Book Live Streaming Platform for Authors - LivelyPencil

Nextgen Solutions developed LivelyPencil, a digital hub and live‑streaming platform designed for authors and artists to showcase their creations and engage with their community in real time.

To provide a book‑like navigation experience, Nextgen Solutions implemented a ‘reels’ content model, where interconnected pages—each with a unique ID—mimic the structure of a physical book, making browsing intuitive and immersive.

The platform supports diverse media types, allowing users to publish text, images, and video content within each reel, offering creators a versatile canvas to share their work across multiple formats.

On the backend, Nextgen Solutions architected the server using Node.js and Express, and managed the deployment infrastructure with NGINX to ensure high availability and performance. Our DevOps practices included CI/CD pipelines and monitoring to maintain platform robustness.

Real‑time streaming and interactive features were powered by Socket.io, enabling seamless live interactions, chat, and event notifications that keep audiences engaged and connected during broadcasts.

Nextgen Solutions selected MongoDB as the primary database to handle the platform’s flexible, schema‑less data requirements, ensuring scalability as the user base and content volume grow.

A RESTful API layer was developed to facilitate efficient communication between front‑end clients (including a React Native mobile app) and backend services, streamlining data transfers and supporting feature expansion.