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No Limit to Buddy Read
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herrerae16Sep 18, 2025
I am currently in a Book Club and start Buddy Reads using the JOIN MEETING approach. There 18 members in the book club so 3 of us are left out of the Buddy Read. Is there any way to extend how many people can join a Buddy Read to reflect who is all in the Book Club group?
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Hmmm...I'd have to think about this because the way buddy reads are set up, we think it'd be a poor experience at some level...but maybe we have a recommendation, make the limit more generous...and that's it. Or maybe for book clubs we have no limit... 🤔
Nadia More notifications on readalongs would help us.
imaginary_space What would you like to see?
Nadia I would love if the limit could be flexible for Book Club groups because I get the goal of having more intimacy within the Buddy Reads but I feel like it can be a little different in a group that is filled with friends.. we are already intimate with one another! Also, maybe for anyone that is paying for Plus, if they start a book club group then maybe a bonus with them paying for plus is they have no limit to buddy reads?
herrerae16 I think a flexible limit for book club groups make sense. Plus we're just keeping to Advanced Stats going forward so the buddy read limit thing won't make sense there.
Nadia thank you so much for all of these quick responses. If the limit becomes flexible for book club groups, do you have an idea of when that change will be implemented?
herrerae16 I could try and have it done in October, but I'd need to do some more customer research around it. Will perhaps talk about it in my next newsletter and ask about it on social media posts next week.
Nadia Is there any update on the Buddy Read limit?
herrerae16 If there's an update, it'll be here. Addressing this is one of my current priorities and has been on my todo list since we discussed it.
herrerae16 Turns out there's never been a limit on participants for buddy reads attached to book club meetings. We just don't recommend more than 15. From the beginning I made it so that you could add as many people as you wanted for buddy reads attached to book club meetings. Are you creating the buddy read via the book club meeting page? If not, that's the way!
Nadia re: readalong notifications. I think notifications about new posts, not just replies, would be helpful. Right now, many people don't check if there are new posts, it's basically the same as with the book club forums.
imaginary_space Noted! herrerae16, do I have permission to transition this post to one about more readalong notifications?
We have the same problem. Our club has over 400 members and readalongs get far less engagement because they don't send as many notifications. So we would love to use buddy reads.