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Overpowered book clubs, on Slack

Your team picks a book, reads it together, then talks it through. booktalk runs the whole thing, right inside Slack.

  • Works inside Slack
  • Free during the beta
  • Any book, any team
Watch a book club happen

Chapter 1: The pick

  1. Someone asks: what should we read?

    Type /booktalk-poll and drop in a few books by title, ISBN or link. Covers and ratings fill in by themselves.

  2. Everyone gets a say

    Votes roll in with a tap. A tie? booktalk runs a quick runoff.

  3. And just like that, a new world

    The winner gets a reading period. For the next three weeks, your whole team lives in the same story.

  4. Three weeks of reading

    Lunch breaks, train rides, one more chapter before bed. A week before the end, booktalk checks in, so nobody has to chase anybody.

  5. Then, the good part

    When time's up, booktalk opens the conversation with a question about the book. The rest is good company and a lot of opinions.

One book down. Imagine a year of them.

Twelve new worlds to get lost in. Twelve ideas to argue about. And a team that knows each other a little better every month.

Chapter 4

Why read together?

When people joined our waitlist, we asked them about book clubs, and 154 of them answered. 92% were keen to start or join one with their colleagues. Their two biggest struggles? Picking the next book and getting people to show up. That's exactly what booktalk takes care of.

  • Talk about something other than work

    A shared book gives people who rarely talk a reason to.

  • Ideas that actually stick

    Reading alone is good. Talking it through is how it stays with you.

  • Nobody has to run it

    Polls, deadlines and reminders happen on their own, right in Slack.

“My guys are lazy, so it needs to happen in the same app to be useful.”
Tech lead
“We haven't had a book club, so we would start it regardless. However, this would make it so much easier to keep up.”
Product designer
“My entire work life happens in Slack and VS Code, so not having to context-switch to another program would be cool.”
Co-founder
“I feel like the less management/participation overhead there is, the more successful such initiative will be.”
CTO

Answers from the survey we sent to people on our waitlist, 2025.

Chapter 5

Your turn

Three steps from zero to your first book club.

Once your invite arrives, add booktalk to your Slack workspace in a couple of clicks.

Connect booktalk with Slack

Create a channel like #book-club, invite your teammates, and add the bot with /invite @booktalk.

Invite your team to a book club channel

Run /booktalk-poll, add a few books and let everyone vote. booktalk takes care of the schedule, the reminders and the first question when it's time to talk.

Pick your first book

The end.

Or really, the beginning.

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Appendix

Questions you're probably asking

The short answers to what people ask us most.

Is booktalk a book club?

Not quite. It helps you run yours. You bring the people and the opinions; booktalk handles the polls, the schedule, the reminders and the first question.

Do I need to use Slack to run my book club?

Your club can meet wherever you like: in Slack, over coffee, or both. booktalk itself lives in Slack, so that's where the polls, reminders and questions show up.

Is it only for businesses?

Nope. It's made with workplaces in mind, but it works for any group on Slack: a team, a community, or a few friends who love to read together.

What type of books can we read in our book club?

Any kind you like: novels, non-fiction, sci-fi, memoirs, classics. Your club picks what's next, and booktalk keeps things on track.

Is booktalk available in other languages?

Only English for now. We'd love to add more languages later.

How can I help?

Feedback, feature ideas, telling a friend who runs a book club: it all helps. Reach out to us at hey@booktalk.club.