for readers with more unread books than time

A hold system for the books you already own.

Place a few books from your own shelf on hold, wait a short while, and get a small jolt of excitement when one becomes free — the same feeling a library queue gives you, just for books you already own.

Got 2 minutes? Help shape pricing and features, and grab a spot in the demo. Participants get a discount at launch!

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The Cruel PrinceHolly Black

Your hold is in.

it only took a week — nice things come to those who wait

Sound familiar?

You own more unread books than you’ll admit out loud. You’re a mood reader, so half of them stop feeling right the moment you pick them up. So you reread an old favorite instead, or scroll for twenty minutes and read nothing at all.

This isn’t rare. Readers have built entire Goodreads groups around exactly this feeling — “Book Buying Addicts Anonymous” has run for over a decade. People make DIY jars just to force themselves to pick something. StoryGraph runs official reading challenges because thousands of people asked for structure they didn’t have.

The Bookslip doesn’t give you more books. It gives your own backlog a little bit of the fate and momentum a library hold gives you — for books you already have.

How it works

No new books, no subscriptions to a catalog. Just your own shelf, with a little structure.

Import your TBR

Bring it over from Goodreads or StoryGraph — a quick export from your account, then we do the organizing into folders and tags.

Place a hold

Pick a few books to hold at once — up to your plan’s limit, just like a library.

Wait it out

A short, honest wait — shorter for books that have sat on your shelf the longest.

It’s ready

Take it out, read it in whatever format you already own, for 14 days.

Already know what you want to read? You can check it out right away and the 14-day challenge starts.

Built for the way you actually read

Organize your shelf

Folders, tags, and mood-based browsing turn a 140-book backlog into something you can actually navigate. Find “cozy fantasy” or “under 300 pages” in seconds instead of scrolling forever.

Moods and emojis, not just stars

Tag books by mood the way you already think about them, then sum up how one made you feel in three emojis, alongside a star rating and an optional written note.

Buddy holds

Hold the same book as a friend, start together, and cheer each other on as you both make your way through it.

Read it anywhere

Physical copy, library ebook, Kindle Unlimited, audiobook — The Bookslip doesn’t supply the book, so it never gets in the way of how you already read.

Pricing

still to be decided

The Bookslip will be a paid app. Nothing about the price is locked in yet, and if you join now, you can genuinely help shape it.

Will The Bookslip cost money?

Yes. The Bookslip will be a paid subscription, though what that actually costs hasn’t been decided yet. You get a real say in that: the feedback survey is a great way to let your opinion be known!

Is joining the waitlist free?

Yes, completely. Signing up costs nothing, and it won’t automatically move you onto a paid plan later. The first 50 people who join also get 10 extension tokens once the beta launches, and joining our upcoming demo gets you a discount on your plan once the app rolls out for real.

Can I actually help decide the price?

Yes. That’s exactly what the feedback survey is for: a few quick questions on pricing, features, and whether you’d like a spot in the demo.

What’s the demo, exactly?

A sneak peek at the actual feeling of The Bookslip before a single line of the real app is live. A real hold. A real countdown. A real “it’s ready” moment — hand-run for now instead of app-run, so we can get it exactly right before we build it. Grab a spot through the feedback survey, and get a discount on your membership once the app fully launches.

Be one of the first to get a bookslip.

The beta is still being built. Join now and the first 50 people get 10 extension tokens at launch — each one adds 7 extra days to a checkout that’s already more than half read.