BookFellows
Study Better Together
We are a platform for creating, sharing, and experiencing biblical and literature studies. Consumers, creators, and managers use BookFellows to deliver outstanding group and personal study experiences.
We are currently beta testing. In this phase we aim to deliver value to our charter members, gather useful feedback, and make BookFellows better. If you want to join us, sign up for free, give us a go, and let us know what you think. If you are inspired by our mission and want to help us get to the next stage, please consider becoming a Supporter or Patron. You can learn more about that on our Plans page. If you have questions or just want to talk, please reach out to us at rich@bookfellows.net.
Delivering Great Study Experiences Shouldn't Be Hard
Whether you're a busy pastor, educator, book club leader, or just someone who wants to lead a study with friends, pulling together meaningful group study experiences can be quite labor-intensive and overwhelming.
Locating studies that align with your group's interests, challenges, and schedules without compromises
If you can't find a ready-made study, composing, formatting, and distributing materials via email, printouts, or scattered apps
Managing invites, assigning facilitators, handling RSVPs, and tracking engagement
Finding studies on topics you care about from other members with the same passions as you
Linking up with like-minded people, whether in-person or online and fostering real, meaningful conversations
Monitoring who's engaging, what insights are emerging, and how understanding the topic is evolving
Traditional methods take too long and often require more effort than you can spare.
BookFellows aims to change that.
All You Need to Study Better Together
A complete platform for creating, sharing, managing, and experiencing biblical and literature studies
Distraction-free reading environment with structured lessons and thoughtful questions. Work through studies at your own pace, alone or with others.
- Navigate between lessons and questions easily
- Auto-save answers and notes
- Quick Scripture references through Bible Gateway
- Easy switching between your PC and mobile device
Build complete studies with lessons, questions, and resources. Use our AI-powered StudyBot to generate content or craft everything yourself.
- Drag-and-drop lesson and question organization
- Add images and file attachments
- Preview as participants will see it
- Generate printable PDFs for offline participants
- Easy release to pre-defined groups
Share answers with class members, leaders, or study creators. Learn from diverse perspectives while maintaining privacy control.
- Choose what to share and with whom
- Share anonymously or with attribution
- See how others answer questions
- Engage in group discussions on-line or in-person (recommended
Generate complete studies with lessons, discussion questions, and cover images on demand. Edit and customize everything to fit your vision.
- Create studies from simple plain-English descriptions
- Generate discussion questions automatically
- Create custom cover images in the style you specify
- Review, edit and release
How BookFellows Works
Simple workflows for every role
For Study Participants
- 1.Join a group and explore the study Library
- 2.Accept an invitation, choose to study solo, or join a class
- 3.Work through lessons and answer questions
- 4.Share your answers with others (optional)
- 5.Engage in class discussions (recommended)
For Class Managers and Leaders
- 1.Select a study from your Library
- 2.Configure class settings and details
- 3.Invite members and assign roles
- 4.Facilitate discussions, monitor participation and promote engagement
- 5.Support class members during the study
For Study Creators
- 1.Define your study concept and audience
- 2.Build lessons with questions (and get help from the AI StudyBot)
- 3.Add images, descriptions, and attachments
- 4.Review and refine your content
- 5.Release to groups and track participation
Great For Every Study Setting
From churches to book clubs, BookFellows adapts to your needs
- • Bible studies
- • Sermon series studies
- • Spiritual book studies
- • Topical studies
- • Church events and campaigns
- • Book discussions
- • Thematic explorations
- • Author studies
- • Genre deep-dives
- • Reading challenges
- • Literature courses
- • Discussion seminars
- • Reading groups
- • Student projects
- • Teaching support
- • Solo studies and devotions
- • Self-help studies
- • Leadership development
- • Personal reading
- • Spiritual formation
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! The free plan includes unlimited study participation, group membership, and basic study creation. Premium features like the StudyBot and large group management are available in paid plans. At this stage, during our Beta Release, we are not enforcing usage limits. However, if you are using a lot of resources, you may hear from us!
Not at all! BookFellows is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly. If you can use email and browse websites, you can use BookFellows. Our streamlined interface focuses on what matters most: the content.
Absolutely! While BookFellows works great for biblical studies, it's designed for any literature or text-based study. Use it for book clubs, academic courses, professional development, or personal learning.
StudyBot uses an advanced large language model (LLM) to generate study content and artwork based on your instructions. You provide the concept, target audience, and preferences, and StudyBot creates a first draf of your study complete with lessons, questions, and even cover images. You can then edit and customize everything to match your vision.
Yes! You can export individual lessons or complete studies as PDF files. This is perfect for printing handouts, creating study journals, or sharing with people who prefer paper materials. (this feature is coming soon)
You do! You own all the content you create on BookFellows. You control who can access your studies and can transfer, clone, withdraw or delete them at any time. Howevery, if you delet a study that you had previously released anyone who is engaged in that study will still have full use of their instance. We do this to ensure that particpants are not left stranded when a study is deleted.
Yes. All your answers and notes are private by default. You choose what to share and with whom. Your email address is never shared with other members, and you can delete your account at any time. If you delete your account, all your data is permanently deleted.
Yes! BookFellows is a responsive web application that works on any modern device. Using the standard tools in IOS and Android, it is pretty easy to create a progressive web app (PWA) on your mobile device that looks and feels like a native app.We're also developing dedicated installable mobile apps for iOS and Android that we hope to make available soon.
We're glad you asked! The best way is to provide your feedback. You can do this easily by clicking the feedback button in the top right corner of every page. We appreciate your input and will do our best to respond quickly.
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