#170 - There's not really much community...

#170

                            April 22, 2024

                #170 - There's not really much community...

                        On showcasing our community features, the V1 Book Clubs launch, and ongoing performance improvements!

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#170 | 22 April 2024

There's not really much community...

...is what people often say about StoryGraph on social media when recommending us to their friends and followers.

And while we still have a long way to go — easily find and invite friends, commenting on reading activity and reviews, public lists users can save/follow, and more — I'm hoping our new-look community page will start to change that perception:

And for our "I love StoryGraph because it's quiet and there's no noisy social stuff" users, keeping that feel for them will always be a priority!

Since last time...

V1 of Book Clubs officially launched! 🎉

In the last couple issues I've shared most of the highlights of the feature, but here's one big mystery feature I hadn't yet implemented since I last wrote to you:

That's right! We're using Rob's machine learning magic to suggest books tailored to your club's tastes, and the recommendations will keep getting better the more meetings you organise via StoryGraph! ✨

There was one last lil' extra touch I added before going live:

Click and add your upcoming book club meeting to your calendar. 😍 

You can read more about the feature on our Roadmap blog.

Next two weeks

Work has already begun on a bunch of performance improvements and the move towards distributed database architecture.

I also need to finish up work on the public readalongs page and develop the equivalent for buddy reads!

What I'm reading

I've always wanted to read an awards shortlist and form my own opinion and ranking in advance of the winner being announced and, in typical Nadia fashion, I've decided to do both the Women's Prize 2024 Fiction shortlist and their inaugural Nonfiction one. To that end, I'll be starting Laura Cumming's Thunderclap today (as I have just under eight weeks to read 12 books 👀 😅).

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. :-)

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