joy in anything.

The worst part? I had just started a new read I was actually enjoying… and then the depression hit. I tried to keep going, but even reading, my usual safe space, just stopped working.

I’ve tried video games, puzzling, coloring, watching murder docs and other true crime things, but nothing’s making a difference. Then I got a bit neuro-spicy and the sound of my AC started driving me up the wall, so now I’ve got old faithful (Parks & Rec) running in the background for comfort noise.

What do you all do when joy is nowhere in sight? I know it’ll pass. It always does. But right now? Everything feels muted, and I hate it. So I’m hiding under a weighted blanket trying to out-vibe the void 😅

currently reading a book that has a bunch of footnotes and i’m honestly living for it! to me it’s so fun when an author uses footnotes to put their extra research or just little thoughts blurbs. that, or when it’s purely just extra info, i always feel so academic and like im reading a scientific paper almost.

does anyone else feel the same? are you someone who likes reading footnotes or someone who just blows past them? what are some of the best extra notes you’ve seen, if you remember any?

I'm getting Wednesday (the show) vibes from this. Honestly this would make a good show on Netflix.

so... do you guys have a hard limit on how many books you'll read at once? what is that number determined by? i somehow keep reading like 6 books at the same time and now i'm curious what other people do and how y'all manage!

i tend to just... borrow 1 book that has like no one waiting for it, 2 books of different genres that i can pause at any time and not feel pressure about it, and then the rest on top of that are whatever holds become available and i want to read them next. especially if it's a book that has been on hold for a looong time and i've been waiting quite a few weeks, i'll just go ahead and borrow it and collect my loans like a little gremlin.

...i also want to note that someone had mentioned in a previous discussion (i forgot who - if they show up or i remember, i'll add their user here!) that once you borrow a book on libby and make sure you have the book downloaded, you can go on airplane mode, return the book on a different device, and keep the book for however long you need to read it. i only just now did it because i amassed too many delicious books this time around, whereas the last time this happened i just devoured them fast enough before my loan deadlines. so thank you to whoever that was!