Abstract: A system and method is presented for the web-based reading of books. Users of the system access books page-by-page through a computerized web server, with a social community oriented around each book being presented in conjunction with the book. Data is maintained in a database relating to user, author, and publisher additions to the book-oriented social community. Page clicks by users reading the book are also monitored and analyzed, allowing the system to identify users that read every page of the book, and also identify the page where users stopped reading the book.

Abstract: A system and method is presented for the web-based reading of books. Users of the system access books page-by-page through a computerized web server, with a social community oriented around each book being presented in conjunction with the book. Data is maintained in a database relating to user, author, and publisher additions to the book-oriented social community. At least a portion of these additions are associated with particular pages in the book. These page-specific additions are made available to the user only when the user has reached the particular page associated with the addition. A listing of other users currently reading the same page, or nearby pages, is presented to the user, allowing interactions with other users to be controlled according to the specific page being read by the user.