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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 31/08/2026

In the KOReader settings in Readest, you'll need to check "Send document metadata" for it to send the title and author of the book. This is for privacy reasons since the default KOSync server is public with open registration

Screenshot showing the Readest interface with the Send Document Metadata set to the on position

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 31/07/2026

BookHive now syncs with your e-reader. Upload your ebooks, browse them from KOReader, Crosspoint, or Readest, via OPDS, and your reading progress syncs back into BookHive.

Personal Library

Your private ebook shelf. Upload your files here and BookHive serves them to your e-reader as an OPDS catalog -- browse and download them straight from KOReader, and your reading progress syncs back to your BookHive books automatically. Files stay private to you; nothing is published to your PDS.

Personal Library with 3 books added, 1 with 12% progress, another that is available to download, and another that is 9% progress

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 16/02/2026

We made it to 100 stars on GitHub, thanks everyone!

A screenshot of GitHub showing that the bookhive repo made it to 100 stars

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 14/02/2026

We have a new feature that we are testing out, an XRPC API for getting the identifiers that we know of for a book. This should make it easier to find books in the hive or resolve isbn, isbn13, goodreads ids to hive ids. This is another step towards making the bookhive dataset even more open

$A screenshot of curl commands showing the route: ❯ curl -s "https://bookhive.buzz/xrpc/buzz.bookhive.getBookIdentifiers?hiveId=bk_jybS90Xd0IhKPT2ZzJuJ" | jq { "bookIdentifiers": { "hiveId": "bk_jybS90Xd0IhKPT2ZzJuJ", "goodreadsId": "28405277" } } bookhive on  main [$] via ⬢ v24.2.0 ❯ curl -s "https://bookhive.buzz/xrpc/buzz.bookhive.getBookIdentifiers?hiveId=bk_p93WXYt3L34Zqy55n2Sw" | jq { "bookIdentifiers": { "hiveId": "bk_p93WXYt3L34Zqy55n2Sw", "isbn10": "1915998948", "isbn13": "9781915998941", "goodreadsId": "220172354" } } bookhive on  main [$] via ⬢ v24.2.0 ❯ curl -s "https://bookhive.buzz/xrpc/buzz.bookhive.getBookIdentifiers?isbn=1915998948" | jq { "bookIdentifiers": { "hiveId": "bk_p93WXYt3L34Zqy55n2Sw", "isbn10": "1915998948", "isbn13": "9781915998941", "goodreadsId": "220172354" } } bookhive on  main [$] via ⬢ v24.2.0 ❯ curl -s "https://bookhive.buzz/xrpc/buzz.bookhive.getBookIdentifiers?isbn13=9781915998941" | jq { "bookIdentifiers": { "hiveId": "bk_p93WXYt3L34Zqy55n2Sw", "isbn10": "1915998948", "isbn13": "9781915998941", "goodreadsId": "220172354" } }$

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 14/02/2026

Thanks to @tijs.org we now have author pages, where you can see all the books an author has published (at least the ones we indexed so far)

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 07/01/2026

You can review all of your books in one table by going to your profile while logged in: bookhive.buzz/profile From there, we have an easy to view list of all your books, so you can feel free to delete them from there Here is an example of the view you'll see:

View of @nickthesick.com's book on bookhive.buzz, showing that all of the books can be individually deleted

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 06/01/2026

You can import from storygraph & goodreads in BookHive: bookhive.buzz/import

Screenshot showing that you can import from both goodreads and storygraph on bookhive: https://bookhive.buzz/import

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 28/12/2025

All backed up here too!

A screenshot of PDS Moover showing a backup is complete

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 14/12/2025

Two new features: Now, you can track progress on books you are currently reading. I'm using a similar shape to @popfeed.social's book progress tracking, which should make it easier to inter-op in the future. We've also implemented proper OAuth scopes, which means minimal permissions to your data!

A reading progress card, which shows pages read vs. total pages, chapters read vs. total chapters, and percentage complete which is auto-calculated

The OAuth scopes required for bookhive.buzz to function properly

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 15/11/2025

New app update out! You can now see your books in a list view from the homepage, with sorting by date added, date read and more

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 13/11/2025

Thanks to @jakelazaroff.com, I was able to add this to @bookhive.buzz's login page:

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 20/10/2025

We've added a new "Genre explorer", now, you can explore all of the genres of books within the BookHive library.

Explore genres page, showing a list of book genres like Fiction & Nonfiction in a grid view.

A page showing the list of books that are within the nonfiction genre. The page has buttons for sorting by popularity, relevance & reviews.

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 10/10/2025

Just added more book data scraping to BookHive! Much more info added, longer book descriptions, author bios, publication details & even genres. Here is a before & after:

Before: basic metadata, title, short description, ratings (as stars), author

After: title, author, ratings as stars, full description, genres, publishing details, author details and bio

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 25/08/2025

Very weird, I just have a Let's Encrypt cert, hosted on Hetzner in Germany Could it be a geo-block?

Certificate Overview
Domain Name

bookhive.buzz
Issuer

E6
Valid From

2025-07-14 04:31:48
Valid Until

2025-10-12 04:31:47
Algorithm

ecdsa-with-SHA384
Serial Number

06FFC0529FD6565125318536B8DD39095157

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 25/08/2025

Here is a screen recording of the app to see some of the features it has for book management on your mobile device.

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 23/08/2025

Now, when viewing your own profile page, you'll see a dense table view of all of your books in your hive. This should allow for easier management of book statuses, after a large import!

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 23/08/2025

Working on getting a submission to the App Store for the BookHive iOS app. Here is a little sneak peek 😉

A screenshot of the bookhive homepage on an ipad. Showing books that are currently reading, want to read, and finished, with a bunch of book covers.

A screenshot of the bookhive book info page on an ipad. It shows the books cover art, title, rating, and allows you to set your reading status, rating, and add a review, you can see others who have added it and commented on it

A screenshot of the bookhive search page on an ipad. Showing results for "bees"

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 03/08/2025

Thanks to @tijs.org, we now won't log you out every 15 minutes. And, more importantly, we now have a "recent buzzes from friends", keep up with any book updates from people you follow on bluesky!

BookHive now supports "Recent buzzes from friends", which allows a user to see the books that any of the people which they follow have posted on bookhive.

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 16/05/2025

BookHive's import now shows its progress, and will tell you if anything failed to import. This should also be efficient enough for some very large imports, try it out at bookhive.buzz

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 15/05/2025

We now support importing books from a Goodreads export! This allows you to migrate over your books to a platform that respects your data, built on ATProto.

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 06/05/2025

But, the bigger news is the re-branding & re-theming of the BookHive website! This offers a more cohesive experience for the BookHive experience

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BookHive @bookhive.buzz · 06/05/2025

I've been dormant for the winter, but now that it is spring, I'm back to work on the app. Here is a small update on the BookHive App

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