That's a really interesting angle, I've never thought about paper reading clubs before. They seem much more fast-paced and could probably benefit from a shared notes side feature! Thank you for the food for thought!
Thank you so much! I built the website using Framer. For the animations I used https://particles.page/ but as i see now the component is no longer available.
Hi, and thanks for the feedback! One of my top priorities right now is learning as much as possible about online book club experiences from others, so I really appreciate you sharing the blog post!
Interesting to hear. Personally, finding a book was usually the easiest part (probably because we have dozens waiting on our 'to-read' lists). I’ll do my best to make the book recommendation experience as smooth as possible.
Thank you for the feedback! The app isn’t specifically centered around work-related book clubs, and it can be used in any Slack workspace. It's just that Slack is often thought of as a work tool, so that association tends to stick. I'll make sure to clarify this on the landing page!
Good point! I know there are a lot of book club communities on Discord and other platforms, but we were already using Slack and didn’t want to migrate to another platform just for the book club. It just felt like the easiest way to get started.
Thanks a bunch for the suggestion! I’ve run into the same issue in online book clubs, so it's something that I'll definitely add in the upcoming version!
That's a great point! Privacy is really important to me as well, and I'm strongly against collecting anything beyond what's necessary for the app to function. I'll work on adding a dedicated section to clarify this as soon as possible. Really appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback!
After years and years of wanting to start something and build a product, I’m taking a jab at it!
So basically, me and a few of my coworkers wanted to create a virtual book club since we are all working remotely and decided why not automate it.
I’ve been working on booktalk, a Slack app that makes book clubs easier to run. For now it will allow the team to get details and suggestions about books, vote on books that they want to read, set a timeframe for their reading cycle, and when the cycle ends, it reaches out with a few relevant questions about the book!
Has any of you organized or participated in a virtual book club before? What was your experience, any challenges that you faced or features that were missing?
Fire away!
PS: Let me know if you have any feedback about the website too, it was my first time creating a landing page!