Welcome to BookFool.com v.1.0
Step right up, Ladies and Germs, to BookFool.com, version 1.0! After a few false starts, we’re wiping the chalkboard clean and starting from scratch. We’ve got a great new web partner and a new lease on life.
Also a new logo!
This blog will take shape over the next few months, so stick around to witness what we become. We’re guessing it will revolve around the following:
- Books
- Publishing
- Technology
- East Nashville
- Entrepreneurism
- General Foolery
“What’s all this ‘Version 1.0′ talk about?” you may be asking. Well, our vision for BookFool.com is far-reaching, but we’re taking its development in stages. In Version 1.0, the current version, you can find our blog, buyback location information, and some thoughts about who we are.
You’ll also notice V.1.0 of this site includes a custom Social Activity sidebar widget that pulls updates from our FriendFeed profile as we post our nonsense around the web. If you’re wondering what we’re up to, that sidebar is a good place to start. Right now it features mostly tweets from Twitter, but we’ve got some pics to post to Flickr and links to share through Del.icio.us too. Also YouTube. And more!
Version 1.1 will add back in our revamped book search engine that shows you the cheapest prices on any book, anywhere on the web! The code for this functionality is currently in the works and will be added to the site this Summer.
For Version 2.0, we’re experimenting with a microchip that lives in your brain and reads you the Classics while you sleep, thus enhancing your dreams … and your education! Early tests of this device have produced some troubling results, but we think we can get the bugs worked out in time for launch.
Before I go, I must give big props to Lamplight Media, designers and developers extraordinaire. It’s one thing to create a great looking site. It’s another thing entirely to create a great looking site that also works well and is easy to update and personalize. They’re the kind of professionals who hit deadlines, exceed expectations, and add value at every step. If you can’t say that about your web team (or even if you can), give Casey and Zach a call today. Thanks, guys! (And no, I’m not being paid to say that.)
Thank you for reading. If you’d like to receive the occasional update from the Fools, you can subscribe in the sidebar. At the very least, I would bookmark us and return no fewer than 12 times a day.
Talk to me: What do you think of the new site? Don’t be shy! Leave us a comment below.
The new site looks great!
Hey Fools,
I tried to add the blog to my google reader account, and it would not all me to do so. On the upside, the logo and website look awesome!
Thanks, Brigitte. We’re looking into it.
Subscribing by Google Reader should be fixed now. Let me know if it’s still giving you trouble.