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The Problem
Nowadays, more and more people read less books rather than watch videos. And also, reading lovers can’t go to reading clubs to share their experience during the pandemic.
The Scope
“How might we create a reading app to help book lovers arrange their ebooks, exchange their feelings after reading and also encourage them to read together?”

Competitor Analysis

I researched 8 different apps and chose the kindle app as a competitor. The reading experience is very friendly.

Research | Affinity Map

There are 8 participants with me in this project and their average age is 32.5. I know 6 in 8 of them reading e-books with their phone/ipad and want to read in a team. 4 of them make notes a lot and they hate book recommendations through algorithms.

Insights

Users need a platform to share their feelings after reading.
Users need motivation to start reading books.
Users need an easy way to organize their online bookshelf.
Users need a platform to read and listen to books easily.

Information Architecture

It is my goal to create a functional reading app that stores ebooks and also serves as an online community. To build it, there are a lot of details to consider, and this chart can help me plan the structure.

Persona

I’d like to choose Sophia Zach as my persona in this project. She is a reading lover and went to reading clubs in the public library before the pandemic. She wants an easy way to organize her ebooks and share her opinion with other reading lovers.

Logo Design

The inspiration from the logo design starting with the elements headphone and book. The dark green as the theme color is read friendly.

Hi-fi Prototype

Homepage - reading team - reading battle - notifications - rewards

Mock Up