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Direct link in alert emails

Direct link in alert emails

March 21, 2026

We’ve released a new version of the iOS and Android app. When you tap links in alert emails, you’ll now be taken straight to the Alerts tab in the app. If the feature doesn’t work right away, you may need to fully reinstall the app.


Hints

Hints

March 2, 2025

In order to maximise the book search, I recommend. you prioritise in this order :

1/ Author search (without the book name)
2/ Search by barcode
3/ Search on the title without the author’s name.

Respecting that order maximises the chance for Booksnotify to find the book.


Improved eMail

Improved eMail

Feb. 22, 2026

eMaill notification have been improved


Applcation evolution

Applcation evolution

Jan. 11, 2026

Do not hesitate to provide feedback or ask product evolution by writing me to admin@booksnotify.com


Monday January 5th 2026

Monday January 5th 2026

Jan. 5, 2026

Service disruptions may occur during the day due to maintenance operations.


Search for Android testers

Search for Android testers

June 14, 2025

'm still looking for testers to help validate Booksnotify on Android.
If you have an Android phone, you can join the test by signing up for this group, downloading the app, and using it for two weeks:
https://groups.google.com/g/booksnotifytest
You can also help by sharing this message!
Feel free to send me your feedback...
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️


1.5.0

1.5.0

March 9, 2025

This release bring persistant connexion.
You do not have to re log every time you are entering in the application.


1.4.0

1.4.0

Feb. 28, 2025

The coming 1.4.0 should be the first release in production.
This version brings counters for your number of alerts, books and authors in the library.
We have also optimised the search.
Please provide any feedback you have, I hope you'll enjoy it !


1.3.0 is coming

1.3.0 is coming

Feb. 19, 2025

- Add a button in previews in book detail, enabling users to ask for a book thumbnail when missing
- Add the alert toggle just after the search result, avoiding having to go to book details.
- Add the version number in the setup screen for a better support


First test phase

First test phase

Feb. 15, 2025

We have already received some feedbacks that have been implemented.

If you're currently testing the app, please verify:
– That adding books via barcode works without returning an error
– That book search via the search function works properly. (Note: for author names, it’s recommended to use both the first and last name for accurate results)
– That you can:

Set an alert for an author
Add a book to your reading list
Add a book to your library
Feel free to send me your feedback at support@booksnotify.com. If you can, please attach screenshots.

Thank you!


Soon an app

Soon an app

Dec. 27, 2024

I am working on a mobile app for Booksnotify.
To be continued....


Why BooksNotify ?

Why BooksNotify ?

June 21, 2024

I love reading and I always have.
The way I have always read is looking for an author, and try a book, and if I love it, read everything from that author.
The difficulty is to keep adapted later on when that author is publishing a new book.
Until now I didn't find a proper solution that would alert me without doing any search.
Recently, I took CS50 course in order to learn to code, I came with the booksnotify idea as part of the course projects.
I now want to share this tool with others in case they had that same need.
I'll hope you'll enjoy it !


Improved search

Improved search

May 19, 2024

Search by author and books have been merged for simplicity

Do not hesitate to give feedback and ask for new features !


BooksNotify V1 is out

BooksNotify V1 is out

May 11, 2024

We are pleased to announce the availability of our V1 release.
BooksNotify is now passing to a new phase.

This new release contains a lot of improvements :
- Mulitple bug fix, including improved search
- Filtering by author in library
- Add to Library/Add to list icons in all screens
- Add to Library/Add to list icons color changes depending on status
- Contact us improvement adding social media and direct email
- Improved account setup
- Possible account deletion

Thanks to our tester on that first phase !


Welcome to the alpha !

Welcome to the alpha !

April 26, 2024

Welcome in that very first version of BooksNotfy ! We hope you'll enjoy it ! Please do not hesitate to provide feedback so we can improve our app !
0.1.8 is out :
- Now allow partial book search on title
- Now allow book search without author name
- Author name and book title improvement standarization
- Multi Author support
- eMail alert