Bookly V2 coming soon!

📚 Bookly - Your Personal Literary Guide

Welcome to Bookly, your go-to book recommendation system designed to simplify and enhance your literary journey. With Bookly, discovering your next favorite book is as easy as typing a title you loved. Dive in and let Bookly curate the perfect reading list for you!

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🚀 Features

1. Intuitive User Interface:

   • A clean and modern UI designed for seamless navigation.
   • Light/Dark mode toggle for user comfort. (Dark mode coming soon)

2. Book Recommendations:

   • Input the title of a book, and Bookly will suggest recommendations based on it.
   • Recommendations are displayed in visually appealing cards, with:
     • Book cover image
     • Title
     • Author(s)

3. Interactive Experience:

   • User input appears as green chat bubbles.
   • Recommendations are grouped into rows and separate cards for clarity.
   • Cards expand to show book descriptions with a 3D popup effect. (coming soon)

4. Hybrid Recommendation System:

   • Uses Google Books API, Open Library API, and other sources for highly accurate and diverse suggestions.
   • Filters out duplicate recommendations for a cleaner experience.

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🔧 How It Works

Recommendation Modal:

1. User Input: Enter the title of a book you loved in the text box at the bottom of the page.
2. API Integration:
   • Bookly fetches data from multiple APIs to provide diverse recommendations.
3. Display:
   • Recommendations are shown in rows of cards, with each card containing:
     • Cover Image
     • Title
     • Author
     • On click: Expandable card with a detailed description. (coming soon)

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📸 Screenshots

1. Homepage

2. User Input & Recommendations

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🛠 Upcoming Features

1. Expanded Cards with more details:

   • Bigger cards of each book will appear when recommendation card is clicked. This will contain more information about the book.

2. Search by Genre/Author:

   • Allow users to filter recommendations by genre or author names.

3. Download/Buy Links:

   • Add links for downloading or purchasing the recommended books.

4. Dark Mode:

   • User preference for dark mode.

5. Additional APIs:

   • Integration with Goodreads API for enhanced recommendations.

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🌟 Getting Started

To run this project locally:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/<username>/Bookly.git
   

2. Install requirements:

    pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Run the app. Navigate to the backend

   python app.py