#63 - Money, Money, Money... Part 2
How is The StoryGraph funded? How will it make money? Will there be ads? Also — why did we get a spike on Saturday? So many questions! All answered. 😁
#62 - PMF? Not yet!
How we know we haven't yet reached product/market fit and how the site seems to be struggling a little with all the new books! 😅
#61 - This is probably really difficult...
On not filtering your feedback and feature requests based on perceived difficulty, 60k new books on the filter menu, and an upcoming OFY update! 🤓
#60 - Since you're seeking feedback...
On continually looking for user feedback and announcing our new homepage! 🤩
#59 - Fast Enough?
On whether The StoryGraph is moving too slowly, site upgrades past and future, and the relaunch of the Librarian volunteer programme!
#58 - Recommending or Sorting or Both?
On making "Ordered for you" clearer, and how importing books and finding your friends on the site is now much easier. Oh, and we passed 30k users! 🎉
#57 - Caught up!
We've fully caught up! This issue explains how we did that and what's up next this week, including a feature a lot of y'all have been asking for! 😇
#56 - The Alternative
On focusing on our core differentiator and upcoming improvements to search. Also, an update on how we're catching up with our new, large user base!
#55 - The StoryGraph Explodes!
How a series of tweets at the beginning of last week led to wild user growth and how we're still playing catch-up! 😅
#54 - A Path To Monies?
We discuss a potential business model as well as upcoming improvements to "Ordered for you" and the filter menu. Also — we hit 1k users! 🎉
#53 - When Your Customers Sell For You
Customers pitching the product of their own accord and working away behind-the-scenes to make the site work better and faster!
#52 - Happy One Year Anniversary, Newsletter! 🎉
Reflecting on a year of newsletters and an update on our plan to spread the word about the site more widely!
#51 - Read With Us!
Join in with today's May Bank Holiday Readathon! Also, exciting news: Goodreads imports are now completely self-service from within the website! 🥳
#50 - Putting TSG Out There
Is it time to start engaging with discussions about there being no great Goodreads alternative? Also — "Ordered for you" is now available for all! 🎉
#49 - A Little More Polish
When the rough edges on a beta site start to grow in importance. Also, news of "Ordered for you" feedback and developments!
#48 - Please, Tell Us!
On the necessity of us hearing all feedback and pain points from our users, the release of monthly stats, and fine-tuning "Ordered for you"
#47 - Reading At Home
A feature that's helping during lockdown, another feature that we're furiously iterating on, and a final feature that's hopefully coming this week!
#46 - Goodbye, Personal Recommendations!
Why we've finally shut down our personal recommendation service and what we're focusing on instead.
#45 - Fighting Behaviour
On whether we keep our personal recommendation service around and our new "Recommended for you" sorting tool.
#44 - Personalisation V1
Our 'Personalisation V1' roadmap: Private profiles, following users (not in a social network way!), and ordering results to find your next read!
