#152 - Bug Day
A day each week dedicated to fixing bugs and improving the product, slow progress and a teaser on an upcoming Plus feature, and new giveaway features!
#151 - The H2 2023 Community Roadmap
Highlights from the Community roadmap, an oft-requested feature that's finally live, and upcoming new stats options for Plus users. 📊
#150 - Personal Hackathon
A personal coding marathon weekend, features under the radar, improvements to giveaways, a collaborative short story, and a decades-old book rec.
#149 - 4 Million People!
Some TSG stats, updating screenshots on the landing page, an update on the software upgrades, and a new feature coming to giveaways.
#148 - (User) Actions Speak Louder
On my approach to building out a new Plus feature, upgrade slowdowns, and a fun social media experiment. 😄
#147 - Thank You For Your Trust
On the trust we've built up amongst users, onboarding flow improvements, and upcoming improvements to giveaways!
#146 - Your 2023 StoryGraph Community Features Wishlist
Building out the next phase of our community/social roadmap, more onboarding process improvements, and upcoming work on our recommendations!
#145 - Hit "Reply"
On reading and replying to this newsletter, new Plus stats, and a small, behind-the-scenes onboarding tweak.
#144 - An Excellent Onboarding
Improving our onboarding process, our visit to the London Book Fair, small accessibility improvements, and upcoming stats work for Plus users! 📊
#143 - To The Fair!
Visiting the 2023 London Book Fair, improving the stats dashboard, and making our Giveaways platform more self-service.
#142 - What's Right vs. What's Liked
What to do with our mood pie charts, the new giveaway entries dashboard, and upcoming stats work! 📊
#141 - Usability Testing: It Works!
On the success of our first go at usability testing, the launch of the streak feature, the upcoming giveaways dashboard, and our Instagram Book Club!
#140 - Is 30 Days Too Long?
On the duration of our Plus free trial, a lil' sneak peek of our upcoming streak feature, and the priorities for next week!
#139 - (A Bit) More Social!
Prioritising Community features (for those that want it!), a new user sign-up milestone, and the upcoming streak feature!
#138 - Phase 1 Complete!
On the reasoning behind our redesign, the launch of our redesign, and the reception to our redesign... 😁
From Light to Dark...Eventually!
On how long it's taken to implement dark mode for the app and website! But, it's coming soon...honest! 😅
#136 - New Year, Old Improvements
Handling high levels of traffic, the launch of January Pages 2023 and the 2022 Reading Wrap-Up, and the upcoming redesign! 🤩
#135 - A new community for book lovers!
Announcing our new Mastodon server for book lovers around the world and discussing all of the things we have to do in only two weeks! 😅 😁
#134 - T Minus Four Weeks
The large amount of work left to do in the next four weeks, progress with stats and usability testing, and our upcoming Instagram Book Club session!
#133 - Prizes Outside of the US
Getting in touch with your fave non-US authors and publishers and new stats for owned books!