For this instalment of our BiblioShare in Eight blog series, we have invited Becky Scott owner of Tap Town Books to share about the way they have been using BiblioShare as their star bibliographic data aggregator for their independent bookstore. Tap Town Books is located in Nanton, Alberta, and offers customers a curated selection of books and art.
1. What is the goal of your project?
I needed BiblioShare to access titles as seamlessly as possible on Shopify.
2. What technologies/frameworks are you using?
Shopify.
3. What are your expectations for this project?
Easy uploading of as many titles as possible.
4. Are you going to continue working on it?
Yes, although I am likely going to be converting to Bookmanager next spring.
5. What do you wish was available in Standards and/or technologies?
I haven’t been operating long enough to say just yet!
6. What was your biggest takeaway working on this project?
Once I got the Biblioshare app working (thanks to BookNet support!), I was blown away by it. It makes populating my website, which is directly connected to my Shopify POS Go machine, so easy and fast.
7. What was the most fun to work on?
Pulling all the pieces together to get the bookstore up and running.
8. What are you reading right now?
Braiding Sweetgrass, Cain’s Jawbone, and an advance copy of In Ascension.
A big thank you to Becky for answering our questions! We’re very grateful to be part of your bookselling journey.
If you would like to be featured in this series, or know someone who should be, please get in touch with the BiblioShare team.
You can read the past interviews of this series here.
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