📚 BookVerse – Smart AI Book Suggestion Platform

BookVerse is an intelligent book discovery and management platform. It combines AI-powered recommendations with a full-featured online bookstore experience.

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✨ Features

• 🤖 AI Recommendations – Personalized book suggestions using Gemini API
• 📖 Book Management – Browse, search, and request new books
• ❤️ Favorites & Cart – Save your favorites and manage shopping cart
• 🛒 Orders – Place and track book orders
• 🔑 Authentication – Secure login & signup with JWT
• 📱 Responsive UI – Clean, modern design with React + Tailwind CSS

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: ⚛️ React, 🎨 Tailwind CSS, 🔗 Axios
• Backend: 🟢 Node.js, ⚡ Express.js, 🍃 MongoDB
• AI Integration: 🤖 Gemini API
• Deployment: 🚀 Render (backend) + 🌐 Netlify (frontend)

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📂 Project Structure

BookVerse/ │── backend/ # Express + MongoDB API
│ ├── routes/ # API routes (users, books, orders, etc.)
│ ├── conn/ # Database connection
│ └── app.js # Main server setup
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│── frontend/ # React + Vite + Tailwind CSS
│ ├── src/ # Components, pages, hooks
│ └── public/ # Static assets
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└── README.md # Project documentation

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🚀 Getting Started

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ashik082/BookVerse.git
cd bookverse

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2️⃣ Setup Backend

cd backend
npm install
npm run dev   # or nodemon app.js

Create a .env file in backend/ with:

PORT=1000
MONGO_URI=your_mongo_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_secret
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_api_key

3️⃣ Setup Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

4️⃣ Deployment

Backend: Render / Vercel

Frontend: Netlify

🌐 Live Demo

🔗 BookVerse Website
🔗 Backend API