Bookself

The social reading app 📚💬

23 followers

The social reading app 📚💬

23 followers

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Discover, collect and discuss your favourite books. Follow friends, like-minded people, experts and authors. Share your thoughts: comment or join live chat channels to discuss with other readers. Read and listen to free audiobooks and ebooks.

Launch tags:Android•iOS•Books

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Sweet to see there's a way to import books from Goodreads! Will there be a dark mode for the app? One of my pet peeves about Goodreads is the inability to order books when browsing a to-read shelf. Is this available in Bookself? Thanks for the app so far!

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7yr ago

@miles_scherrer it seems the Goodreads import throws me to https://bookself.app/undefined and the main window just says "Stacking books..." Is it OK or is this a bug? Would be great to see a progress indicator.

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

@niklaspivic666 Thanks for great feedback! Yes we aim to expand the dark mode to the full app, currently it is only available while reading ebooks. As we launch premium audiobooks and ebooks, this should be in place. You can actually rearrange by Trello-style drag drop on our web app. We aim to extend the drag drop sorting to mobile and add some other sorting options too, just trickier to implement!

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7yr ago

@miles_scherrer is there a way to refresh a page? I am checking out my profile in the app (Android) and there's no way to do it, it seems. I've added a book to my reading page via the web but it's not viewable via the app.

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7yr ago

@miles_scherrer Thanks a lot! How's the Goodreads import coming along?

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

As the import is currently web only, make sure that you are logged in also in the browser when syncing. We will look into improvements overall here!

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

As almost everything about Goodreads is broken, readers do not have a great community to discover, recommend and discuss books while authors lack a good channel to interact with their readers. Readers hack other social platforms like #bookstagram-ers do on IG, #booktube-rs do on YouTube or move the discussion to Reddit. But these platforms are not built for books. This is why we built Bookself.app. Currently we are a drop in replacement for Goodreads and over the coming months we are launching premium audiobook and ebook content to the app with a new, more flexible pricing model for digital books. In the meantime, join the book club and let us know all your feedback!

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7yr ago

Tweet-a-Cake by NotPie

@miles_scherrer +1 for Goodreads sync not working. Logged in on the web ... hit button, busted.

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7yr ago

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Maker

@airjoshb Sorry about that, it should work now. Might need to login incognito or clear cache. If still no, DM me your goodreads profile link and we will do it manually :P

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7yr ago

@airjoshb @miles_scherrer Is there a fix coming for the Goodreads import? In Bookself I have 289 books after having run the Goodreads import, but in Goodreads, I have 1348 books.

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7yr ago

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Maker

@airjoshb @niklaspivic666 Hmm we did fix it and also added import of book reviews, let me know your goodreads user link in DM and we will find the issue.

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7yr ago

@airjoshb @miles_scherrer I've responded, Miles! Now I've got 857 books in Bookself, and more can't be added (when I've tried the import process twice).

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7yr ago

Love this product, but not going to be able to switch until the Goodreads sync is working! Any update on it? Not working for me on latest FF or Chrome on macOS

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

@mitchlillie Fair enough - found the issue though, should work now. Might need to login incognito or clear cache if still not working. If not, send me your goodreads profile link and we will do it manually :P

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7yr ago

@miles_scherrer Sent you a message with some details

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7yr ago

Timely

The app is so good that I manually migrated all my books from goodreads even though it was still in beta and buggy as hell. With the already steady improvements I am looking forward to see where it goes from here! 💫

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

@rogerolden Thanks for bearing with us Roger :P

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7yr ago

Koo!

Maker

@rogerolden getting there, step by step!

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7yr ago

Tweet-a-Cake by NotPie

@rogerolden I'm curious what you found so good that you manually migrated your books? What are the killer features for you? I like the idea of a better Goodreads a lot, but am not finding enough of a reason to spend the time. Even after going back and forth with import issues, it only got about 40% of my Goodreads.

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7yr ago

Finally a version of goodreads that cares about users. Can I import my goodreads profile ? The iOS app is fantastic. Wish the web app receives some love.

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7yr ago

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Maker

@sarjun Yes, go to the web app menu and press "Sync". We've had some issues on the import when Goodreads are missing some meta data but are working to handle those. The web app has been lagging mobile but it will catch up on features soon.

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7yr ago

Clarify

This is awesome! As I'm trying to import from Goodreads it just says Stacking books... and I'm doing this from my browser

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

@jcalvarezjr We need to polish this feature but the most common issue is that you need to be logged in to Bookself in the web browser before authenticating Goodreads. It is currently a web feature only so if you got directed from the mobile app, log in to Bookself in your mobile browser too.

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7yr ago

Clarify

@miles_scherrer no worries, I just manually added my books. Really got a give it to you, this is very clean and simple. I'll be using this as a Goodreads replacement! Looking forward to what else you've got planned for it.

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7yr ago

@miles_scherrer

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

@tom_pryor Now it should be fixed! If you get the same no response, try with incognito mode and it should work :)

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

@jcalvarezjr Thanks! We are primarily looking to add more content (audiobooks, ebooks), improved threading in chats for book discussions and stats/achievements/challenges. Curious to hear what would be valuable for you!

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7yr ago

Wow, finally a good Goodreads alternative! I wandered a bit in all the section ( really neat, congrats), but for me to definitely switch to this I need two features: - Log pages read while the book is in 'Reading' - Submit new books via ISBN scan or manually Also, the Goodreads import seems not to work :)

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7yr ago

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Maker

@ijaack94 Thanks! - Page logging is actually available for most books if you open the book's main page under the "Your reading" headline. We also compute total pages read overall which you can track in the achievements page on your profile (were you also can set reading goals and daily reminders). If you cannot find it, let me know which book and we will add the page number data :) - Yes, that would be neat! - Make sure you are logged in on the web since this is still only a web feature and we will work on improving it in the meantime!

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7yr ago

@miles_scherrer OK, I tried with a couple of books but I didn't manage to do it :( I also tried multiple times for Goodreads import, but It didn't work, also if I have an active session in Goodreads..:(

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7yr ago

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Maker

@ijaack94 Try now, the pages number data has now been added :) Also for syncing, make sure you are logged in to Bookself's web app in the browser before authenticating Goodreads.

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7yr ago

@miles_scherrer I don't know, it still doesn't work: I signed with Facebook on both accounts, is that ok? Don't know what to think of anymore :(

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7yr ago

Vibes Widget

Maker

@ijaack94 Hmm let's look into it, I will PM you!

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7yr ago

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