BookRix.de - A Community Dedicated to Literature

BookRix, a new site out of Germany, calls itself the net’s first ‘Bookunity’. Basically, it’s a publishing platform for unpublished writers to get published. Poems, novellas, short stories, and prose of all types can be designed and published in proper book format for friends, fans and families. Registered members/authors are given their very own profile space which can be customized to their preferences. Here, they can showcase their own works, write a blurb about themselves, and suggest books for others to read. The site includes other social features such as book groups and forums, writing competitions, and reviews. Members can browse through published works in the site’s library; niche sections include comics, manga, booklets and graphic novels. BookRix is also available in German.

“BookRix is an Internet portal and the first Bookunity where anyone can place their own books, short stories, poems etc. to be laid out just like a proper book, published on the net, promoted and sent out to friends. The massive Web2.0-Projects, which have been hugely popular with music, video and photography fans, now have a sister platform, which will delight literature fans around the world: BookRix.”

BookRix is a well thought out publishing platform/community. New writers can publish their works in book format, designed as they wish easily on the site. They can also promote and distribute their literature to their network of friends. The format is flexible and well executed. It has potential.

How is this site going to attract more readers and writers? Can readers insert critique within the text itself? What’s the business model?