Behind the scenes

The Design Edition

A peak behind the scenes into the evolution of our logo

Apr 1 • Lucy Zhao

We almost didn't do it...

Times we trusted our users over our instincts in feature development

Mar 4 • Lucy Zhao

Day in the life building Pagebound

How we spend an average day as the 2 person team behind your favorite book app

Feb 18 • Pagebound

Behind the scenes: Plan & Quests

Here’s how we developed two of Pagebound’s one-of-a-kind features

Feb 6 • Jennifer Dobak

A year of new reader friends

We grew from 0 to 70K readers this year without any paid marketing. That's the story from the outside. Here's what it was like actually doing it.

Dec 9, 2025 • Lucy Zhao

How rejecting conventional wisdom led to our breakthrough

Pagebound is different from any book tracker or social media you've seen before, and it's entirely on purpose.

Oct 29, 2025 • Jennifer Dobak

I missed the way we used to talk about books

So we created Pagebound. We're like if Goodreads and Reddit had a baby but indie, anti-AI, and built by two women.

Oct 16, 2025 • Lucy Zhao

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