Just wanted to update you all on my current plans:
Road Map:
Lists (new addition)Community Editable Book Synopsis ( Jan/Feb)Lists (Jan)Hover over widget for items showcasing descriptions while browsing. (Feb)Add Native Language setting (Early Feb ?)- Add Video Games & Visual Novel (In Progress - Sometime in March)
- Web Novel / Web Comic (In Progress - Sometime in March)
- improved Book & Series pages (March ?) (includes lists feature and publisher date)
- Crosslinking between different media forms of the same title/property (Late March / April)
- Book Club Support (April ?)
- Book Edition Handling (May?)
- Rereads / Rewatch (May?)
- Recommendations & Premium(May?)
- Notifications System (??)
Discussion:
I’ve already started in on webnovels & videogames and i’ve already got the upload process working pretty well! I’ve decided to do them at the same time for two reasons:
- It forces me to standardize my approach to different items - Books, Movies, TV shows… etc. While it is already standardized to a degree, doing these two at once really forces me to standardize it even more. It also forces me to make various UIs scalable (Activity filters, Stats, Gradings Admin… etc).
- I couldn’t decide which one was more important
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Number 1 will force me to return to the book & series pages, which is why that feature was bumped up. I also think adding these content types will make the crosslinking feature even more important, which is why that feature is on deck.
Another thing I’d like to note - Adding English & French is on hold for the time being. We’ll see if we get some breathing room, but I’ve found that adding languages isn’t really a zero-cost for me. It is low cost, so I don’t expect them linger too long, but perhaps until after these features go out.
Lastly, for webnovels & webtoons, I will be starting with Naver only (Korean). Webnovels have a lot of potential sources which will be easy to add, but I want to get Naver working first. Webnovels & Webtoons are especially important for Korean. I also think figuring out how to deal with Aozora crosslisted as book & webnovel is it’s own can of worms.
All in all, I’m super excited about the next month! Webnovels & videogames will certainly have a longtail of feature improvements after their initial launch, but it will really round out our offering. Webnovels & webtoons in particular will offer a lot of cheap options for people to explore 
