The Hardcover Blog
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Making the Most of Stats
How to highlight your book favorites by making the most of your public stats page.
Adam Fortuna
Leaving Twitter?
Thinking about making the move away from Twitter? We’re a much different social network, but here’s what we’re focused on now and into the future.
Adam Fortuna

The Hardcover Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Discovery Flowchart of the 2010s
We lovingly created this infographic to help you find the science fiction or fantasy book from the past decade that’s right for you.
Adam Fortuna
Goodreads vs. Hardcover: Which is Right for You?
A feature by feature comparison of Hardcover and Goodreads with screenshots.
Adam Fortuna
Introducing Airlists: Airtable for Your Books
Airlists are more than just lists: they’re a tool for you to use to find or share that perfect book from.
Adam Fortuna
7 Ways You Can Use Match Percentage To Find Amazing Books Today
Match percentage is a score from 1% to 100% for how much we believe you’ll enjoy a book.
Adam Fortuna
$9,207 Spent, 400 Users: 8 Lessons From Hardcovers First Year
What a year! Here’s a look at everything we learned during the first year building Hardcover.
Adam Fortuna
Books vs Editions: How We’re Organizing Data Around Readers First
A look into how we’re organizing book data at the book and edition level with users first.
Adam Fortuna
Sticker Contest & Beta Release!
Want some nifty stickers? We got you covered.
Adam Fortuna
Next Stop: Beta Release!
It’s finally happening – our beta release is just around the corner.
Adam Fortuna
13 Reasons Why We’re Building a Better Goodreads
Taking on Goodreads and Amazon isn’t something we take lightly. Here are some of the reasons why we believe it’s important.
Adam Fortuna
Introducing Prompts
Prompts are polls. They’re a new way to ask a question where readers can answer to find the best books.
Adam Fortuna
Is Hardcover a Social Network?
After a bunch of discussions with users we have an idea on what the social side of Hardcover will be. Want a sneak peak?
Adam Fortuna
5 Spooky Books to Read This Halloween
Check out 5 Spooky Books to Read This Halloween!
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Hardcover Internal MVP Released!
We’re working out the bugs and getting ready for a public release! Join our mailing list to be notified first.
Adam Fortuna
Finding Good Books Shouldn’t Be a Slog through the Amazon
Our manifesto.
Adam Fortuna
What’s in a Reading Goal?
We’re trying something different on Hardcover: allow readers to create multiple goals to spark motivation.
Adam Fortuna
Your Book Stats: What Are They For?
Showing the right information about your reading habits can inspire more reading and help you find books you’ll love even more.
Adam Fortuna
List and Shelves and Organization, Oh My!
Book organization is a core piece of any book tracking application. This enables easily seeing books organized in a bunch of different ways. Here’s a look at some of the ways we’re tackling this at Hardcover.
Adam Fortuna
Hardcover Update #2 – What’s Different About Hardcover?
This is an email that went out to the Hardcover email list on June 20, 2021. Join the list to get these when they’re sent.
Adam Fortuna
The Perfect Startup Tech Stack?
Every developer has a tech stack they consider to be the best. Mine has changed over time – and is changing again for Hardcover.
Adam Fortuna
The Startup Blog
I’ve always loved reading blogs and other stories that document a companies founding. We’re going to be doing just chat – sharing what we learn and our progress along the way.
Adam Fortuna
We have a name: Hardcover!
Our list of potential names was… interesting.
Adam Fortuna
Untitled Book Site Kickoff Meeting
It’s official – we have a group working together on this project! Here’s a look at how we’re kicking things off.
Adam Fortuna
I’m Building a Goodreads Competitor out of Spite
It started as a Tweet, moved over to a brainstorm and now it’s actually happening.
Adam Fortuna