#112 - Cutting Costs
More efficiently serving our book images, a status update on the end-of-year wrap-up, and starting customer interviews with our Early Bird customers.
#111 - Maximising User Happiness
Changing features to optimise for user happiness, a new user number milestone, and the continual work on the app's performance and stability.
#110 - Made it!
Record visitor numbers, a review against last issue's checklist, and the impending shifting of gears into product polish.
#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!
#108 - Four Weeks Left...
The plan for the rest of the year, progress on buddy reads, and our new January reading challenge!
#107 - Product Polish
Dreams of making the product even more slick and intuitive, exciting new community features, and our first ever book club!
#106 - Where's your FAQ?
Why we don't have an FAQ, a snazzy new landing page, what we're working on next week, and a call for more volunteers!
#105 - No Strings Attached
The thinking behind our no-strings-attached free trial, an update on a long-running piece of work, a lil' teaser, and a fun weekend of calls!
#104 - Going down the right path?
Reflecting on our upcoming community updates, solved progress tracking bugs, and a mini update on customer interviews!
#103 - Why did you subscribe?
On why users pay for the product, our huge user number milestone, the incoming new version of similar users, and help needed to flesh out buddy reads!
#102 - When Search Disappeared
What happened when our search function suddenly stopped working, an overview of recent stats updates, and what's on the agenda for the next two weeks!
#101 - Quietly Social
An upcoming new social feature, updates to the stats dashboard, and a customer interviewee request!
#100 - A Trip Down Memory Lane...
Celebrating 100 issues by looking back over past highlights, discussing our most exciting feature release yet, and looking ahead on the roadmap.
#99 - Going Viral on TikTok
A midnight phone call, topping the App Store charts, improvements to our Goodreads import, being featured in Bustle, and a request for help!
#98 - Climbing Conversion
Making it more obvious we have a Plus plan, passing a quarter of a million users, a cool media mention, and upcoming features.
#97 - Challenging Amazon in the App Store
Charting alongside Amazon-owned apps in the App Store, an updated similar users algorithm, guidelines for recommendations, and compatibility issues!
#96 - Slow-paced, please!
Some people love a slow-paced book, an online controversy, and planning for upcoming new features!
#95 - Two Point Five
Working with a small team, a user number milestone, a great monthly conversion rate, and machine learning model updates!
#94 - A Nice-to-have Problem?
When your free product satisfies the needs of most customers, more user research, and behind-the-scenes work to make the user experience even better!
#93 - Slow Feedback
What it means when machine learning is a key part of your product, showcasing the redesign, and selling more Plus subscriptions.