for book clubs built around how book clubs actually run

Book club software that keeps reading sacred.

Reading stays sacred. The scheduling, the capacity, the rotating host, and the mid-month nudge do not.

Book club host: Maya

Babel — chapters 4–6

Mon · 7:30 pm
Prado Café
7 of 12 spots taken
+2 more going
your event agent
drafted 2 minutes ago
ready to post

babel — chapters 4–6 this monday. prado café, mon · 7:30 pm.

maya's hosting; she'll bring discussion prompts + the wine.

7 of us reading along. half a chapter behind? show up anyway.

Made for book clubs

Reading stays sacred. Scheduling doesn't.

The parts of mink that book clubs lean on most, in the order they tend to matter.

Monthly recurring series

First Monday of the month, last Sunday evening — one recurrence rule holds the cadence, default time, duration, and cap, with exception dates for December.

Living-room caps + waitlist

The host's couch fits what it fits. Approval-gated RSVPs and capacity limits, with waitlist auto-promotion when someone drops out.

A rotating host

Co-organiser seats with role permissions, so whoever's hosting this month can post, edit, and manage the guest list without handing over an account.

Group messaging

Group, direct, and event-scoped messaging with admin moderation — where next month's pick gets argued out.

Reading nudges in your words

Over twenty Scriban email templates with group-level overrides: the mid-month "how's chapter four treating you", the day-of address and parking note.

Calendar export

Every meet and the whole series export to ICS, landing in Google, Apple, and Outlook calendars.

Photo gallery

A post-meet gallery with captions, so the club has a record longer than the group chat's scrollback.

Ratings from who came

Rate the book after the fact, weighted so members who actually turned up count double. A real shelf history, not a vibe.

And the rest of the platform

Everything else comes with it.

Nothing above is an add-on tier of its own — it's the same platform every club on mink gets.

Events
  • Approval workflows + guest management
  • Capacity limits + waitlist auto-promotion
  • QR check-in + attendance statistics
  • No-show flagging + reminder nudges
  • Recurring series from a recurrence rule
  • Hybrid + virtual events
  • Multi-session anchor events
  • Post-event photos + weighted ratings
People
  • Groups with membership + moderation
  • Direct, group + event-scoped messaging
  • Emergency contacts + medical info
  • Versioned liability waivers
  • Carpool coordination + cost split
  • Equipment library with checkout
  • Setup-task volunteer sign-ups
  • Co-organiser seats + role permissions
Money
  • Stripe Connect ticketing
  • Organiser payouts
  • Refund policies + promo codes
  • Stripe Tax handling
  • Recurring group dues
  • Entitlement-gated premium features
Tools
  • 20+ email templates, group-level overrides
  • Free-form email blasts to attendees
  • ICS export (events, groups, series)
  • Slack + Discord outbound webhooks
  • Growth, RSVP funnel + retention analytics
  • CSV export
AI
  • An event agent that drafts your posts
  • Conversational event discovery
  • AI day-planner for single-day itineraries
  • Severe-weather + low-attendance alerts
  • Event-day briefings
  • AI sponsor-matchmaker + concierge
Open
  • MCP server for external AI assistants
  • OAuth, rate limiting + audit logging
  • iOS + Android apps
  • Location-based alerts + saved searches

Post your first book club event in twelve minutes.

Tell mink what you're hosting, where you meet, and how often. Your event agent has the first draft ready before you've finished your coffee.