October 2011
2 posts
Just one click to move a series to the top on your...
When we launched the “Next Book” list we knew people would love how easy it is to know exactly what book you need to read next. Many users have asked if there was a way to make it even easier to make a series they are following #1 on their “Next Book” list. Well here it is!
Just visit any of the series you’re following. There’s now a new icon on the series page...
FictFact Search Menu Extension for Google Chrome
Around the FictFact office we’ve become big fans of Google’s Chrome web browser. As we continue to add authors based on our awesome user suggestions, we realized we’d love a tool so we can easily search FictFact for authors we come across on the web. So we went ahead an made one! If your a fan of Google Chrome, go ahead and install our new extension for searching FictFact from...
August 2011
1 post
Making series recommendations smarter
When we launched FictFact we hoped that it would not only help people keep track of their favorite series but also help them discover new series to read.
For a while now, we’ve had a “Recommend Series” section on every series page, so users can check out what other users are interested in. The recommendations are based on what users follow and if you’re logged in, filter...
April 2011
1 post
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FictFact in Bullet Points
This is inspired by Ravelry’s and Stack Exchange’s bullet point architecture details. We’ve seen a whole lot of growth in the last 6 months over at FictFact, and we’ve recently rebuilt a large portion of the site from the ground up which has allowed us to spread load across more (but cheaper) machines.
FictFact is a book series tracking site that is primarily built on...
February 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
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October 2010
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August 2010
13 posts
Winter Is Coming
– HBO Unveils Trailer & Image For George R.R. Martin Adaptation ‘Game Of Thrones’
The B&N eReader iPad, iPhone, and PC apps are no more. Instead, B&N now...
– B&N Rebrands And Updates Its iPad, iPhone, and PC Nook eReading Software
FictFact's 1st Birthday is in August!
And to celebrate, we are giving away a Kindle Wi-fi. There are three ways to enter!
Enter on Facbook Enter on Twitter or Enter if you don’t have Facebook or Twitter
A new contest coming soon!
We are putting together an exciting new contest for FictFact’s 1st birthday. Stay tuned for more details!! While your waiting for our announcement check out photographer Matt Pasant’s photostream. Some gorgeous stuff in there!
Small search outage
Those of you hitting FictFact right now might see some funkiness with search. We are rebuilding the index (funny technical talk) but it should be up and running in a few minutes.
Thanks for your patience!
While you wait, check out how sweet the Journey to the Center of the Earth ride at Tokyo DisneySea is. They need to clone that ride over here!