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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Our Indigenous Peoples’ Day Special Event Readalong is live! Finish a book and post/comment in the book forum by November 12th to earn this beautiful badge 🌌🔥

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

a little retrospective of how the app has changed and improved in its first year! what hasn’t changed—our commitment to keep Pagebound 1️⃣ 100% human 2️⃣ free to use (truly free—we don’t collect your data, paywall core features, or serve you ads) 3️⃣ focused on evergreen discussions about books

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You can now personalize your Pagebound profile! Choose a color that fits your vibe AND showcase reviews, posts, lists, and more

Example of what you can pin to showcase: reviews, plan, shelf from library, lists, quest

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our fall readalong has started! You have through Nov 30th to earn a ghosty badge for finishing a book + posting or commenting in the book forum. Which books will you be reading?

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So impressed by the incredibly creative Lists readers create on Pagebound

Curating book likes like og Spotify playlists

List called Snake Oil with books about wellness, social media, beauty industries

List called cottageGore with books about horror set in cottages/nature

List called every body is a body of water with books about migration, race, capitalism, transatlantic slavery

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I heard Pagebound has dark mode now…introducing Midnight theme! available on iOS & Android 💙📚

Screen captures of 6 Pagebound dark mode screens

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Emoji search is now in the app! A fun way to browse books, Lists, and Quests by mood or theme…which emoji do you think has the best book results? #booksky

Dead rose emoji—bury our bones in the midnight soil, a touch of darkness, Rebecca, belladonna, my dark Vanessa, these violent delights

School emoji - perks of being a wallflower, ninth house, one of us is lying, never let me go, zodiac academy, a deadly education

Twins emoji - my sister the serial killer, the vanishing half, kingdom of the cursed, the lost sisters, sisterhood of the traveling pants, the girls

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Love when the community comes together to vote on 3 incredible book Lists to inspire Quests 💙📚

Teach me something new and oddly specific

Forgive us our trespasses: religious horror

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

anyone else nostalgic for when we used to discuss books, not post content about them? #booksky

Let’s bring back book discussions

the algo wants pretty pictures, but I want to DISCUSS and deepen my enjoyment & understanding of what I read

As a former English major, I loved how classroom discussion could transform my reading experience.

My peers would notice different elements of the text, ask surprising questions, and all this brought new texture and layers to my own experience with a book.

Now, no one assigns me and 30 others the same reading...

but I know that all over the world, thousands of others are reading the same book as me.

What if we could connect everyone?

On Pagebound, every book has its own forum focused on long-form discussions

Posts & comments don’t have timestamps. Books are timeless, and the convos we have about them should be too!

Make friends based on the thoughts you share, not what you look like or your follower count

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Pagebound has monthly wrapups now!! Choose from 7 views & customize your background. My June reading is off to a strong start 🏃🏻‍♀️💨

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

June giveaways!! Enter on Discover Books or via the book’s page #booksky

Megan Quinn books: Just for the Cameras and Till Summer Do Us Part

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

1 week until Pagebound’s Summer Readalong! Which book(s) will you be reading? Are you going for the sparkly badge and reading all 4? This also means only 1 week left in our Sprint Readalong! #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I always get a good chuckle reading opposite takes at the same % in a book forum…

Ever wonder how a book can have both 1 star and 5 star reviews? On Pagebound, every book has a forum so you can see what different people thought as they read

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

🚨new feature!!🚨 Pagebound now has reading stats! Here’s a preview 📚💙

Summary stats and pages + minutes per day

Posts and comments chart and books read that month

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The votes are in! We will be creating community Quests, inspired by Lists every quarter. Quests are reading challenges where you earn badges. We now have 101 🤯 — which is your favorite? #booksky

Each quarter, Pagebound royalty members can nominate a List and everyone can vote on which will inspire a quest

Black fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Guess the book from the forum posts! & better yet, explain how you came to that conclusion. I want to hear which clues you used 🧠

Maybe this book should be retitled how to create a monster

Quote about the power of female friendship

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

In preparation for monthly stats like pages read & minutes listened, you can now track your reading format on Pagebound!

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🥹💕 Grateful to the wonderful readers that are the soul of Pagebound! Your decision to take a chance on an indie Goodreads alternative in our first year has created an incredibly rare & special community

I love the way PB badges bring out our inner magpie

The reader girlie in me being consequential is liberating

It’s pushed me to walk away from big corporations and be a lot more conscious wit what I’m using

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

How much do you have in common with other readers on Pagebound? #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Our Cherry Blossom Festival readalong celebrating Japanese literature & culture starts today! To earn the badge, read a book and post/comment in the book forum by April 15th. Which book will you be reading?

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

1 year ago, we had our first viral moment and grew to 4,000 users overnight. Now, our community is 140,000 strong 🥹 Happy International Women’s Day 💖 A great day to switch from Goodreads to an indie, female-founded alternative! Pagebound is like if Goodreads & Reddit had a baby 🫶

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Human curation over algorithmic/AI curation any day! Our brains are much more creative 🌱 Pagebound is an anti-AI Goodreads competitor. You can think of our Lists feature like making an OG Spotify playlist for the community—the more niche & creative, the better #booksky

unexpected ways to catalog and discover books

idk the title but I think the cover was blue

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our Spring Readalong will run through May 31st. Earn a butterfly badge for finishing a book + posting or commenting in the book forum. Earn the sparkly butterfly for all 4 books 🦋💙📚

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

New giveaways (visit Discover Books)! Many options for thriller lovers this month 👀 Authors & publishers list their books with us by signing up at support.pagebound.co/giveaways #booksky

The best lies, home before dark, the plans I have for you

Florence Adler swims forever, copper skin oaken lungs, my thorns for your roses

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New feature: Reading Streaks ‼️🥵 If you find the streak motivating, you’re able to edit as far back as Jan 2024. If you don’t, you can turn it off in settings. There’s a little fun surprise hidden…has anyone figured it out yet? hint:🔥

Pagebound app home with reading streaks widget

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

one of the reasons people say Pagebound feels so nostalgic… 💙📚

We miss online communities before algos and AI

You can’t build inclusive communities when algos exist

That’s why the default content you see on social media is what’s already popular/trending

We don’t have algorithms on Pagebound so the default is diverse

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Need some help reading more diversely? Join our Special Event Readalongs on Pagebound #booksky

Cherry Blossom Festival readalong coming up

Increase in participation from pride to dia de los muertos

Increase again for Mardi Gras and carnival

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

new avatars just dropped! Which is the most you?

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

New book Giveaways for Feb! We have a diverse collection of genres, formats, & options for international readers as well (thanks to the authors & publishers who made this possible)! Good luck to everyone entering 💕 #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

how it feels scrolling Pagebound’s book forums instead of TikTok #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

When you build your own book app, you get to call reading challenges Main Quests & Side Quests, and release new gemstone tiers 🤩 #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hey #booksky, are you keeping your 2026 Reading Goal the same, increasing it, or decreasing it? Here’s what the data shows for Pagebound users:

Pie chart with 54% increasing, 19% lower, 27% no change

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We have book giveaways 🎉 Thrilled to offer 14 books across genres, formats, and locations for our inaugural giveaway batch. Thank you to the authors & publishers who made this possible! #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Create a personal reading challenge in 2026 by making a custom shelf in your library! You’ll see number of books in each status & the bar turn orange as you read more 🎉 #booksky

Custom shelf in Pagebound with breakdown by status stats

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

On the app, a new "Feed" tab has been added to book pages 👀 You can see progress & personal updates from anyone on Pagebound, regardless if you follow them or not!

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Our Special Event Readalong starts today! Read one of these books through Feb 15th and post or comment in the book forum to earn a beautiful badge celebrating Mardi Gras & Carnival 💃 #booksky

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

What’s it like reading Wuthering Heights with a stream of side commentary you can choose to tune into? 👀 join our 2026 winter readalong to find out… #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

How to navigate Pagebound book forums & find the best readalong experience for you. Based on the activity in the forum (post count listed at the top of the book page), the readalong experience is different! Try one of each! After all, you contain multitudes. #booksky

Forums with 300+ posts are like stadium concerts

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Books to reinvent yourself in 2026: find these lists & more on Pagebound! Our List feature encourages clever, curated collections for the community; tongue-in-cheek names included 😉 #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year! 🎉 What does your Pagebound Wrapped say about you? Find it on the Stats tab of your profile

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Our first year of being your favorite book app comes to a close… #booksky

Summary of books read, points earned, badges earned

Comment about tomatoes from the spellshop forum was our most upvoted book forum comment

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Happy Holidays! So wonderful seeing some of the faces & furry friends behind the avatars on Pagebound. Together, we’ve created this warm, whimsical bookish haven on the internet 💕

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Stop the slop! Pagebound is like if Goodreads & Reddit had a baby, but indie, anti-AI, and built by 2 women. No AI features on Pagebound ever, no algos even—just kind humans discussing good books & you can feel the difference

Definition of slop from Merriam Webster word of the year

Escape the slop in 2026 by joining Pagebound

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

when Pagebound is your whole personality so the winter readalong books make an appearance at cookie decorating A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking & The Serviceberry

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

what we mean when we say Pagebound is anti-AI

Things I refuse to do as an anti-AI book app

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Benefits of supporting indie? The 2 humans building your favorite book app are accessible & listen! We just released a public Roadmap to provide transparency on what we’re building next & why (pstpstpst yearly wrap up incoming!) #booksky

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

How to always have an answer for “what did you think of that book?” #booksky Pagebound keeps track of your Book Journey: from when you started reading to all of the posts & comments you made in the book forum, your progress updates, and your review.

Screenshot of book journey page in Pagebound app

Screeenshot of finished shelf in library where you can click into book journey

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

You can now mute books in your home feed! There’s also a new “owned” toggle, “interested” reading status for those with overwhelming TBRs, and a section on Discuss to view book status updates from your followers! update your app to see these new features 😉

Reading status modal with interested status, owned toggle, and mute book toggle

Book status updates from followers on Discuss

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

hii we’re the women behind this upstart book app taking on Goodreads (owned by Amazon, bleh) & yes you know we’re indie and humans because we literally turned our pets into avatars you can choose when you create your pagebound profile 😂

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Pagebound @pagebound.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

New feature 🎉 Track your reading progress (app update required): you can now track page or % read without making a post to the book forum. Your progress is saved for stats (coming soon!) & gets sent to your followers. Add a comment to the progress update from your profile!

Pagebound home page with progress bar updates

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