8.8.5
2023-04-04
This version corrects a screen display issue when signing up by email.
This version uses the text messaging app to send reading invites by phone number.
8.7.8
2023-01-18
This version corrects an issue where display of Group TBR book lists could become garbled or duplicated.
8.7.3
2022-09-26
This release corrects issues with Bookship Video Chat, where Bookship users on browsers caused iOS users to become muted with no video feed.
This release provides User Safety features including the ability to flag objectionable content and well as block individual users.
This release includes the ability for readers to upload their own ePub files and conduct social readings on them.
Also included is the ability to search external databases for books when starting a reading.
8.7
2022-08-30
This release includes the ability for readers to upload their own ePub files and conduct social readings on them.
Also included is the ability to search external databases for books when starting a reading.
8.6.4
2022-05-31
This version introduces Personalized Book Recommendations for Bookship Premium customers. Get book recommendations based on your reading tastes, favorite authors and current events!
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
This version includes various performance improvements and defect corrections and allows Spotify playlists to be posted and played inside a Reading. User Accounts can now be deleted directly from the app.
8.6
2022-04-07
This version introduces Personalized Book Recommendations for Bookship Premium customers. Get book recommendations based on your reading tastes, favorite authors and current events!
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
This version includes various performance improvements and defect corrections and allows Spotify playlists to be posted and played inside a Reading.
8.5.4
2021-12-13
This version introduces Personalized Book Recommendations for Bookship Premium customers. Get book recommendations based on your reading tastes, favorite authors and current events!
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
8.5.3
2021-11-01
This version introduces Personalized Book Recommendations for Bookship Premium customers. Get book recommendations based on your reading tastes, favorite authors and current events!
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this version also includes a variety of improvements to the display of Calendars and Comments)
8.5.2
2021-08-29
This version introduces Personalized Book Recommendations for Bookship Premium customers. Get book recommendations based on your reading tastes, favorite authors and current events!
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this version fixes a defect with the display of the contacts picker.)
8.5.1
2021-08-25
This version introduces Personalized Book Recommendations for Bookship Premium customers. Get book recommendations based on your reading tastes, favorite authors and current events!
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this release also contains various performance improvements and defect corrections.)
8.5
2021-07-08
This version introduces Personalized Book Recommendations for Bookship Premium customers. Get book recommendations based on your reading tastes, favorite authors and current events!
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this release also contains various performance improvements and defect corrections.)
8.0.11
2021-06-02
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this release also contains various performance improvements and defect corrections.)
8.0.9
2021-05-13
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this release also contains various performance improvements and defect corrections.)
8.0.8
2021-04-22
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this release also contains various performance improvements and defect corrections.)
8.0.7
2021-03-14
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
(this release fixes the repeated display of certain help menus)
8.0.5
2021-03-11
Live Video! Bookship Live is secure, private, unlimited and free Video Chat with your reading group, or anyone on Bookship. No more scheduling, invites and logistical trouble. Just hit the Video icon and you are live with your group.
Reviews: now you can write reviews of your books and post them in your Reading or the Cafe to discuss with others.
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
7.2
2020-12-11
Meet the Author! Bookship now lets you connect with bestselling authors and have them join your book club meetings live! Browse our large (and growing!) list of participating authors, and start a reading of one of their books, and we'll be in touch to arrange a virtual meeting with your book club!
The Café: meet interesting people that love the same books you do in the Cafè, a public forum where Bookship members can discuss any book they like, or start a public Reading anyone can join!
7.1.2
2020-11-11
Bookship 7.0 lets you meet new people and read with them! The Café is a public forum where you can post Public Readings that anyone can see and join, start discussions about the books you love, or just share what you are reading. Find people with similar interests and read with them!
Bookship 7.0 also introduces Bookship Premium, a monthly subscription product that provides access to Book Briefings, curated background content about the book you are reading, and the ability to create and manage large reading groups.
This update provides hundreds of new books that can be read for free right in the app, as well additional author background content. It supports for Sign in with Apple, and the ability to search for books with public readings and join people reading your favorite book.
It contains a variety of performance improvements and defect corrections.
7.1.1
2020-10-06
Bookship 7.0 lets you meet new people and read with them! The Café is a public forum where you can post Public Readings that anyone can see and join, start discussions about the books you love, or just share what you are reading. Find people with similar interests and read with them!
Bookship 7.0 also introduces Bookship Premium, a monthly subscription product that provides access to Book Briefings, curated background content about the book you are reading, and the ability to create and manage large reading groups.
This update provides hundreds of new books that can be read for free right in the app, as well additional author background content. It supports for Sign in with Apple, and the ability to search for books with public readings and join people reading your favorite book.
It contains a variety of performance improvements and defect corrections.
7.1.0
2020-09-15
Bookship 7.0 lets you meet new people and read with them! The Café is a public forum where you can post Public Readings that anyone can see and join, start discussions about the books you love, or just share what you are reading. Find people with similar interests and read with them!
Bookship 7.0 also introduces Bookship Premium, a monthly subscription product that provides access to Book Briefings, curated background content about the book you are reading, and the ability to create and manage large reading groups.
This update provides support for Sign in with Apple, and the ability to search for books with public readings and join people reading your favorite book.
This version fixes performance issues with the contacts picker.
7.0.6
2020-08-28
Bookship 7.0 lets you meet new people and read with them! The Café is a public forum where you can post Public Readings that anyone can see and join, start discussions about the books you love, or just share what you are reading. Find people with similar interests and read with them!
Bookship 7.0 also introduces Bookship Premium, a monthly subscription product that provides access to Book Briefings, curated background content about the book you are reading, and the ability to create and manage large reading groups.
This update provides support for Sign in with Apple, and the ability to search for books with public readings and join people reading your favorite book.
It also contains a wide variety of visual improvements and defect corrections.
7.0.3
2020-07-09
Bookship 7.0 lets you meet new people and read with them! The Café is a public forum where you can post Public Readings that anyone can see and join, start discussions about the books you love, or just share what you are reading. Find people with similar interests and read with them!
Bookship 7.0 also introduces Bookship Premium, a monthly subscription product that provides access to Book Briefings, curated background content about the book you are reading, and the ability to create and manage large reading groups.
This update provides support for Sign in with Apple, and the ability to search for books with public readings and join people reading your favorite book.
It also contains a wide variety of visual improvements and defect corrections.
7.0.2
2020-05-01
Bookship 7.0 lets you meet new people and read with them! The Café is a public forum where you can post Public Readings that anyone can see and join, start discussions about the books you love, or just share what you are reading. Find people with similar interests and read with them!
Bookship 7.0 also introduces Bookship Premium, a monthly subscription product that provides access to Book Briefings, curated background content about the book you are reading, and the ability to create and manage large reading groups.
This version also corrects minor defects.
7.0
2020-04-28
Bookship 7.0 lets you meet new people and read with them! The Café is a public forum where you can post Public Readings that anyone can see and join, start discussions about the books you love, or just share what you are reading. Find people with similar interests and read with them!
Bookship 7.0 also introduces Bookship Premium, a monthly subscription product that provides access to Book Briefings, curated background content about the book you are reading, and the ability to create and manage large reading groups.
6.4.3
2020-01-16
Public, Sharable readings. Post a link to your Reading on your website, share to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn, & invite people to join by email or text message. Great for bookstores, workplace groups, meetups, or just meeting new reading friends!
This version allows comments to be formatted in Markdown, for rich text formatting, and to mention other users via @username.
This version provides "if you liked this, you'll like that" recommendations for Books, and an improved Groups page