Public Profiles and Sharing

Your library is private by default. If you want to, you can turn on a public profile and choose exactly what other readers see - from a single favourite book to your whole shelf. You are always in control, and you can change your mind at any time.

A profile that is yours to share

Switch on your public profile in Dashboard → Profile → Manage and you get a friendly web address to share, like bookassembly.co.uk/@yourname. Visitors see the books, lists, and reviews you have chosen to make public - and nothing else. There is no public profile at all until you decide to create one.

You choose what is public

Every book has its own visibility setting. Public books can appear on your profile; private books stay just for you. You can share individual lists too, so a "Best of the year" list can be public while the rest of your library stays private. Anything you have not marked public simply is not shown.

Share your reviews and ratings

When you make a book public, you can let your rating and review be seen on your profile and on that book's page. If you would rather keep your thoughts to yourself, leave the book private - your notes and reading progress are never shared.

Favourites worth showing off

Mark a book as a favourite and, if your profile is public, it can appear in a favourites row near the top of your profile - a quick way for visitors to see the books you love most.

Community statistics, kept anonymous

Each book page can show how many readers have it in their library and its average community rating. These figures are anonymised counts - they never reveal who owns a book unless that reader has chosen to make their own copy public. If you delete your account, your contribution to these counts is removed.

Discover what our community is reading

The Discover page shows what readers here are enjoying - popular and top-rated books, titles readers have added lately, and public reading lists to explore. Every book has a community page that pulls together its ratings, the moods readers picked, public reviews, and a "readers also enjoyed" row, so there is always a next book to find. Only public books, lists, and profiles ever appear.

A safe, respectful space

If you ever see a review or profile that breaks our rules, you can report it in a couple of taps and our team will take a look. Reporting is there to help keep our community welcoming for everyone.