Books Archive

A personal PDF book library built with Next.js.

Features

• Upload and store PDF books
• Search by title or author
• View PDFs in browser
• Download books
• Delete books from library
• Responsive design

Development

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Production Build

npm run build
npm start

Deployment with Nginx

1. Build the application:

   npm run build

2. Copy nginx.conf to /etc/nginx/sites-available/books-archive

3. Update the config:

   • Replace your-domain.com with your domain
   • Update /path/to/books-archive/public/books/ with the actual path

4. Enable the site:

   sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/books-archive /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
   sudo nginx -t
   sudo systemctl reload nginx

5. Start the Next.js server:

   npm start

   For production, use PM2:

   npm install -g pm2
   pm2 start npm --name "books-archive" -- start
   pm2 save
   pm2 startup

Project Structure

├── data/               # Book metadata storage (books.json)
├── public/books/       # Uploaded PDF files
├── src/
│   ├── app/
│   │   ├── api/books/  # API routes
│   │   └── page.tsx    # Main page
│   ├── components/     # React components
│   └── lib/            # Utilities and types
└── nginx.conf          # Nginx configuration