#107 - Product Polish

#107

                            November 22, 2021

                #107 - Product Polish

                        Dreams of making the product even more slick and intuitive, exciting new community features, and our first ever book club!

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#107 | 22 November 2021

Product Polish

Following on from the last issue, I cannot wait for the day when all core functionality is intuitive, slick, and a joy to use.

Lately, the focus has been on new features (see below for the latest exciting update... 👀), and there are a handful of other things on the roadmap for the rest of the year, but after that we want to take some time to focus on enhancing the awesome functionality we already have.

Adding books to reading challenge prompts is something people often find clunky! 😅 

This was originally a product goal for the end of the year, but with 6 weeks to go it's looking more like a focus for January! 😆

Since last time...

We've been talking about upcoming Community changes for a while now, but the ability to add Friends on The StoryGraph is finally here! 🎉

Shall I leave him hanging? 🤔

The thing we're proudest of is that if anybody doesn't want to enter the world of friends and friend requests, if they do nothing (i.e. don't toggle any of the new settings), then nothing will change. The product will operate exactly as before! 😁

We also now have a way to send in-app broadcasts to users, further reducing our need to send emails (of which we currently send so few anyway)! 🙌🏾

Stay tuned for the first one later today. 😌

Next two weeks

The next big feature is buddy reads! We really want this out before the end of the year, so let's see what the next couple of weeks has in store. 🤞🏾

Hopefully we recruit 100 more volunteer librarians too!

If you'd like to find out more about this low-/no-commitment way to help us to improve our book data, please drop us a message at support@thestorygraph.com. 🙏🏾

(We're not accepting reapplications yet!)

What I'm reading right now

Later today I'll be starting The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende for our first ever book club (run on Instagram).

I'll also be interviewing the author live on December 18th at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GMT, so definitely save the date and get involved if you can!

Have a great week,

Nadia

P.S. Know somebody who's an avid reader or would enjoy following along with this journey? Please do forward this email to them! Thank you. :-)

Haven't tried The StoryGraph yet? Check it out today!

Love the app? Consider upgrading to our Plus plan!

Want to volunteer? Apply to be a Librarian!

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