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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · 18d

If you're still interested, try again and look for a popup when saving indicating that a required field is missing. Either way I can confirm there is no approval process, and creating a book is immediate. I just watched about 100 books get created and they are already visible.

Have a nice day!

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · 18d

You can add it directly. It will immediately appear on the site for everyone to see. No approval required.

StoryGraph screenshot highlighting the "manually add a book" link when searching for a book.

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · 18d

Once a book is created you are free to add it to your list, track pages...etc. No approvals needed.

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Sep 11

A fun way to find high quality books that you probably haven't tried yet:

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Sep 9

How to turn StoryGraph's AI on (or off)

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Sep 8

"What's your favorite book?"

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Sep 7

StoryGraph's AI now runs on 100% sustainable green energy

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Nadia Odunayo @nodunayo.bsky.social · Aug 17

I’ve launched a YouTube channel! 🎥

It’s where I’m sharing the mix of coding, workouts, dancing, and reading that keeps me balanced and having fun while growing The StoryGraph as a one-woman dev team.

Take a look and subscribe here → www.youtube.com/@nodunayo

Nadia Odunayo

I'm Nadia — founder, one-woman dev team, and someone who's not great at sitting still. I built The StoryGraph from scratch, but that's just one part of what I do. Most days you'll find me at the gym ...

www.youtube.com

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Jun 30

If a streak appears broken when we’re back online, you can restore it using this help article:

thestorygraph.freshdesk.com/support/solu...

How to Fix your Streak on StoryGraph

In this support article, we’ll address the most common reasons your streak might break - and how to fix it! TABLE OF CONTENTS All your journal entries are in place but you didn’t click ‘Recalcul...

thestorygraph.freshdesk.com

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Jun 30

As part of our work to improve the speed of the app, we will soon be undergoing essential maintenance work.

If you use the app, please update to the latest version to ensure the best maintenance mode experience.

A scheduled maintenance notice from The StoryGraph. It reads:

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE July 4th 4pm PT July 4th 7pm ET July 5th 12am BST

App & website offline for up to 24 hours

Check thestorygraph.com/status for updates.

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Kate.Therapist.Author @katetherapistautho.bsky.social · Jun 26

I just started this audiobook, The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf by Kaila Adia Story

It has such important information in it, it’s really good so far 💕

I went over to StoryGraph to track it, and then read my personalized preview…

It was like yeah, you already know you’re going to love this book 😂

StoryGraph personalized review stating the book aligns with the reader’s interest in intersectional social justice themes, particularly seen in the reader’s high ratings of nonfiction exploring racism, disability justice, and LGBTQIA experiences. The reader consistently engages with critical analyses of systemic oppression and appreciates works challenging mainstream narratives, which matches this book’s core thesis debunking myths of LGBTQ+ solidarity through a Black queer feminist lens.

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Gingerkid @gingerkid.bsky.social · Jun 23

I love Storygraph so much. This might be my favorite personalized book preview to date.

They do AI right.

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · May 29

Here's how to access StoryGraph's calendar:

Tap the graph icon at the bottom > "View Last Month's Wrap-Up Graphics" > Choose "Calendar" on the drop-down.

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · May 19

This stopped working when we enabled DDoS protection with Cloudflare after being hit by multiple large, coordinated DDoS campaigns designed to knock our service offline.

We should have a new solution in place soon!

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · May 19

This stopped working when we enabled DDoS protection with Cloudflare after being hit by multiple large, coordinated DDoS campaigns designed to knock our service offline.

We should have a new solution in place soon!

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Apr 22

Over the last few weeks, StoryGraph has been hit by a large, coordinated DDoS campaign designed to knock our service offline.

Nadia and I have been working around the clock to keep StoryGraph up and running. Sorry for the slowdowns and outages lately. We should have a new solution in place soon!

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Apr 6

Apps are approaching AI the wrong way.

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Rob Frelow @robfrelow.bsky.social · Apr 4

My NDC talk is live! Check it out if you'd like a behind-the-scenes look at how we grew StoryGraph to 300 million requests a month (1 million database operations per second) with a one man AI/Dev-Ops team.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFQq...

Getting to 300 million requests a month with a one man AI/Dev-Ops team - Rob Frelow

YouTube video by NDC Conferences

www.youtube.com

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Mar 30

I just tested this, and finishing the book updated my streak for the day. Feel free to contact support if you'd like us to investigate!

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Mar 28

The StoryGraph link doesn't work. Here's a good one!

app.thestorygraph.com/books/2edf5d...

Green Light: A Gatsby Cycle by Janet Dale, Allison Renner

Green Light: A Gatsby Cycle offers a striking reimagination of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Ga...

app.thestorygraph.com

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Mar 27

It will not only stay optional, it will stay opt-in.

It's self-hosted, so your data isn't going anywhere (not ChatGPT or any external service), and opt-in so you'll only see it if you explicitly choose to.

I haven't seen anyone else doing AI like this, and it will not change.

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Mar 27

The Personalized Preview used to only give positive recs. I wasn't comfortable letting an AI say that you *wouldn't* like something.

The overwhelming feedback we received is that this makes the feature a lot less useful. So I've been working hard to add negativity in a way that's actually helpful.

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Mar 27

StoryGraph update:

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Mar 26

Explore static prototypes of our upcoming new profile page! ✨

Mobile: www.figma.com/proto/bxUVtA...

Desktop: www.figma.com/proto/bxUVtA...

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Mar 22

There is now a "Use Phone Camera" button when using the scanner. Let me know if that works better for you!

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