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Kristián Kozák

Paperback - Simpler and tidier alternative to wiki pages

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Paperback is a simpler and tidier alternative to wiki pages. Instead of burying stuff in deep hierarchies, it lets you create concise lists with your links, files, and notes. Then, people can actually find what they need, instead of asking around all the time.

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Kristián Kozák
Maker
Hey everybody— Let me introduce Paperback. Paperback brings the simplicy and elegance of todo apps into team docs management. 🔥 The problem These days, it seems *the way* to manage docs in a team is a combination of complex wiki page hierarchy (in an over-engineered tool that implements every feature under the sun), combined with cloud storage. However, as a former team lead, one of my top problems was that people were not able to find stuff in such a setting. Everyone was asking around on Slack all the time, interrupting others 🤦‍♀️ 📖 The solution Paperback is a simpler, perhaps less glamorous solution to this problem: - It lets you add files, notes and links, all as first-class entries (hence, you can access your Google sheets right from the list, without searching notes for attachments). - Then, it limits nesting, opting for organizing lists into sections instead. This way, long lists stay organized, while you still see all the entries at once—instead of going back and forth in a messy page/directory structure in a narrow sidebar. - Finally, it adds powerful archiving functionality. Archived items are clearly indicated from their original spot, and easily reachable → you’ll actually use archiving and your lists will stay readable as a result. Now, obviously, this is the first version, so the app still has many rough edges. However, the concept has been working very well for us so far, and I would love to hear if it works for you as well 🚀 Thanks in advance for trying it out—let me know if you’d like a longer trial, plus there is a 40% discount code for early adopters above! Kristian
Ankit Sharma
@k_kristian congrats bro. But why not free plan there?
Kristián Kozák
Maker
@bochkovaleks Thanks, glad you like it, let's go! 😃🚀
Kristián Kozák
Maker
@ankitsharmaofficial Thanks, and good question! We were thinking about a free plan, but in the end decided against it. We are a small, bootstrapped company, and we do not sell the data of our customers for ads or any other purposes. Hence, payments from customers are what enables us to work on Paperback (and else) further. In the end, we decided to have only a paid option for Paperback in the beginning, to better judge how much traction it's getting and how people value it. We might definitely add a free plan later tho :-) That being said, if you are evaluating the product and would need a longer trial, let us know, we'd definitely be happy to provide that!
Ral Oz
UI Looks clean and interesting. I didn’t really understand the product being a “simpler and tidier alternative to wiki pages”. Can you improve your copy for clarity? Is this a tool for creating and managing lists or a knowledge base tool?
Kristián Kozák
Maker
@ral_oz Hi Ral, thanks for the feedback! Yeah, Paperback is a rather general tool, which makes it difficult to describe it well in the copy. I'd definitely like to improve on this :-) However, regarding your question—I think that "managing lists" and "knowledge base" are quite connected, at least for small teams/businesses, no? When I for example do some experiment and write up the results, the write up usually has some place somewhere in a project (= a folder/list), and should be stored in an organized manner, i.e. ordered among the other write ups (so the list makes sense and the write up can be easily found). And, if you need additional functionality that Paperback does not provide (a spreadsheet/presentation/bulk storage/whatever), then you can link to it from Paperback, but still store it organized in the same list, in one place (you can even access it directly from the list with one click then). Does this make sense to you?
Kristián Kozák
Maker
That being said, I realize that "simpler and tidier wiki pages" is probably not the best description of the product. It just seemed like the best way how to convey the value and connect it with something people already understand, instead of being too generic ("organize stuff in your team...") But if you have another idea that would work for you better, I am all ears!
Dagobert Renouf
Super clean product, well done 🔥
Kristián Kozák
Maker
Thanks, @dagorenouf ! 🔥
Farokh Shahabi
Nice & clean UI
Andew Slobodianiuk
Good luck! Well done!
Lukáš Řezník
Čistá a přehledná aplikace. Vidím trochu UI inspirace u Things3. :) Chybí mi možnost veřejného sdílení jednotlivých poznámek. Je to v plánu? Hodně úspěchů ✌️
Kristián Kozák
Maker
Diky moc! Ano, inspirace u kvalitnich (nekonkurencnich) produktu urcite byla, krome Things 3 muzete najit stopy napr. hey.com :-) Verejne sdileni v planu urcite je, pouze se nedostalo do uvodni verze. Tech planu je vice, napr. system notifikaci / activity logu je take jen hodne zakladni, to planujeme postupne polepsit :-)
Timm
Looks awesome! I also like the video. Do you mind sharing what you used to make it?
Kristián Kozák
Maker
@timm Thanks, glad you like it! Regarding the video—I tried to keep it as simple as possible and I tend to work on Mac most, so the beginning and end are done in Keynote (and then exported to video), the main material is just multiple screen captures with QuickTime, and then the whole thing is put together with iMovie (mainly for trimming it, the transitions, and then the Ken Burns zooming/panning effect on each of the individual shots, to make it a little more dynamic). There was also one earlier "even more dynamic" version which looked cooler, but in the end we opted for this one, which is slower and less cool, but does a better job in demoing the product (you have more time to actually see it :-)).
Samar Ali
Launching soon!
Its llok really cool, the UI is clean and easy to use!
Bohdan Shulha
Pleasant UI. Good luck with the launch!
Kristián Kozák
Maker
@bohdan_shulha thanks for the feedback, glad you like it!