);
}
// ─── MANIFESTO ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function ManifestoSection({ C }) {
return (
A note from the founders
Book clubs deserve a better home than a group chat.
We love book clubs. The slow ones, the wine ones, the work ones.
But the tools are scattered — a spreadsheet for the reading list,
a thread for the meetup, a doc for the questions, a calendar invite
no one finds. Conversations get lost. People stop coming.
Pagebird is a quiet, beautiful place to gather around a book.
Pick the next read together. Schedule the meetup. Keep the
discussion. Remember what your friends thought of chapter four.
One app, made for readers, made by readers.
— The Pagebird teamTampa, FL
);
}
// ─── WHAT YOU GET ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function WhatSection({ C }) {
const items = [
{
n: "i",
title: "A reading list, voted on",
body: "Members suggest. Members vote. The next read picks itself, gracefully."
},
{
n: "ii",
title: "Meetups people actually attend",
body: "Schedule once, send to phones, RSVP without a thread. Nudges that don't nag."
},
{
n: "iii",
title: "Discussion that survives the night",
body: "Threaded chapters. Spoiler-aware. Your favorite line, saved for next year's reread."
},
{
n: "iv",
title: "A reading shelf you'll keep",
body: "Every book your flock has read together — annotated, ranked, remembered."
}];
return (
What's inside
Four things, done well.
We resisted the urge to ship a hundred features. Here's what every
book club actually needs.
"Did the chapter four reveal land for you, or feel earned too quickly?"
);
}
function PhoneScreen_Discussion({ C }) {
return (
Discussion · Ch. 4
The letter scene
{[
{ name: "Jules", color: C.gold, t: "Couldn't put it down. The way he addresses her — that's the whole novel in one paragraph.", time: "2h" },
{ name: "Aria", color: C.coral, t: "I'm not so sure. Felt like the author tipped their hand. Anyone else?", time: "1h" },
{ name: "Maya", color: C.greenLight, t: "Aria — same. But I came around when I reread. The narrator is *unreliable* on purpose.", time: "32m" }].
map((m, i) =>
{m.name[0].toLowerCase()}
{m.name}
{m.time}
$1`) }} />
)}
Quote a line…
);
}
function PreviewSection({ C }) {
return (
A first look
Built for the way book clubs actually meet.
);
}
// ─── QUIETLY INTELLIGENT ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function IntelligentSection({ C }) {
const moments = [
{
kicker: "Before the meetup",
title: "A few questions, ready to go.",
body: "Pagebird drafts three discussion prompts the night before, drawn from the chapters your group is on. Use one, edit them, or ignore them entirely.",
preview:
Suggested prompts · ch. 4–7
{[
"Did the chapter four reveal land for you, or feel earned too quickly?",
"Whose interior monologue is doing the most work here?",
"Where do you think the unreliable narrator first slips?"].
map((q, i) =>
{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}{q}
)}
},
{
kicker: "After you read",
title: "What might come next.",
body: "When your club closes a book, Pagebird quietly suggests two or three you might love — based on what your flock has read together, not what's trending.",
preview:
For your flock, next
{[
{ t: "The Bee Sting", a: "Paul Murray", why: "Big family, shifting voices — like Trust", c: C.greenLight },
{ t: "Birnam Wood", a: "Eleanor Catton", why: "You loved a slow build", c: C.gold },
{ t: "The Fraud", a: "Zadie Smith", why: "Picks up a thread from Demon Copperhead", c: C.pinkDeep }].
map((b, i) =>
{b.t}
{b.a}
{b.why}
)}
},
{
kicker: "If you fall behind",
title: "A spoiler-safe catch-up.",
body: "Stuck on chapter three when the group is on seven? A short, gentle recap of what you've read so far. Never ahead of where you are.",
preview:
Your catch-up
Through ch. 3
We open in Brooklyn, late September,
and meet Ada — a translator who's just lost the only person who reads her work. Three chapters in,
she's accepted a strange commission from a stranger who knows her late editor. The book is
taking its time; that seems to be the point.
↑ Stops at your bookmark · won't peek ahead
}];
return (
Quietly intelligent
A little help, only when it helps.
Pagebird has a soft hand on the wheel. Three small moments where it
steps in — to draft a question, suggest a next read, or recap what
you've read so far. Always optional. Never spoiler-y. Never selling
you anything.
note
Your discussions, annotations, and reading list are yours. Pagebird
never trains on your conversations and never reads ahead of where
you are in a book.
);
}
// ─── QUOTE / SOCIAL PROOF ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
function QuoteSection({ C }) {
return (
"Our group used six different apps to keep one book club going.
Pagebird is the first thing that
felt like it was made for us."
Hilary S.
Beta reader · 4-year book club
);
}
// ─── FAQ ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
function FAQSection({ C }) {
const items = [
{
q: "When does pagebird launch?",
a: "We're rolling out invites starting this summer, in small flocks. The waiting list goes first, in order — older clubs and bigger groups slightly ahead."
},
{
q: "How much will it cost?",
a: "The core club — reading list, meetups, discussion — will always be free for groups up to ten. A modest monthly plan covers larger flocks and shared shelves."
},
{
q: "Will there be an iPhone and Android app?",
a: "Yes, both iOS and Android will follow shortly after public launch. The web app works everywhere in the meantime."
},
{
q: "Can I bring my existing book club?",
a: "Please do. We'll import your reading list from a spreadsheet, Goodreads, or just a copy-paste. Invite your group with a single link."
}];
const [open, setOpen] = useState(0);
return (