A new site...free books :)

@vi · 21-03-2011, 11:18 PM

Hi all !

My forum is ready. But this is not related to Nook. I thought it'd be better to have a site rather than forum. The Nook site will be launched soon

So this forum is about Books !

Few days ago, I started hunting for Indian online book forums, to my surprise I couldn't find any except one. So thought of starting one on my own

So here it is : Readers Enclave

Sorry, if name seems like copied from somewhere

but it is suggested by my nephew

My main objective of this site is to

Reduce piracy on books
Unite all readers, Promote reading and encourage people to read
Let others know that Chetan Bhagat is not only Indian who writes novels. [Seriously, I thought of keeping tag line as "We don't do Chetan Bhagat" ]
And spread the joy of reading

Right now I am on free hosting and hence no expenses

Instead of spending money on adwords and hosting, I thought it's better to spend on books and give them free for members !

So this is how it is :

My bro is a book worm, as soon as he heard my idea, he gave me 1000 INR next moment
My nephew gave me amazon coupons of worth $60
Tricked a local book dealer to get two free books
two of my friends are very happy and about to give me 500 INR

So using all this money, which I am getting for free

and investing all this money to give books to my members for free ! So my contests ~ books are

1. God Father by Mario Puzo - 10/April/11
2. The Power by Rhonda Bryne - 20/April/11
3. Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer -
4. Losing My Virginity And Other Dumb Ideas by Madhuri Banerjee -
5. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore -

Right now I have planned to give books for every 10-15 days

Once I get enough members / traffic, then I think, I can give books every week.

So what you can do :

If you are a bookworm, register yourself today ! Or atleast please share the link in your FaceBook
You can donate your books
You can sponsor contests
Give me suggestions [like naming in Forums etc]
Design better logos / icons for site

Note : I humbly request you to share this in Facebook. If you have atleast one BookWorm friend he/she'd be happy to register. Pleeez

Here is the link - Free Books Give Away

If you are registering, then it is better to keep same username as here, so that I can identify you guys easily.

I thank my sis, nephews and friends, people over MyBB community and ofcourse Members at TE and E. Without you guys it'd have been hard. Thanks a lot

@mods - if this considered as spamming, then apologizes.

Cybertonic · 22-03-2011, 01:00 AM

I think it would be better for you to use ads in the future(not right now) to finance giving away books, then you might even be able to do it daily. It's a nice concept btw. You can put up a daily question from which the best answer will be given the book later. Also it would be nice to promote Indian authors(not chetan bhagat of course).