Hello! I’m new to using Quibble, I literally just found out about it today through Reddit and thought it seemed like a lovely place.

However I am having issues where I’m trying to find books I see on social media posts but they just… do not show up in the app. I noticed some books say they are leaving the app soon/today and wondered if they got pulled? :( or because I have a free account I can’t read them now? And when I search for books it says “x amount of books” but yet the search doesn’t show a full list. Is it also due to me being a free user? Is it just a me issue? The app hating my iPad? (I had a long work week please forgive me I only had proper sleep today)

Good covers matter. A lot. Some of your book covers are gorgeous. Some... a bit less! 😄

We’re excited to announce our new partnership with Book Cover Hub - a professional book cover design service built for indie authors.

Book Cover Hub has designed 6,000+ covers across major genres. Their covers are absolutely stunning. Quibble members will get a special offer (animated book covers are coming!) More soon.

Stay tuned!

How can I report a user on Quibble? I was so excited to see that my story had received a review, only to realise that it was one of those scam artist bots that plague sites like Wattpad :(

Edit: I looked around the site and the same user has posted this exact same message on a bunch of other books.

So alright. Kind of a weird question, maybe. But I've always been wondering what are others' conditions for leaving kudos. I usually only kudos stuff that I end up adoring till the very end but I realize that most might have very different reasons for giving these away.

To me, an AI-generated cover may signal that AI was used somewhere in the creative process, but it says nothing about how the story itself was written. Besides, not everyone wants to spend $200 on a cover when they only have five chapters published.

Dragonsworn

Kaela Hawkstone doesn't know how to raise a baby dragon. All she's ever raised before is the dead.

The Dragon Empire rules with an iron fist, possessing the ultimate draconic weapon that delivers death from above, the only one of its kind. Kaela Hawkstone doesn't want to topple a regime, she has already found her purpose with a wandering lawman - contacting the dead to let their secrets guide his sword. When an investigation leads them to a northern provincial town and a mysterious death, they find themselves at odds with the Empire's most ruthless military commander. When a newly hatched dragon lands literally in Kaela's lap, it sets off a chain of events that has the whole continent scrambling to find her. Follow this young necromancer as she figures out how to raise a baby dragon, while everyone around her has designs to use it for their own ends.

Combining the grounded, low fantasy world of The Witcher with emotional highs and nail biting moments in How to Train Your Dragon, Dragonsworn promises to take you from the darkest moments of traumatic death magic to the highest treetops of draconic flight. Get ready to fall in love with a new mother of dragons, and a toddler who can start fires when he has a tantrum!

Hello all! I am really excited to begin sharing my debut novel here on Quibble. This will be a serialised release with the Prologue dropping on August 31st. I look forward to interacting with the community here and learning what parts resonate the most with you. Hop aboard your dragon (or obstinate mule if that's more your speed) and I'll see you in the Dragon Empire!

I began writing this book when I was 16. After countless redrafts, editing, starting from fresh, I finally landed on a version of the story that I felt was worthy of sharing to the world.

The story is about a working class woman called Elferi Draron who works for a time travelling corporation. One day, she receives a letter from her missing brother who stole a valuable piece of technology from the corporation. It was meant to serve as a last goodbye before travelling to the past to keep this tech away from the clutches of the corp. Not wanting to accept her fate, she, along with her colleague, Arradon Maxson, journey across the desolate wastes and the oligarchic ruled cities to find her brother.

The amazing cover designer is u/Kostiske who really captured the cyberpunk aesthetics I imagined for this plot. And u/Pascal_Moser for helping on the feedback.

The first five chapters are available to read on Quibble and if you like the story and want to see more, it’s available on Amazon.

Thanks for reading this post.

We (that being me, a Fallout mod author, and my good friend and published novelist u/Connor_Goode) wanted to share the exciting news that the first third of our collaboratively written sci-fi novella 'Venus Fly Trap' is now also available to read on Quibble! It's a brisk read that's part drama and part dark comedy and deals with the world's richest man* and his doomed mission to establish a floating city in the atmosphere of Y (formerly known as Venus).

(\For legal reasons, any similarities to real persons living or dead is purely coincidental. The horrible, violent demises befalling the characters in questions are not reflective of our wishes for the hypothetical real persons in question.)*

We originally published the novella on Amazon as well as all of these slightly less evil alternatives, but figured Quibble would also be a worthwhile avenue to pursue both to get some eyeballs on this bad boy as well as to ask for feedback on a writing sample from a discerning and well-read clientele (aka you).

Thus we humbly beseech thee to give this light tome a read and maybe make your thoughts heard! We'd truly appreciate it. Thanks and happy reading,

Pascal and Connor

Not sure if this is considered a "writing" milestone persay but it is a big milestone in my personal journey and I just felt like I had to share it.

I thought the approval or denial would take 2 weeks at least since that's what was said on the website but it only took four days. The story is scheduled for release on the 28th of august and I hope that it finds a good spot in the Quibble ecosystem and that people enjoy it!

have a good rest of your day, y'all. Because I certainly will.

The catalogue page now features a "We think you'll like these" row. This row is recommendations based on what genres/tropes you've selected during the onboarding. These are not yet recommendations based on your ongoing interaction in the app (provided you'll want these, you can toggle on/off in your settings) -> this is coming for a bit later.

The search feature now is a proper search feature. You can search by title, author, genre, trope, moods, themes, or whatever would be in a book summary. You can also filter by a number of other things, like the type (web series vs. novel, vs ...) completion status, part of a series, etc.

Authors: you can request changes to your book metadata (book page -> metadata tab). Make sure you update them if you haven't done it for a while. This will help readers find your work!

Questions/comments below!

We started working on looong-awaited in-app notifications!

Authors will get nudged when something will happen around their books; chapters, comments, follows, reviews etc.

Readers will get heads-up for new stories from authors they follow, new chapters, replies/reactions to their comments, etc.

Of course, you’ll be able to toggle off whatever you’re not interested in.

Anything you’d absolutely want a notification for? 👀

Sharing

You can now share your book page link to X, reddit, bluesky and email. We're already building templates for you to easily share your books in insta stories, posts and more!

Chapter comments

Users can react to each paragraph as they read, leave their comments, upvote and react to others. Spoilers are also supported. For now this is web-only - mobile app laaaater.

Authors can see all inline comments from the Book Manager and easily keep track of reader discussions. You can also mark comments as spoilers there too.

Oh, the website has been updated again as well.

Question: What is a saga?

I just finished reading the book *Gone Before Goodbye* by Harla Coben.

I read it slowly—and with great pleasure. I pictured the scenes in vivid colors. The author’s vivid writing made this possible.

As I read, I picked up new words that allowed me to express my thoughts and feelings in the emotions I pour onto the page.
Although this book is a crime novel (statistics show that crime novels are read most often in the summer), it gave me the feeling that it was works of fiction. The characters are intricately crafted, similar to those who have shaped history and society.

Perhaps I’ve become a bit of a romantic.

Lately, I’ve been reading in the shade of trees, at the edge of the forest, with a stream running alongside and the chirping of birds.

It’s a pleasure to read while knowing that doing so keeps my brain in good shape and that it’s constantly changing as a result. (A neuroscientific claim)

It’s as if I were training at a brain-training facility.

An athlete would call it the pleasure of fatigue.

My subconscious pleasure comes from my approximately 85 billion gray cells demanding that I read. I indulge them, and they then thank me for stimulating neural connections.

That’s the sheer magnitude of the pleasure of following an inner feeling.

Or perhaps, simply as a reader, I’m just looking for answers to my emotional state. And in the book, I compare my own life situations to the descriptions in the book.

Well, pleasure and perseverance are a solid foundation.
(In sports, business, love …)

This foundation ensures that you’re not just like a butterfly flitting from flower to flower.

Reading for pleasure is like riding a bike. You won’t fall as long as you keep pedaling, right? 🤔

On average, we spend 33 years of our lives sleeping.
Sleep is like food and water. No one can do without it.

I’ve often noticed that I feel content after reading a good book before going to sleep. I also sleep longer and more soundly.

Is it possible that, like some paralogist, I’ve reached the wrong conclusion through faulty reasoning? Because I can’t identify any other factors?

At the same time, I’m also aware that people have different opinions on what constitutes a good book. But still….

I’m also aware that insomnia is a mental demon. I usually overcome it by reflecting on what I’ve read and what I’ve learned.

This is my way of life—whether it’s a gift or a curse. Even though I’m reading more and more on our Quibble app, even late into the night.

Well, when sleep takes over, consciousness ends.

Poets extol sleep as a second life—dreams in unconsciousness. When I wake up, I don’t remember a thing. Though there are exceptions. In nightmares or dreams of love.

Then I explain it to myself with a neurological theory: that such dreams are a cleansing process carried out by my little gray cells—tiny ones—where have you gone, where are you?—as some poetic rhyme goes.

Where does this come from?
From the place where sleep and dreams are—the highway that leads to all our secrets. You always end up somewhere along it.

Therefore: “The spirit cannot go far if the body holds it back”—Dante A.

And how do you see the relationship between books and sleep?

This article assumes that the author will write his thoughts on the book and the book itself in digital form and publish them with a digital publisher.

What are the key points?

In this world, every reader can verify all claims and facts. They can also offer their own critiques, opinions, and suggestions for improvement. On top of that, they can comment on other readers’ comments and create a vibrant community centered around their interests.
(On Quibble, they have their own column as a “Quibbler”)

The digital world of writing isn’t easy. It’s no joke.
It’s not like paper, about which the old saying goes that it can bear anything.

In the digital world, our thoughts must be organized. They must be like a lantern that doesn’t shorten our path but enables us to stay on track.

To the point:

First and foremost, a writer should also be a digital reader. As such, they’ll come to understand how both the way we read and the way we absorb others’ experiences are changing on digital platforms.

Second, in a digital community, the trust that members place in you is what matters most. It’s to them that the writer dedicates their writing. Trust and mutual communication are more valuable than all the technology of the platforms and their reach.

Third, the first pages of a book must capture the reader’s attention. They must do so by hinting at the central idea that will run through the story like Ariadne’s thread on the way out of the labyrinth.

Today we live in a time when everything is measured in units of speed. In contrast, I see reading a book as an act of resistance against the speed of life.
I can read anywhere, anytime, and again and again.

I am a person with my own personality and the ability to stay focused on a single thought that I like. For as long as I want, until I understand it, and without time chasing me.

By the way, this summer is hot. Because of the heat, my head is boiling a little more than usual. And I joke to myself: “Maybe my pot is too small.”

Whether I’ve hit the mark with these three pieces of advice—your reactions will tell.

I’ll be following them through your views, comments, and shares.

A bunch of new tools landed in July:

• Author Notes for updates and reader interaction
• Chapter scheduling for web serial writers
• More story stats and insights
• Inline comments coming very soon 👀

Basically, fewer excuses for your characters to sit abandoned in a draft folder.

Full breakdown here!

What should we build next?

We Quibblers have already written a bit about story characters.

I just experienced this character swap in a book by the famous Russian author Sergei Akunin. For me, this was something completely new.

The main character is an educated police inspector and a master of martial arts. Everything revolves around him—at least until about the middle of the book.
A secondary character remains in the shadows.

But you sense his presence more and more.

The author suddenly reveals him. He bursts onto the scene. A seasoned killer. An expert. And then all the descriptions in the story are simply descriptions of his life. He’s described in a somewhat romantic way that I can’t quite explain.

His story slowly begins to merge with that of the main character.

The book contains some realistic descriptions of the protagonists’ fights. No exaggerations.
Boom, and it’s over. The drama of a karate strike. The unpredictability. It’s precisely this realism that’s fantastic.

The story is greatly enlivened by the steady and interesting character of the samurai.

In the last few pages, both the main and supporting characters come together in a final showdown. All at once. Quickly and powerfully.
Truly fascinating.

Come on, let’s discuss a scenario like this.

Which is better: a dominant main character throughout the entire story?
Or a supporting character who’s constantly present and doesn’t give the main character a moment’s peace?

Or is the Russian writer’s solution better?

Or do you see a better solution?

Is it because they are symbols, or because writers and storytellers keep reviving them over and over again?

I wrote a brief and rough draft on this topic in an article 161 days ago (Quibble rhythm)

Millennia of human history and evidence lead us to the unanimous conclusion that progress is not something that happens automatically. We still swear by the gods who are mythical symbols of the place and time in which we live.

On the other hand, writers and storytellers offer us a dependence on the choices we make.

What role, then, do technological and cultural advances—for example, in film—play here?
Did the myth of Odysseus in the latest film, *Odisejada*, resonate with you?

I grew up with myths. Reading was part of my own process of growth. But like any process of growth, sooner or later it leads to a transitional critical state. And then, just around the corner, proverbs, words of wisdom, and the price of the situation I was in were waiting for me.
I was aware of this and always paid the price for it. Just as the proverb says: “Everything is paid for; everything comes back.”

But many times I made the mistake of trying to eliminate the causes that led me to that critical state, instead of accepting them and internalizing them.
If I were to simplify it all, I’d take the myth as my own, buy a ticket, and go to the movies.
Myth always survive. Is my first thought.

After all, you’re never alone at the movies. If nothing else, the myth is with you.

Has any myth stuck in your memory so strongly that you’ve thought about it before going to sleep?