Hey everyone! 👋

After a lot of hard work, we're ready to unveil the first beta version of Booqsi to you all 🎉

I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember. Getting lost in a book has always been a way for me to find rest in an often-hurried world.

Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting 😅

So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph.

We also felt like it was important for Booqsi to be independent of Amazon; we care about supporting local bookstores, so every book in Booqsi links you to Bookshop.org to purchase that book (not Amazon).

Here are some of my favorite features launched as part of beta:

💭 A book-focused social feed (finally!) 📚 Beautifully-rendered custom bookshelves to show off to your friends ✨ Streamlined book recommendations to friends ✔ Easily track reading goals and books you've read

And so many more...

Booqsi is a love-letter to the book community - a place that I hope fuels (or rekindles) your love of reading and reminds you that you're surrounded by people with a similar passion.

It's completely free and easy to use, and we would love your feedback as you explore the platform.

See you on Booqsi, and happy reading! 📚

Maker

Maker

I love Booqsi!! It’s a fun place to share what I’m reading and hear about books my friends are reading. Booqsi has a clean design and a place to organize my books. Come be a beta Booqsi user and see what’s coming next!!

Maker

Honestly, I didn't know I needed Booqsi until I discovered it, and now it feels like the only way to read, track, discuss and share books online (full disclosure: I've been following/supporting Justin and Booqsi for a while now).

I'm a pretty avid reader, but feel like I don't really talk much about the books I read - or sometimes even remember what I've read or if I liked it or not! It's a weird feeling looking at my bookshelves and vaguely recognizing the books, knowing I've read them all, but only having a vague recollection of each one. Goodreads has never worked for me as the experience is just horrible - it feels very 1990s and not engaging at all, so I just gave up on digitally tracking my books beyond my Kindle list.

Enter Booqsi: my bookshelf now made digital. I can track what I'm reading, what I've read, track my thoughts and discuss with others, and easily recommend books to friends. It looks great, it works really well, and Justin & team are making it better every day.

Give Booqsi a shot, I think you'll like it - and be sure to send your feedback directly to Justin (he's super responsive) 🤙🏼

Maker

I have been loving Booqsi, I love tracking the books I’ve been reading and giving myself a goal for the year. It’s extremely satisfying clicking the finished reading button and seeing the tracker go up! It’s very user friendly and very intuitive. I can’t wait for all features to come!

Maker

Booqsi is a great way to have a book community to keep in touch with and easily recommend books to read. It is simple to keep your various bookshelves up to date, and it's fun to use.

It is a fun way to be involved in a reading community and keep track of books you have read and want to read.

Love the partnership with bookshop.org for Local. Great Site and Look forward to watching the growth!

Interesting can I get my list of books into this from GoodReads?

Maker

Amazon-free? Love it