Pagebound's Substack: Page Against the Machine
Pagebound, Lucy Zhao, Jennifer DobakPagebound's newsletter/blog, from the founders Lucy & Jennifer. Get a peek behind the scenes as we build an indie, self-funded, anti-AI Goodreads competitor.
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An indie, anti-AI social reading site that's like if Goodreads & Reddit had a baby.
reader, dog mother, cofounder of Pagebound
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