8.10
2023-12-19
This version includes minor defect corrections and other improvements
8.9.2
2023-09-11
This version corrects an issue with the Bookship Live Video chat feature.
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!
8.5.2
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.)
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
6.4
2020-01-08
Public, Sharable readings!
Now you can share a reading with the entire world. Post a link on your website, share to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn, and invite people to join your reading. Great for bookstores, workplace reading groups, or meetups, or just meeting new reading friends! Just post a link and anyone can join your Reading!
This version also allows you to send private invites via text message as well as by email.
This version allows comments to be formatted in Markdown, for rich text formatting, and to mention other users via @username.
6.3.7
2019-12-12
Public, Sharable readings!
Now you can share a reading with the entire world. Post a link on your website, share to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn, and invite people to join your reading. Great for bookstores, workplace reading groups, or meetups, or just meeting new reading friends! Just post a link and anyone can join your Reading!
This version also allows you to send private invites via text message as well as by email.
This version corrects a number of defects in the built-in eReader.
6.3.6
2019-11-28
Public, Sharable readings!
Now you can share a reading with the entire world. Post a link on your website, share to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn, and invite people to join your reading. Great for bookstores, workplace reading groups, or meetups, or just meeting new reading friends! Just post a link and anyone can join your Reading!
This version also allows you to send private invites via text message as well as by email.
This version corrects a defect where some pictures could not be posted from the chat window.
6.3.5
2019-11-21
Public, Sharable readings!
Now you can share a reading with the entire world. Post a link on your website, share to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn, and invite people to join your reading. Great for bookstores, workplace reading groups, or meetups, or just meeting new reading friends! Just post a link and anyone can join your Reading!
This version also allows you to send private invites via text message as well as by email.
6.3
2019-10-25
Spoiler Alert!!!
Don't you hate it when your friends post spoilers on the book you're reading? Now everyone can tag their comments as spoilers (along with where the spoiler is, like "Chapter 12"), and the comment will be hidden unless you open it. No more Spoilers!
Shared Group book lists:
Groups can now build a shared list of Books for consideration in their reading groups. Everyone can add their favorites!
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting. Now you can create Groups and Calendars for your readings - list the members of your club, and where/when you are meeting. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
6.2.10
2019-10-18
Spoiler Alert!!!
Don't you hate it when your friends post spoilers on the book you're reading? Now everyone can tag their comments as spoilers (along with where the spoiler is, like "Chapter 12"), and the comment will be hidden unless you open it. No more Spoilers!
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting. Now you can create Groups and Calendars for your readings - list the members of your club, and where/when you are meeting. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
6.2.9
2019-09-21
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting.
Now you can create Groups and Calendars - list the members of your club, and the times and places when you are getting together and the books you are reading. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
This version also displays informative badges for award-winning books.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
This version also displays informative badges for award-winning books, and corrects minor defects associated with app notifications and with using the swipe-right gesture to move back a page.
6.2.7
2019-09-15
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting.
Now you can create Groups and Calendars - list the members of your club, and the times and places when you are getting together and the books you are reading. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
This version also displays informative badges for award-winning books.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
This version also corrects defects associated with app notifications and app launches occasionally causing the app to be left in an incorrect state.
6.2.5
2019-08-17
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting.
Now you can create Groups and Calendars - list the members of your club, and the times and places when you are getting together and the books you are reading. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
This version also displays informative badges for award-winning books.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
6.2.4
2019-08-10
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting.
Now you can create Groups and Calendars - list the members of your club, and the times and places when you are getting together and the books you are reading. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
This version also displays informative badges for award-winning books.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
6.2.1
2019-08-08
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting.
Now you can create Groups and Calendars - list the members of your club, and the times and places when you are getting together and the books you are reading. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
This version also displays informative badges for award-winning books.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
6.1
2019-07-12
Groups & Calendars!
Bookship is great for book clubs, as well as just reading with friends. It helps you keep in touch between meetings and brings you interesting content about the book to help you get ready for the meeting.
Now you can create Groups and Calendars - list the members of your club, and the times and places when you are getting together and the books you are reading. Bookship will take care of sending reminders to your group, on the schedule you request.
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
6.0.10
2019-06-26
You can now read books FOR FREE right in Bookship, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
Choose from tens of thousands of classic works. The Bookship eReader includes all the features you'd expect from an eReader - bookmarks, notes, search, customization of fonts and colors - and best of all it's FREE.
6.0.9
2019-05-11
You can now read books FOR FREE right in the app, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
Choose from tens of thousands of classic works. The Bookship eReader includes all the features you'd expect from an eReader - bookmarks, notes, search, customization of fonts and colors - and best of all it's FREE.
This version corrects defects associated with Push Notifications, includes interface improvements for iPads, as well as changes to reflect iOS 12.2.
6.0.6
2019-04-19
You can now read books FOR FREE right in the app, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
Choose from tens of thousands of classic works. The Bookship eReader includes all the features you'd expect from an eReader - bookmarks, notes, search, customization of fonts and colors - and best of all it's FREE.
This version includes interface improvements for iPads, as well as changes to reflect iOS 12.2.
6.0.3
2017-07-17
You can now read books FOR FREE right in the app, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
Choose from tens of thousands of classic works. The Bookship eReader includes all the features you'd expect from an eReader - bookmarks, notes, search, customization of fonts and colors - and best of all it's FREE.
6.0.1
2017-07-17
You can now read books FOR FREE right in the app, and share notes and comments with your friends right inside the book. Browse classic books from Project Gutenberg, Standard eBooks and other sources, and read the books with your friends, sharing notes and comments directly on the text.
It's a virtual book club right inside the book.
Choose from tens of thousands of classic works. The Bookship eReader includes all the features you'd expect from an eReader - bookmarks, notes, search, customization of fonts and colors - and best of all it's FREE.