#109 - The Perfect Gift for Book Lovers! 🎁

#109

                            December 20, 2021

                #109 - The Perfect Gift for Book Lovers! 🎁

                        Gifting StoryGraph Plus, an update on buddy reads, our Instagram Live show with Isabel Allende, and what's on the roadmap for the rest of the year!

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#109 | 20 December 2021

The perfect gift for book lovers...

...if we do say so ourselves! 😌

Yes, that's right, you can finally gift StoryGraph Plus! 🙌🏾

We all know the stress of buying gifts for the reader in your life. Have they read this one already? Do they still like that kind of book? Did I spot this one on their shelves last time? 🤔

Instead of worrying, why not gift a year of insightful statistics, unlimited recommendations, suggestions on what to read next, and more?

Our machine-learning powered Up Next Suggestions feature comes as part of Plus, where we help you choose what to read next from your to-read list!

We've made gifting Plus fast and hassle-free — you don't even need a StoryGraph account!

Once purchased, you’ll instantly be emailed a redemption code that you can print or forward to your recipient.

Any last-minute shoppers out there? We got you! 😌

Psst. If you’re the bookworm who’s impossible to buy for, forward this email to family or friends. 😉

Since last time...

A lot more progress has been made with buddy reads, but there's still a way to go!

I'm very excited for the machine learning-powered extras we'll be adding. Don't have anyone to buddy read with? Fear not! We'll help with that!  And for Plus users, you tell us the people you want to do a buddy read with and we'll suggest the best books for the group!

In community news, we had our first ever StoryGraph Book Club live show. We discussed The House of the Spirits and the author herself, the legend that is Isabel Allende, joined and answered all of our questions! 🤩

If you've read The House of the Spirits, or don't care about spoilers, definitely check out the show!

Next two weeks

Well, the next issue of this newsletter will be published on January 3rd, soooo, based on what I said last time, the following has to be true:

Our 2022 reading challenges are live (hopefully launching these on Wednesday!)
Users are taking part in buddy reads in-app!
People are participating in our January Pages Challenge
Users can archive their reading challenges

I'll be reviewing our progress against this list next time! 😅

What I'm reading right now

I decided to pick up the critically acclaimed I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. I've only heard great things over the years and am about halfway through now. Absolutely chilling.

Have a great week and happy holidays,

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. :-)

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