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@article{187819,
        author = {Tejas V and Mohammed Awaiz and Yashwanth S and Ganashree},
        title = {CLUB-LIT: Real-Time AI-Powered Literary Community Platform},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {6468-6472},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=187819},
        abstract = {Club-Lit is an innovative full-stack MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) platform that integrates hybrid AI-driven recommendation with real-time social features to transform digital reading into an engaging, collaborative experience. The system employs a combined collaborative-filtering and content-based recommendation engine to personalize suggestions (addressing cold-start issues), and supports virtual book clubs with WebSocket-powered live chat and discussion forums. Secure JWT-based authentication and a cloud-hosted architecture ensure scalability and safety. Empirical evaluation shows ~45% improvement in recommendation accuracy and a 81% increase in user retention for community participation. Key innovations include a multi-layer LLM “BookBuddy” agent that uses Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to answer user queries and guide navigation, accelerated via Groq’s AI hardware.},
        keywords = {digital reading, recommendation system, WebSockets, JSON Web Token, RAG, AI agents, MERN stack.},
        month = {November},
        }