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steffan182 t1_j8pw105 wrote

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a book club app I can use which has the following criteria:

  1. Add a book to currently reading

  2. Tracks book progress by chapter rather than pages (for example, you finished chapter 4 so you tap chapter 4 for the book on the app)

  3. push notifications to other members of the club when you've finished a chapter. let's say you finished chapter 4 late at night, you update the progress on the app and the members see a notification on their phones when they wake up that says "steffan182 has read Chapter 4"

I'm not sure if anything like it exists as I've been looking online. My next bet is to create a simple app (first learn how to create apps lol) to get this done. If you can recommend something that meets the above criteria, I'd appreciate it -- thanks!

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TauriesStella t1_j8q5zps wrote

The only two apps/sites that come to mind are Goodreads and Storygraph. Both offer the features you're looking for, but for both, you'll have to find a group to do a book club with. I know Goodreads has actual book clubs you can join, or even create your own. And Storygraph has "buddy reads" which I believe work very similarly to Goodreads' book clubs, but with a much smaller number of people.

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steffan182 t1_j8q6cbg wrote

Thanks, I'll check out Storygraph. GoodReads does have tracking but you put in the page number or percentage.

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steffan182 t1_j8q7hdu wrote

aww man, Storygraph tracks page number and percentages as well. No chapters :(

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TauriesStella t1_j8q8dwu wrote

Oh, my apologies! I think I read over that part. Yeah, I can't think of any that allows for chapter point. I do know Storygraph is very actively getting new and improved features, so something like that may come eventually... But no guarantees. If you'd like the true book club (but online) feel, then I think your best bet might be to try Goodreads for the time being!

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steffan182 t1_j8rv0m3 wrote

Thanks for your help though. Actually, it's just something for my friend and me to use... it takes two people to be a club right? lol

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