The Pick Up Blog
Hot takes, reading science, and the occasional rant. Stay updated when new posts drop.
A practical guide to exporting your Fable books with ShelfBridge, why the file may be called goodreads_import.csv, and what to check before importing elsewhere.
A feature-by-feature comparison of the main reading tracker apps in 2026: stats, offline support, audiobooks, social, and who each one is actually for.
Compare Goodreads alternatives in 2026: Pick Up for an offline reading companion, StoryGraph for stats, Bookmory for logging, and Fable for clubs.
An honest comparison of Kobo and Kindle in 2026 — hardware, ecosystem, library borrowing, and which one is right for how you actually read.
You signed up for six ARCs. The deadlines are in three weeks. You have notes nowhere. Here is the workflow that actually works.
The reading purists say no. The science disagrees. Here is what the research actually says about whether listening to a book counts as reading it.