Why I've Gone Dark...

Hint: I've been building something!

My apologies for not publishing on Substack for a while. I have a good reason: I’ve been building something!

Specifically, a mobile app. I have been working on an app that manages home libraries. Because if you’re like me, your books are a mess, and it’s impossible to find the book you’re looking for at any given moment.

So I’m building a tool to fix that. All you need to do is scan in your books using your iPhone’s camera, and it will look up the information about that book, add each book to your library and note what shelf it’s on. You can also add notes, lend the book out and keep track of who has it, and other fun stuff.

The app is called Shelves, and I plan to launch it this fall. If you’d like to be notified when it launches, or to be part of a beta testing group, please visit shelvesapp.com and sign up for the waitlist.

I’d also be honored if you’d share this link with your book hoarding friends!