Hey Product Hunt! We're really excited to show you what we've been working on for the past couple months :) When we first launched Hardbound two months ago, we knew we wanted to expand the kinds of stories that were on our app as quickly as possible. It's hard to get a lot of use out of an app that only has new content once a week. So this update introduces our second "channel" into Hardbound, and it's called The Nightcap. The Nightcap is a quick, visual summary of the most important / interesting events that happen every day. I was interested in working on this because I've always felt like reading the news was kind of boring, and found it really hard to stay on top of what's happening. So The Nightcap is kind of like our regular weekly stories in that it seeks to really help you understand the news, and therefore make it much more interesting. We don't do original reporting (yet) but for now we just try to create a more succinct and satisfying explanation of the headlines that are already out there each day. For more details, read @willhoekenga's awesome blog post: https://medium.com/@willhoekenga... We hope you love it, and I'd love to get a discussion going here! If you have any questions or feedback I'd love to hear it. My question for you, to kick things off, is how do you currently keep up with the news? Is it important to you? Why? I'd love to learn from you! Thanks so much!

I love this product extension, as succinct, broad news coverage hasn't been aggregated in very effective ways. I tend to rely on a combination of tech news sites, the Economist's Espresso app, and some newsletters (e.g., Product Hunt) but I'm always on the lookout for ways to trim it down. I'm going to give the Nightcap a trial run for sure.

Love the Nightcap and stoked that it's now incorporated in the main app. Keep crushing it!

Today's Hardbound update is really polished. It's one thing to update an app, another entirely to make it a must have. Nightcap adds a whole new dimension that's action packed while remaining simple. Seriously want this app on my Pixel now more than ever. So well done!

I've been loving The Nightcap. Before and after the election, it's proven a source of clarity and truth in my daily news digestion. I love that it's easily consumable, and gets rid of the unnecessary fluff contained within most news and kind of reminds me of Circa in that regard.

I love Hardbound, it's a great product with informative articles in an imaginative format. @nbashaw and team have done a great job creating an engaging experience and quality content. It's a great app that I've added to my daily news reading list, especially with the new nightly update mode. Aside from some political biases, I have no complaints about Hardbound and the content. I highly recommend this app!

Nightcap 🙌🏼

I wish this was available on Android.

I thought the visual story telling was really compelling. Super product!

This looks cool Nathan. I'm a bit weird perhaps but I read more news than anyone I know. I consume the Times, WSJ, 2 foreign papers, and multiple blogs on a daily basis. I use multiple sites out of habit and also the Apple News app. But I've realized over time that I skim once I get the gist and then I sit there craving unique content. I'm looking to surface really interesting pieces that aren't replicated across multiple news sources. Check out Christopher McDougall's new series in the NYT for example. So for me, I either need a quick summary just in case I didn't see the article earlier in the day or I need a way to unearth those unique articles.

Great idea and execution, quickest subscription decision for a news app. One thing is missing, it's craving for an iPad version. Coming anytime soon hopefully?

Good stuff Nathan. I really enjoy reading stories on Hardbound so does my friends.

This is great, looking forward to an Android version soon.

Has anyone found an app like Wildcard yet, which grouped news by topic? i.e. all posts about "Obama" + "healthcare" were under one tab featuring multiple sources. Or an app which separates actual facts to "we are reporting" = "we don't know anything and are functioning on hearsay" With that said, this looks interesting, to just take a glance at what the key trending topics are for the day, rather than be saturated with repetitive rubbish.