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#126 - Giveaways!
August 15, 2022
Our Giveaways Beta Programme, improving the UX around adding books to reading challenges, and a viral tweet!
#125 - Repositioning Plus
August 1, 2022
Potential upcoming tweaks to our Plus plan, accessibility improvements, and our next Instagram live show!
#124 - What's left for 2022?
July 18, 2022
Some of our plans for the rest of the year, the new search results dropdown, improved resources for our volunteer librarians, and TikTok buddy reads.
#123 - What about the pageviews?
July 4, 2022
On our millions of pageviews, reaching a new user signup milestone, a not so nerve-wracking database upgrade, and an upcoming search dropdown.
#122 - Do we talk about Plus enough?
June 20, 2022
Posting about our paid plan some more, bug fixes, accessibility improvements, a potential mini redesign, and our next user milestone!
#121 - What's this TikTok thing all about then?
June 6, 2022
Venturing into #BookTok, audiobook tracking and stats, impending work on search and reading challenges, and our Instagram Book Club!
#120 - Stats V3 Soon...?
May 23, 2022
Looking ahead to upcoming stats updates, larger buddy reads, and an audiobook stats teaser! 👀
#119 - Not A Book
May 9, 2022
Our upcoming "Not A Book" concept, users being able to add in missing data, and impending work on audiobook tracking and stats.
#118 — Online Events and Giveaways
April 25, 2022
A fun online event we ran on Twitter the other day, some small product updates, and a trip to meet a friend and colleague... 👀
#117 - "Invisible" Work
April 11, 2022
What it means when you're focusing on behind-the-scenes improvements, on the road to one million signups, and viewing edition info on the book page.
#116 - 37x Better
March 28, 2022
On the power of daily marginal improvements, small UX changes with big impact, and delayed customer interview synthesis.
#115 - Sixty Percent
March 14, 2022
What happened with Early Bird renewals, social media polls, and working on how editions are displayed around the app.
#114 - Stats and Suggestions
February 28, 2022
The most popular Plus features, the co-founder reunion, impending Early Bird renewals, and the next instalment of our Instagram book club. 📚
#113 - Co-founders Reunited!
February 14, 2022
Seeing Rob in person once again, the launch of the 2021 Reading Wrap-up, customer interviews, and improving the user experience with book editions.
#112 - Cutting Costs
January 31, 2022
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
January 17, 2022
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!
January 3, 2022
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! 🎁
December 20, 2021
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...
December 6, 2021
The plan for the rest of the year, progress on buddy reads, and our new January reading challenge!
#107 - Product Polish
November 22, 2021
Dreams of making the product even more slick and intuitive, exciting new community features, and our first ever book club!
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