Bookworm Reads

track, recommend, and discuss your books

92 followers

track, recommend, and discuss your books

92 followers

Bookworm is a community-oriented, mobile-first alternative to Goodreads. Organize your books into shelves (finished, want to read, etc.), see what your friends are reading, recommend books to friends, and of course rate, review, and discuss books.

Free

Launch tags:Android•Social Network•Education

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This is a keeper, I've been using this app for 6 months now, and is that literary sparkly social media that I dreamed for so long.

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@pedrodlp thanks so much! I'm glad you like it!

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4yr ago

@ameliagoodman i have a new feature idea: i want to see an average rating of books based on my friends' ratings. i dont like in goodreads how every book has like 3.5 stars. but if i could see an average rating from my bookworm friends, i'd trust that way more

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@pedrodlp I love that idea! Totally agree about the average rating not always being useful/helpful. but I can see why you'd want to see your friends' ratings. i'll put that in my to-do list and let you know when it launches ☺️

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

hi friends, I’m Amelia and I am a BIG reader. For years, I've wanted a better Goodreads, but could never find any alternatives that I really liked. So I decided to build it! Over the past year, I've built Bookworm Reads all by myself. Bookworm is a friendly, beautiful, and Amazon-free way to track your books, connect with reader friends, and find your next read. Several beta users have said it is the “most delightful app” on their phone *blush* Some Hot Bookworm Features Include: 📈 Track & categorize your books into bookshelves 📚 Create your own custom bookshelves to organize your books how you want 🏆 Join community reading challenges: set a goal for yourself and get that dopamine hit every time you finish a book 💖 Recommend books to friends (and get notified when they read your suggestion!) 🔎 Search from every book ever published 💾 Import your library from Goodreads or Storygraph 🪲 Make new wormy friends And last, and arguably the best... 🧢 🐛 Dress up your wormy avatar Coming up: 🎁 Wormy Wrap Up (like spotify wrapped but for your books) Book questions for you: how do you currently track your books? How do you find books you want to read? Tech question for you: Any good tools or tutorials to build a newsfeed algorithm? Currently, bookworm shows all posts chronologically. The only tool I could find is getstream.io, which looked promising but I couldn’t get it to do exactly what I wanted. So now I’m working on building it myself... Would love any and all input. Add me @meelworm; I can’t wait to see what you’re reading! p.s- the coupon is for 5% off your first book purchase in-app 💝

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@meelworm p.p.s- free shipping on all book orders today and tomorrow!

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4yr ago

This is actually the app I have been looking for my entire literate life.... and i love the gorgeous UI! Can't wait to see what other features you build!

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@simona_bank thank you! i love sourcing new feature ideas from the community! Let me know if you've got any !

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4yr ago

@ameliagoodman my quantified self brain can't help but want to see some insights, although I do think over-focusing on these can sometimes mess with the intrinsic pleasure of reading -- what are my reading patterns? what time of day do i read most? how many minutes am I reading per week? another idea is having some sort of groups or forums to allow for easy digital book clubs for people with similar interests. users could be able to mass-recommend specific books to everyone in the "gothic horror" group. might be a way to foster new relationships through the app!

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@simona_bank LOVE it!! first part would be hard because you'd have to manually input minutes spent reading, etc. but i'm down to try it out. for the second one: i've been thinking about adding "tags" to books, so you could tag a book "gothic horror" and then search for that tag and then maybe there can be a discussion feature with that too? I like the idea and i'll keep brainstorming 4 sure <3 thanks so much for the ideas!!

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4yr ago

I LOVE BOOKWORM !! This app is an absolute delight, and it brings me so much joy every time I'm on it. It 100000% encourages me to read more (and I've heard other people say this too !!). I've found some of my favorite books by seeing what my friends have loved reading, and I love feeling like I'm in a community of wonderful readers !! Can not recommend this more, truly.

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@julia_dressel BOOKWORM LOVES YOU!!! I love hearing that you're reading more because of bookworm, what a dream come true! And hey, free shipping today and tomorrow on all books bought through the app!

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4yr ago

This app lowkey got me reading books again. I've always been a huge fan of stories but have spent farm more time on TV and videogames than I'd like recently, but bookworm creates a genuine community feel that has me turning pages once again! Thanks bookworm!

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@wuddlej you reading books got ME reading books! I read (and loved, and then recommended to others) the dispossessed per your recommendation! thanks russel tech coder boi gens!

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4yr ago

This app has changed the way I engage with reading for the better and has single-handedly motivated me to read significantly more since I downloaded it! Plus, it puts new and different books on my radar that I may not have otherwise encountered, expanding my worldview and pushing me to check out books that I might not have picked up on my own. This app has been nothing but a positive addition to my online life, unlike so many other apps out there. Plus, it’s so community-oriented, aesthetically pleasing, and user friendly! 11/10 would recommend to anyone - current book lovers and book lovers in the making alike 🐛

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@alice_harrison1 11/10!!! wow, i'm blushing!

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4yr ago

Bookworm is infinitely better than goodreads in just about every way possible. Thank you for creating this fun platform for book people everywhere. Worms 4ever!

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4yr ago

Bookworm Reads

Maker

@casey_eisenreich thanks casey! worms 4ever is right!!

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4yr ago

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