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Pagebound is a social reading app and website—think if Goodreads & Reddit had a baby, but indie, anti-AI, and female-founded.

Instead of your typical marketing email, we’ve opted for this newsletter/Substack to stay connected. Welcome to the Pagebound universe 💫

You can expect

• behind-the-scenes access into our journey building Pagebound,

• musings from Jennifer and Lucy on the state of books and reading today,

• community highlights, reader spotlights, and inspiration for your next read.

The team behind this upstart book app taking on Amazon-owned Goodreads:

Lucy (on the left, designer, marketer, wearer of many hats):

Lover of Libby, her toy aussiedoodle, and ice cold watermelon slices. Her favorite authors include James McBride, Maggie Nelson, and Jonathan Franzen.

Jennifer (on the right, software engineer, built the Pagebound website & mobile app as a solo developer)

Aspiring author who has written (and continues to write) many first drafts. She hopes to one day write a second. Her favorite authors include Lauren Groff, Mona Awad, and V.E. Schwab.

Substack illustrations created by Olga Zalite 💐