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Products that do what Self-Quarantine Book Club does

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   My first side project, streamlined book clubs on Slack▲104

   2025 · booktalk.club

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   Slack▲2,713

   Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.

   2013 · slack.com

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   Slack List▲432

   A handpicked selection of the top Slack groups

   2015

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   Bookly▲74

   Crowd-sourced library for your company, in Slack

   2019

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   Slack Chats▲362

   A place to discover and join private Slack groups

   2014

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   BookTribes Alpha▲194

   Online book clubs for book nerds

   2017

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   The Startup Book Club▲132

   Read the books most recommended by founders and pioneers.

   2018

8. 8AM
   A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads▲478

   Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting. So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph. We also felt like…

   2022 · booqsi.com

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   Thread Messaging on Slack▲709

   Keep conversations organized and easy to follow with Threads

   2017 · slack.com

10. 10
    Literal 2.0▲397

    Discover, organise & discuss books

    2022

11. 11EB
    Engineering Book Club▲120

    An online community that enjoys reading and discussing engineering books together.

    2023 · engineeringbookclub.com

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    2000 (!) Slack Groups▲440

    The largest curated list of verified Slack groups

    2018

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    bookclub▲394

    A beautiful, simple alternative to Goodreads 📚

    2018

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    Hooked▲837

    A book on how to build habit-forming products

    2014 · amazon.com

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    Lybrum▲86

    The new way to experience books, together.

    2019

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    Bookstck▲341

    A curated bookshelf (+100 books) made by entrepreneurs

    2015

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    Hardcover▲141

    Social discovery for serious book lovers

    2022

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    Startup Communities▲241

    How to build communities of entrepreneurs

    2015

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    Slack Shared Channels▲485

    Work with anyone in Slack

    2017

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    Must-Read for Slack▲172

    Build controllable must-read lists for your team in Slack.

    2016

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    1000 Slack Groups▲363

    A categorized list of 1000 Slack communities

    2017

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    Lounge for Slack▲209

    Fun games, watch parties, escape rooms for teams that Slack

    2022

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    Booknshelf▲140

    Keep track of all your books online.

    2016

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    Top 50 Slack▲185

    Database of the top slack groups

    2020

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