This page is split into 3 parts:
Basic Functions.
Working on including.
Future ideas.
Basic Functions.
Readers:
- View and discover new books (with or without account).
- Search by Author or Book Title.
- View core information about a book at a glance.
- Leave a review.
- Leave a star rating without a review.
- Save to a Library for later reading.
- Indicate non-interest in a book.
- Dedicated Discoverable page based on Users selected Genres (requires account).
- Sort Discoverable Books by Genre outside of account settings.
- Exclude Genres from search.
- Discover can be sorted by Top Rated, Trending, and New.
Authors:
- Must have an Author Profile to post Books.
- Must submit Books for review before they appear.
- Have a dedicated Author Page using a static template for consistentcy, with a unique URL.
- Control over your books!
- Ability to manage series (if desired).
- Book Detail Pages that are dedicated to your book, with a unique URL, with no other books mentioned.
- Some Analytics (right now it’s # of Books, # Approved, # Pending, and Views).
- Ability to edit Book Detail Pages, including Genres, without Admin review.*
- Ability to respond to reviews.
* While changes can be made without Admin review, please note that we have logs and will know what was changed. Just a matter of if we ever read them :D. Not trying to be “big brother” but if you submit a story about a bunny hosting a tea party where all ends well, and then change it to be about a bunny that goes on a killing spree, you’re gonna run into issues. Same if you’re bunny killing spree book goes from “Horror” to “YA”. Yeah… no. Not cool.
Working on it!
This includes bugs.
Readers:
- No known issues at this time.
Authors:
- Author Application needs a revamp.
- Book Submission needs some love.
Future Ideas!
Readers:
- Social Sharing? I’m just not sure about it right now. (Kind of in place.)
- Connect Reviews to purchase site?
- Favorite Author option.
- Ability to ask Authors questions outside of reviews.
Authors:
- Dedicated website Authors can access with useful information/idea share.
- Option to sign up with Author to receive updates about future work?
- Option for a Aspiring Author user role.
If you have an idea for a feature or function, please reach out! Happy to hear any ideas out there!