I launched 22books six days ago now and wanted to blog a brief update. So far I have been pretty happy with the response, most people have complimented the UI, and most importantly lots of people have told how easy it is use. I submitted the site to a handful of web application directory style sites and blogs and that has driven a little bit of traffic, right around 2,500 visits. I plan on doing a post about what has worked and what hasn't from the promotion stand-point.
I just pushed out an update to the site that allows you to assign a category to your list (like favorites, author list, etc). One of the categories was inspired by Ben Carey who created a list called "Books that change my life". Another user followed his example and I really liked the idea so I wanted to encourage more people to do it.
I have a many more features planned (and need to update the site to Rails 2.0), but I am going to take some time off for the holidays (although I might work some after Christmas).
-James
