Launch party: Shepherd's new bookshelves are live! 🥳🎊🍾!
I've been waiting for these a long time :)
If you like what we are building at Shepherd.com, join as a member!
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Bookshelves are live!
Here are a few examples to try:
Or search the 3,000+ options here on Shepherd.com
What did we add?
The all-time best book page is one of the most requested features by readers. They want to see what books are recommended the most, and we are trying to push them further outside of that silo so they can explore by decade, age, and related shelves.
The trending book page updates every month and shows readers what books are discussed the most on Shepherd.
The new book page shows the most recommended books within that bookshelf that were published in the last 3 years.
The Lists by Experts/Fans pages help readers find book recommendation lists by authors, and are another great way to bump into books you might love.
What have we been building?
Here's a timeline of all the new features we’ve added to Shepherd.
We are a small team, but mighty!
What’s next?
You can see our roadmap of what we are working on next here.
We are upgrading our book boost perk for authors and launching paid book ads (part of how this is funded).
Building a big book database as we work toward launching a full app for readers.
Improving the accuracy of our genre/topic system (and adding themes, tropes, moods, and more).
Launching our full reader app (like Goodreads but smarter and more personal).
How can you help?
Join as a member for $50 a year, as it funds everything we do. We can’t survive without our members.
Join as a reader here, or an author here.
Getting better all the time! Looking really good.