1)      How to open an account on BookChums?
2)      I’m registered on BookChums , now what?
3)      Clubs:
4)      Book Trading and Buying:
5)      E-Books:
6)      Book Reviews:
7)      Author Profiles:
8)      Mails:
9)      Contacting BookChums:

1)      How to open an account on BookChums?

It’s very simple to register on BookChums. Click on the Register with Us link on the visual tour on the home page. All you have to do is enter you name, email id and the password you wish to keep.  Once you have registered, you will get an activation mail at the email id provided.

Your email id will serve as your username for logging in. This email id would also serve as your contact information to keep you updated about your activity on BookChums. 

2)      I’m registered on BookChums , now what?

A)     Create your profile:

Here you can add in a short bio, list your favorite authors and books, include the genres you follow and jazz up your profile so that book lovers like you can search you and add you as a contact. Remember, the better your profile, the more people you’ll meet.

B)      Build Your Personal Shelf: You can now build your personal shelf, list your books on the shelf and also put them up for trading with BookChums members.   Your personal shelf can contain books that you have read, are reading or wish to read. You must be in physical possession of the books that you propose to trade with other BookChums members.  Ways you can add books to your personal shelf :

1. Search for books that are already on BookChums and add them to your shelf.

2. Search from other stores like Amazon and add them to your shelf.

3. Add a book from your personal collection directly to your online personal shelf on BookChums.

Note: Your personal shelf is contains books that you have added directly to it or have added to your club shelf through other means. Books added to your clubs get automatically added into personal shelf. For books that you have just added to your shelf, you will get an option to transfer them to a club of your choice.

C)      Connect with other book lovers:

1.       Check out other Chums on the site and add them to your contacts.

2.       Join Clubs and participate in the club activities.

3.       Invite your friends by directly importing your contacts from your address book.

3)      Clubs: You can join any of the clubs existing already and interact with members and widen your book circle. You are granted memberships to National and City Clubs immediately. To gain membership into private & premium clubs you have to send a request and wait for the club owner to accept your request.

As a club member, you can participate in the various club activities, engage with the club members through the club forum, stay updated with the club blog, and you can also request the club owners to add a book into the club shelf by sending a request.

If you want something that’s your own and unique with members and books of your choice, you can create a club of your own. You can create a private club or a premium club. Here’s the difference:

3.1) For creating private clubs:

For creating a club, you need to mention the name/title for your club, a short description of the club, the genre of books which your club will hold, the location from which you are operating your club and to make it attractive, you should also add an image suitable for your club thumbnail. What’s more, you also get a specific domain for your club on BookChums: http://www.chosenclubdomainname.bookchums.com/. This domain is subject to availability of that name.

You get options to edit and moderate your clubs with the admin panel on your club dashboard. You have to go to “Clubs I Own” and find all the options.

After creating a club, as an owner you can do the following to enhance it and attract more members:

A.      Add books to your Club Shelf: You can add books to your club shelf in the following ways:

1. Search for books that are already on BookChums and add them to your club shelf.

2. Search from other stores like Amazon and add them to your club shelf.

3. Add a book from your personal collection directly to your club shelf.

4. Go to your personal shelf and transfer books to the club that aren’t already in some other clubs that you own.

Note: All the books in your club shelf are automatically added into your personal shelf.

See note under Personal Shelf for more details.

B.      Invite others to join your club. You can invite registered users on the site as well as friends who are not yet registered on the site.

C.      Create a blog for your club to keep up with latest happenings of the clubs. You can post about your views on books, authors, latest happenings in the literary world and anything that would keep your club members updated and connected with your club.

D.      You can create Discussion Rooms to give your members a forum to voice their ideas, discuss stuff and get a chance to interact more with them.

1.       You first create /add a discussion room. Give it a title and a description to give the Discussion Room a nature.

2.       After creating a discussion room, you can view/add topics to be discussed in that room.

3.       After creating a topic, click on Discussion Rooms and visit your forum.

4.       Once you are present in the forum, you can add a comment to initiate the discussion and then post your replies to other posts.

E.       You can create events for your members and meet them in person. You can create events for book readings, book launches,