Not everyone is a password person, and it's no easy to remember one.
That's why we are brining to option to create an account with Google.
<h3>Improvements and Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>We have added FAQ section on our <a href="https://verbals.io/?utm_campaign=2023-02-01-continue-with-google&amp;utm_source=changelog">homepage</a></li>
<li>We have added a default book cover image when author do not upload one themselves</li>
<li>We have updated the design of <a href="https://verbals.io/about?utm_campaign=2023-02-01-continue-with-google&amp;utm_source=changelog">About us</a> page</li>
<li>We fixed an edge case for opening an non-existing chapter in editor</li>
<li>We have made loading chapter editor slightly faster 🏃🏻‍♂️</li>
</ul>

Not everyone is a password person, and it's no easy to remember one.

That's why we are brining to option to create an account with Google.

### Improvements and Fixes

* We have added FAQ section on our [homepage](https://verbals.io/?utm_campaign=2023-02-01-continue-with-google&utm_source=changelog)
* We have added a default book cover image when author do not upload one themselves
* We have updated the design of [About us](https://verbals.io/about?utm_campaign=2023-02-01-continue-with-google&utm_source=changelog) page
* We fixed an edge case for opening an non-existing chapter in editor
* We have made loading chapter editor slightly faster 🏃🏻‍♂️


Continue with Google on Verbals

The changelog title was bit confusion, huh? 😅
Guess what? Your profile link has be changed to https://verbals.io/u/your_username.
For example, here's link to my profile <a href="https://verbals.io/u/your_username?utm_campaign=2022-12-17-profile-link-with-prefix-u&amp;utm_source=changelog">https://verbals.io/u/mittalyashu</a>
If you haven't made your awesome profile yet, no worries! Just go to the Settings &gt; <a href="https://verbals.io/settings/account?utm_campaign=2022-12-17-profile-link-with-prefix-u&amp;utm_source=changelog">My account</a>.
If you're unable to access your profile, don't fret! You can drop <a href="https://verbals.io/support/contact?utm_campaign=2022-12-17-profile-link-with-prefix-u&amp;utm_source=changelog">contact us</a>.
Wait, there's more!
<h3>Let's make your profile</h3>
If you have newly signed up and proved you're not a robot 🤖, you will be shown a banner for completing your profile to create a public profile page.
<img src="https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2022-12-17/create-your-profile-banner.png" alt="Create your profile banner">
So why wait? Create your profile now and show it off to us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/VerbalsHQ">@verbalsHQ</a> 🎉

The changelog title was bit confusion, huh? 😅

Guess what? Your profile link has be changed to **https://verbals.io/u/your_username**.

For example, here's link to my profile [https://verbals.io/u/mittalyashu](https://verbals.io/u/your_username?utm_campaign=2022-12-17-profile-link-with-prefix-u&utm_source=changelog)

If you haven't made your awesome profile yet, no worries! Just go to the **Settings** &gt; [**My account**](https://verbals.io/settings/account?utm_campaign=2022-12-17-profile-link-with-prefix-u&utm_source=changelog).

If you're unable to access your profile, don't fret! You can drop [contact us](https://verbals.io/support/contact?utm_campaign=2022-12-17-profile-link-with-prefix-u&utm_source=changelog).

Wait, there's more!

### Let's make your profile

If you have newly signed up and proved you're not a robot 🤖, you will be shown a banner for completing your profile to create a public profile page.

![Create your profile banner](https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2022-12-17/create-your-profile-banner.png)

So why wait? Create your profile now and show it off to us on Twitter [@verbalsHQ](https://twitter.com/VerbalsHQ) 🎉




Profile link with prefix "/u/"

First thing first! You gotta select the book you wanna read, and then open up any chapter from the list.
and then, you can change how the words look- make 'em bigger or pick a fancy background colour! (we even have dark mode🦉).
That were lots of step to take – quite a task, right? 😅 But no need to worry, my friend!
We made things super-duper easy-peasy for you to modify the book reader options directly from settings page.
Just head over to your Account settings &gt; <a href="https://verbals.io/settings/appearance?utm_campaign=site-appearance-from-settings&amp;utm_source=changelog">Appearance</a>.
And hey, we're all ears! Tell us if there's something else you wanna see. We're here for you. Just visit us at <a href="https://verbals.io/support/contact?utm_campaign=site-appearance-from-settings&amp;utm_source=changelog">https://verbals.io/support/contact</a> and spill the beans! 📣🤗

First thing first! You gotta select the book you wanna read, and then open up any chapter from the list.

and then, you can change how the words look- make 'em bigger or pick a fancy background colour! (we even have dark mode🦉).

That were lots of step to take – quite a task, right? 😅 But no need to worry, my friend!

We made things _super-duper easy-peasy_ for you to modify the book reader options directly from settings page.

Just head over to your **Account settings** &gt; [**Appearance**](https://verbals.io/settings/appearance?utm_campaign=site-appearance-from-settings&utm_source=changelog).

And hey, we're all ears! Tell us if there's something else you wanna see. We're here for you. Just visit us at [https://verbals.io/support/contact](https://verbals.io/support/contact?utm_campaign=site-appearance-from-settings&utm_source=changelog) and spill the beans! 📣🤗

Manage site appearance from Settings

<h3>How to enable Display language?</h3>

Think. 書く。Publier

Happy new year to all of you guys. ❄️ Hope you had a great time with your closer ones and another great year ahead.
While we were celebrating Christmas and New year with our family.
We have Recommend creators in your home feed, which will show you different creators who are more active on our platform.
Go ahead and give it a spin at <a href="https://verbals.io/?utm_campaign=changelog&amp;utm_source=webapp&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_content=2023-01-01-recommend-creators">verbals.io</a>
<h2>Improvements and Fixes</h2>
<ul>
<li>We have moved the book creation form to <a href="https://verbals.io/creator/create/book?utm_campaign=2023-01-01-recommend-creators&amp;utm_source=changelog">https://verbals.io/creator/create/book</a></li>
<li>We fixed image links when sharing a book link on social media</li>
<li>We made improvements on <a href="https://verbals.io/login?utm_campaign=2023-01-01-recommend-creators&amp;utm_source=changelog">login</a> and <a href="https://verbals.io/signup?utm_campaign=2023-01-01-recommend-creators&amp;utm_source=changelog">signup</a> for password managers to work properly</li>
</ul>

Happy new year to all of you guys. ❄️ Hope you had a great time with your closer ones and another great year ahead.

While we were celebrating Christmas and New year with our family.

We have **Recommend creators** in your home feed, which will show you different creators who are more active on our platform.

Go ahead and give it a spin at [verbals.io](https://verbals.io/?utm_campaign=changelog&utm_source=webapp&utm_medium=web&utm_content=2023-01-01-recommend-creators)

## Improvements and Fixes

* We have moved the book creation form to [https://verbals.io/creator/create/book](https://verbals.io/creator/create/book?utm_campaign=2023-01-01-recommend-creators&utm_source=changelog)
* We fixed image links when sharing a book link on social media
* We made improvements on [login](https://verbals.io/login?utm_campaign=2023-01-01-recommend-creators&utm_source=changelog) and [signup](https://verbals.io/signup?utm_campaign=2023-01-01-recommend-creators&utm_source=changelog) for password managers to work properly


Recommend creators

Verbals is a great platform for creators to writer novels and stories, and same goes for readers, allowing them to read awesome stories by creators.
<h3>New homepage design</h3>
We just shipped a fresh design for our homepage, providing more clear information about our platform for readers and creators.
<h3>Currently reading</h3>
When you got hooked up on your favourite story, you can easily forgot where you last left off. Unless the author decides to with chapter numbering as 1, 2, 3...
<img src="https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2023-05-13/currently-reading.jpg" alt="Recently reading stories">
As you will read chapters from different novels, the chapters will show up on homepage in the Currently reading section.
You can also see the full list of the recently read chapters by going to <a href="https://verbals.io/history?utm_campaign=verbals+changelog&amp;utm_source=changelog+post&amp;utm_medium=post+link&amp;utm_content=Recent+chapters+and+new+homepage+design">History</a> page.

Verbals is a great platform for creators to writer novels and stories, and same goes for readers, allowing them to read awesome stories by creators.

### New homepage design

We just shipped a fresh design for our homepage, providing more clear information about our platform for readers and creators.

### Currently reading

When you got hooked up on your favourite story, you can easily forgot where you last left off. Unless the author decides to with chapter numbering as 1, 2, 3...

![Recently reading stories](https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2023-05-13/currently-reading.jpg)

As you will read chapters from different novels, the chapters will show up on homepage in the **Currently reading** section.

You can also see the full list of the recently read chapters by going to [History](https://verbals.io/history?utm_campaign=verbals+changelog&utm_source=changelog+post&utm_medium=post+link&utm_content=Recent+chapters+and+new+homepage+design) page.

Recent chapters and new design

Search indexing is the process of including web pages in search engines like Google and Bing.
If you want your book to appear in search engine results, we have added the option to control the visibility of your book individually so that it can be indexed on search engines or not.
To check the settings for your existing Book:
<ol>
<li>Go to the <a href="https://verbals.io/creator">creator</a> page and make sure you logged in to your account.</li>
<li>Select any Book for the list.</li>
<li>Click on the Settings tab.</li>
<li>Under Danger Zone section, you will be the option for &quot;Search engine indexing&quot;.</li>
</ol>

Search indexing is the process of including web pages in search engines like Google and Bing.

If you want your book to appear in search engine results, we have added the option to control the visibility of your book individually so that it can be indexed on search engines or not.

To check the settings for your existing Book:

1. Go to the [creator](https://verbals.io/creator) page and make sure you logged in to your account.
2. Select any Book for the list.
3. Click on the **Settings** tab.
4. Under **Danger Zone** section, you will be the option for "Search engine indexing".



Search indexing your Book

Give your profile a customised look with a unique profile picture of yours.
<h3>Delete a chapter</h3>
We had this feature on our roadmap for a while and now it's finally here! 🎉
You can delete in individual chapter from your book or story, by clicking on 3-dot menu and clicking &quot;Delete&quot; option where it will prompt you to confirm to delete the selected chapter.
<img src="https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2022-12-01/creator-chapter-option.png" alt="creator-chapter-options">

Give your profile a customised look with a unique profile picture of yours.

### Delete a chapter

We had this feature on our roadmap for a while and now it's finally here! 🎉

You can delete in individual chapter from your book or story, by clicking on 3-dot menu and clicking "Delete" option where it will prompt you to confirm to delete the selected chapter.

![creator-chapter-options](https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2022-12-01/creator-chapter-option.png)



Customise profile picture and delete chapter

This time we only have a small update for you, with addition of few more genres for you to explore from:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=mystery">Mystery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=Thriller">Thriller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=non-fiction">Non-Fiction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=paranormal">Paranormal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=poetry">Poetry</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=random">Random</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=romance">Romance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=science-fiction">Science Fiction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=short-story">Short Story</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=spiritual">Spiritual</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=teen-fiction">Teen Fiction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=vampire">Vampire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://verbals.io/search?media=book&amp;genres=werewolf">Werewolf</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Switch between different pages with breadcrumbs</h3>
<img src="https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2021-06-24/book-page-view-breadcrumbs.png" alt="book-page-view-breadcrumbs">
Switch to book genre or to homepage to pick a new book with breadcrumbs.
and few other general improvements to the overall platform to make your experience better.

This time we only have a small update for you, with addition of few more genres for you to explore from:

* [Mystery](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=mystery)
* [Thriller](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=Thriller)
* [Non-Fiction](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=non-fiction)
* [Paranormal](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=paranormal)
* [Poetry](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=poetry)
* [Random](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=random)
* [Romance](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=romance)
* [Science Fiction](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=science-fiction)
* [Short Story](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=short-story)
* [Spiritual](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=spiritual)
* [Teen Fiction](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=teen-fiction)
* [Vampire](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=vampire)
* [Werewolf](https://verbals.io/search?media=book&genres=werewolf)

### Switch between different pages with breadcrumbs

![book-page-view-breadcrumbs](https://static-assets.verbals.io/changelogs/2021-06-24/book-page-view-breadcrumbs.png)

Switch to book genre or to homepage to pick a new book with breadcrumbs.

and few other general improvements to the overall platform to make your experience better.


More genres

Now you can publish your chapter with a click, when you're ready.
Improved the creator page with expandable sidebar.
Let us know what do you think about recent changes by emailing us at <a href="mailto:support@verbals.io">support@verbals.io</a> or Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/VerbalsHQ">@VerbalsHQ</a>


Now you can publish your chapter with a click, when you're ready.

Improved the creator page with expandable sidebar.

Let us know what do you think about recent changes by emailing us at [support@verbals.io](mailto:support@verbals.io) or Tweet us [@VerbalsHQ](https://twitter.com/VerbalsHQ)



Publish your chapter with a click

Verbals is a platform for readers and writers that makes books and stories available in all genres, including NSFW content, while respecting our users' safety and privacy.
So, what does this mean for you as:
<h3>A writer?</h3>
No two book stories are alike, so you can choose whether your book contains NSFW content or not in your book settings.
<h3>As a reader?</h3>
Now you can have a safe search experience on Verbals with our Safe search feature.
If you have created a new account, Safe Search is enabled by default. You can also change this option by going to your Account settings &gt; Personalise &gt; Safe search.

Verbals is a platform for readers and writers that makes books and stories available in all genres, including NSFW content, while respecting our users' safety and privacy.

So, what does this mean for you as:

### A writer?

No two book stories are alike, so you can choose whether your book contains NSFW content or not in your book settings.

### As a reader?

Now you can have a safe search experience on Verbals with our **Safe search** feature.

If you have created a new account, Safe Search is enabled by default. You can also change this option by going to your Account settings &gt; Personalise &gt; Safe search.

Safe NSFW books

Today, we are excited to announce that we are rebranding as &quot;Verbals&quot;.
You can read about in more detail on our blog <a href="https://blog.verbals.io/p/meet-verbals">Meet Verbals</a>.

Today, we are excited to announce that we are rebranding as "Verbals".

You can read about in more detail on our blog **[Meet Verbals](https://blog.verbals.io/p/meet-verbals)**.

Digital Paper is now Verbals

Today, we've unlocked an exciting new feature for readers to add their favourite or upcoming novel and stories to the library.
Go to the book page, and click on Add to Library button. If you don't have an existing library, it will ask you create a new one or just select any library from the list.
You can also manage your full library list, by going to <a href="https://verbals.io/library?utm_campaign=verbals+changelog&amp;utm_source=changelog+post&amp;utm_medium=post+link&amp;utm_content=Add+your+favourite+book+to+Library">Library</a> page.

Today, we've unlocked an exciting new feature for readers to add their favourite or upcoming novel and stories to the library.

Go to the book page, and click on **Add to Library** button. If you don't have an existing library, it will ask you create a new one or just select any library from the list.

You can also manage your full library list, by going to [Library](https://verbals.io/library?utm_campaign=verbals+changelog&utm_source=changelog+post&utm_medium=post+link&utm_content=Add+your+favourite+book+to+Library) page.


Add your favourite book to Library

Say goodbye 👋 to a boring avatar and customise your account by uploading your own profile photo.
For more information, please read our help article: <a href="https://help.verbals.io/articles/change-my-account-avatar">How do I change my account avatar?</a>

Say goodbye 👋 to a boring avatar and customise your account by uploading your own profile photo.

For more information, please read our help article: [How do I change my account avatar?](https://help.verbals.io/articles/change-my-account-avatar)


Customise your account photo

&gt; You follow me, I follow you
Yup, you heard it right!
We have a follow / following feature for you, which was requested by most of our users.
For writers, this is the best way to increase their fan base by allowing others to follow them.

&gt; You follow me, I follow you

Yup, you heard it right!

We have a follow / following feature for you, which was requested by most of our users.

For writers, this is the best way to increase their fan base by allowing others to follow them.

Changlog