Hello everyone! We’re in the final stages of beta testing our forthcoming TBR app. TBR is a great place to keep your To Be Read list (and the books you’re reading now!). The app will be for sale in the …
New books, new authors, new app!
Hello and welcome to all the new Bookshipers! Our Meet the Author program connects you with authors who will meet virtually with your book club. Browse our authors in Bookship by tapping Browse, then Meet the Author. Today we have new …
Some fun book Q&A
There’s a bunch of fun Book Q&A over on Porch. Some discussion of ways to get into reading, how to read more books each month, and yes, how to start a virtual book club with Bookship :). I learned about …
My book projects
No secret to anyone that knows me, that I love books. What might be a secret are the number of books-related projects I’ve made over the years. I thought it would be fun to collect them all. Book Roulette My …
Book Roulette: A little bit of fun
I decided to take a day off “work” and have some fun. My kind of fun is probably not the same as most people…. So, I built a Chrome extension that shows you a different quasi-random book each time you …
💡❤ Find great books; stay updated on your favorite authors! Bookship, July 2021
Hello everyone! This month we’re talking about how to find great books just for you, our partnership with the prestigious Los Angeles Review of Books, and some great new authors joining the Meet the Author program. We’re excited to introduce personalized book recommendations …
Personalized Book Recommendations, aka Your Picks
We’re excited to introduce personalized book recommendations (“Your Picks“) to Bookship Premium, as of version 8.5, in your app stores now. Finding great books to read can be a challenge. And new books by your favorite authors often slip through …
Meet bestselling authors? BOOK TRIVIA? What’s not to like??
Hello everyone! It’s been awhile since our last newsletter, we have some wonderful new authors in our Meet the Author program, and a bunch of app improvements to cover! Remember this? HQ Trivia? More in a minute… Have you tried the Bookship …
How to use Bookship to connect with Readers
Bookship is a social reading app for sharing your reading experiences with friends, family, co-workers and book club members. It’s a virtual book club! This post outlines ways authors can make use Bookship to connect with readers. Join our Meet …
How to Include an Author in Your Book Club Meeting
Many people thing of authors as unreachable stars. Far from it. Many authors, even quite famous ones, will make time to visit your book club, especially if it’s a virtual visit by Zoom.