BookConnect is a social platform for book lovers to connect virtually in an online book club.

• Users can sign in or sign up for a new account from the welcome page.
• Users can also edit or deactivate their user profiles.
• Users can browse through a selection of book clubs, either active or upcoming, from the welcome page.
• Users are able to visit book pages to see details about a book (i.e., covers, author, description).
• Users can search for or create book pages to add to the database.
• Users are able to join any of the available clubs listed per book or create a new club.
• Users can join a club and see the message board feature that is otherwise hidden for non-members.
• Users can chat live with any user in the club.
• Users will receive an email confirmation upon signing up for BookConnect.
• Users can also send an invitation email to friends to join their club directly from BookConnect.
• Users(system admins) are able to run general query reports on the database (i.e., most popular books, frequency of new user sign-ups, demographic reports, etc.)