BookWorm Author Platform

BookWorm is a publishing tech startup empowering self-published authors to manage, distribute, and promote their ebooks. The client approached Epex Logics to build a smart platform that not only hosted their titles but actively boosted sales through AI-driven content suggestions and a personalized user experience.

BookWorm's old system was outdated, static, and lacked intelligent features to engage readers or assist authors. Key problems:

• No user personalization or reading history tracking
• Manual book uploads and outdated UI
• Lack of real-time analytics for authors
• Flat sales and poor user retention

We rebuilt the BookWorm platform from scratch using modern frameworks and integrated AI-powered tools for book recommendations and predictive analytics.

1. Smart Recommendation Engine

Trained a collaborative filtering model using TensorFlow to suggest books based on reading patterns and ratings.

2. Author Dashboard

Built a custom dashboard with sales tracking, engagement stats, and publishing tools for ebook uploads and promotions.

3. UX/UI Redesign

Created a modern, responsive interface with genre-based browsing, dark mode, and real-time review ratings.

Challenge: Low user retention

Solution: Introduced a gamified reading experience, user badges, and curated book lists.

Challenge: High bounce rate on mobile

Solution: Optimized mobile browsing and added swipe-to-preview feature for ebook samples.

Challenge: Lack of insight into reader behavior

Solution: Implemented heatmaps, session recordings, and detailed behavior analytics with Mixpanel.

The rebuilt BookWorm platform delivered stunning results in under 6 months:

Other wins include:

• Platform scaled to 25,000+ monthly users
• Average session time increased from 1.5 to 5 minutes
• Achieved 35% increase in newsletter signups