Setting Reading Milestones - Feature Announcement
Aug 11 2021
What are Milestones in Reading?
Keep your book club on track and achieve your reading goals with Fable’s new milestones feature! What is a reading milestone? Every Fable user has the ability to create and share reading objectives, part of our complete system to help you reach your reading goals. Our app includes an intuitive milestones creation tool so anybody can set realistic reading goals with a few simple clicks.Benefits of Milestones
Author and entrepreneur James Clear had a major realization about the difference between the goals we set and the systems we employ to meet those goals. “I began to realize that my results had very little to do with the goals I set and nearly everything to do with the systems I followed,” he wrote in his bestselling book, “Atomic Habits.” Clear explained that we need to set goals and find a great system to meet those goals:"If you’re a musician, your goal might be to play a new piece. Your system is how often you practice, how you break down and tackle difficult measures, and your method for receiving feedback from your instructor."
In the same way, if you are a reader, your goal might be to read more stories this year. Fable has created an all-in-one system to make reading a daily habit, meet your literary goals, and reap the wellness benefits of reading.Make Reading a Daily Habit
Are you ready to upgrade your reading system? Start by using the free Fable app to set a daily reading time and duration, a simple way to make reading a daily habit.- Open the Fable app on your smartphone or tablet
- Select the “Profile” icon in the lower right-hand corner of the home screen
- Tap “Edit reading goal” on the menu
- Using Fable’s simple interface, choose how long you would like to read
- Click “Continue”
- Choose and set a time when you can focus on reading without distractions.
- Click “Set reminder” and Fable will send you personalized notes encouraging you to read
How to set book milestones on Fable
Every book club has a series of goals, trying to read books together every week. With Fable, you can upgrade your book club’s system for meeting those goals.Once you’ve set your personal reading goals, you can set book milestones inside any Fable book club.1. Find great books to read together
Shop books online in the Fable Bookstore, which has a catalog of millions of books, including many free classics. You can use the magnifying glass icon at the top right corner of the screen to find the book you want to read.2. Discover book recommendations from great readers
Explore Fable Folios for book recommendations handpicked by well-read experts and tastemakers. Every week, curators choose books for Folios that revolve around a particular topic or theme, and one of these themes could inspire your list!3. Create a book club & generate milestones automatically
Now that you’ve chosen a book, you can start your own book club with friends and host lively discussions inside the book.- Click the “Book Clubs” icon at the bottom of the Homescreen
- Press “Create New Club”
- Choose a name and description for your Reading Club
- Invite the first readers to join your club
- Add the book you selected
- Now you'll see an automatically generated set of club milestones!
4. Edit your club milestones
Now that you have a few automatically generated milestones, you can edit them until they are perfect! Here's how:- Scroll past the “Club book” section of your club until you see “Book Milestones”
- Click the pencil icon in the right-hand corner of “Milestone 1”
- In the “Date” section, choose the day you want your club to start reading
- Tap the sample text under “Moderator note”
- Write an encouraging welcome message to your club. This can be up 2,000 characters and include hyperlinks to websites, the Fable catalog, or other resources
- Click “Done” to save the message
- Click “Save Milestone” to publish the milestone text
- Keep scrolling until you see “Add Chapter Milestone”
- Using Fable’s automated Milestones interface, choose how many milestones you would like, as well as the “Start Date” and “Duration” for the milestones.
- Click “Create Milestones” to generate milestones automatically
- If you don’t want to use the automated interface, simply click “Create manually” and set your own reading goals and dates
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