About
ookBase
Your personal, shareable library — discover, collect, and talk about books you love.
📘 What is BookBase?
BookBase helps you keep your reading life organized and meaningful. Search the web for new titles, save favorites to your collection, track what you’ve read, and jot down personal notes — all in a clean, distraction-free interface.
✨ What you can do
- Discover: Browse the homepage grid powered by Google Books and open details instantly.
- Collect: Add books to your own library (manually or via autofill), with cover image & description.
- Organize: Mark as Read/Unread, keep private notes, and switch between Grid/List views with sorting.
- Connect: Explore the Community directory of members who share their collections.
- Discuss: Comment on public books; owners get gentle unread notifications.
- Privacy-first: Decide whether your profile & collection are visible to others with a simple toggle.
For visitors
- Browse the discovery grid
- Open book details
- See Community directory
For members
- Build & organize your collection
- Share your profile (optional)
- Comment & receive notifications
🧭 How it works
- Search the homepage grid or use autofill in Add Book.
- Save books to your collection and set Read/Unread.
- Share (optional) your profile to join the Community conversation.
🚀 What's next
We’re exploring Book Likes (lightweight reactions on shared books) and Private Messages (respecting profile visibility and user preferences).
Made with 💙 by Oscar I.