Book Review Website Platform

GRR is a book review website like Goodreads specifically designed and developed to get reviews on novel books in the gay genre. Authors of the USA can share their advanced readers’ book copies for review before publishing.

How This Book Review Site Helps Our Client

We have designed and developed an online book review platform for authors who love to write books on gay romance. It is a website where authors share their ARCs (Advanced Readers Copies) to get reviews before publishing their books.

Once an author submits his/her book on the platform, then that book copy is shared with all the registered reviewers of the website. Reviewers need to write book reviews and submit them within the deadline of 15 days. The day when a book gets published on Amazon, Goodreads, and Bookbub, the reviewers are notified and asked to submit their reviews on different platforms.

800+ books listed and 900+ readers present on the platform
Completely streamlines the paper-based book review process
Centralized platform to manage 32500+ reviews
Efficient management of audiobooks and books from a centralized panel

Solution Provided

Website Development

Development Team

6 Team Members

Technologies

PHP | Laravel | MySQL | AWS

Time

6 Months

About Book Review Website Solution

GRR is an online book review web platform that offers ARC services for newbie authors who have kick-started a career in writing novels. This book review platform is for users who want to find novels and audiobooks in the gay genre.

Various genres are available in novels and audiobooks like drama, fantasy, fiction, historical fiction, mystery, thriller, and romance novels. Users need to request a book for review, then submit a review. This website also provides services to promote their books on social media like Facebook or Instagram.

800+
Books Listed

900+
Readers

32500+
Reviews Posted

The Challenges Faced by Our Client

Before developing the GRR platform, our client was handling the complete process of ARCs (advanced reader copy) manually, where he submitted his pre-published book to reviewers and gathered reviews of the book.

Complete process of ARCs was manual challange

As the complete process of ARCs was manual, our client needed to manage multiple sheets for managing titles, new requests, user reviews, and audiobook files. Managing the whole process manually in the sheets was hectic and time-consuming. Also, it resulted in mismanagement sometimes. This way, the client needs to spend more time managing things rather than growing his business.

Tracking and managing the reviews of different books in the Excel sheet was a complex and lengthy process. Our client needs to update the sheets and check the status of reviewers whether they have submitted their reviews or not. Based on that, he needs to update the status of each book that is in review.

Finding non-active reviewers is quite challenging when you have a lot of reviewers on the platform. So, to remove or blacklist the inactive reviewers, the client updates the sheet every time after each book review completion. This results in more work and consumes time for our client.

GRR: An Interactive and Easy to Use Book Review Website

GRR helps to add new books, manage reviews, manage reviewers, the total number of reviews, manage payment and get advanced analytics from the platform.

Technology Stack

PHP

Laravel

MySQL

AWS

SendGrid

Google Calendar

Features of GRR for Admin

Advanced Dashboard

Find all the details like the total number of reviewers, total reviewers requests, copies sent, and total reviews posted. With a single click, get complete details of your GRR platform. It includes details from users to reviews posted on online shopping platforms like Amazon on the book.

Manage Book Title

Create and manage new book titles. Create new book titles by adding details like title name, author name, narrator name, release date, deadline date, category, length, series, genre, and book availability. This is one of the most important features of the platform, where the admin can easily add new book details and send them further to users for review.

Manage Book Files

After creating new book titles, now add the files to that title. To do so, you need to select the title for which you want to upload the file, add a category, then upload the file. With this feature, manage all the book files centrally and also edit or delete the book files according to your requirements. Additionally, find the list of all the book files uploaded on the platform with its details like title name, book category, and file name.

Manage Request of Reviewers

Accept or reject the request of reviewers with a single click. In addition, you can easily bifurcate the requests under the accepted or rejected section. Simply manage the request of your reviewers when they want to review a particular book and provide a review.

Manage Audio Files Requests

Easily manage all the audio files centrally that are available on the platform. Even manage the promo code for audio files within the same tab. Create, edit, and delete the details of the promo codes of the audio files. In addition, manage the new requests of reviewers for the audiobooks. Get the complete authority to accept or reject the requests of users for the audio files.

Manage Reviewers for the Book

Accept or reject new reviewers on the platform within a single click. Add, edit, view, and delete the details of reviewers like name, email id, post review on, Amazon/Goodreads link, and audiobook link. Also, check the list of pending, accepted, and declined users. This way, it becomes handy to manage all the reviewers at one end easily.

Reviews Management

Get the list of all reviews posted by readers on different platforms like Amazon and Goodreads. In addition, get the details of the reviews posted online on book buying platforms with its description. This way, you are able to get an idea of which users have given reviews for a particular book where they have posted the review.

Features of GRR for Book Reviewers

Advanced Dashboard

As you log in to GRR, get instant information about your account. Details like the total count of reading material, the total count of book reads, and the total count of audiobooks. In addition, see the calendar integrated into the dashboard that allows you to know the schedule and deadlines of each read.

Books Management and Request

Check the list of book titles available on the platform whether audiobooks or normal books. Use a filter to sort out the book titles available in the certain duration, which you are looking for. Even, get the list of book titles that are approved, declined, in progress, or requested. Also, you can check the audiobooks and normal books differently.

My Calendar

Get a calendar integrated into your account. With the calendar, check the deadline of each book that you are reading currently. It helps you to know the exact deadline for giving the review. So, you can plan all the readings accordingly and simply the tasks to meet the deadlines.

Write to Admin

Whether you want to discuss or update your admin, get the form. You get two fields subject and message box. You can write your message to the admin directly through this form. So, it becomes easy to get proper guidance or help from the admin within the platform.

Notification

Get notification of new book titles datewise. Whether your request is approved or rejected, you get a notification. Get reminders of your book review deadline. So, it becomes easy to know the information about book titles and get updated with all the new activities of the platform.

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