Description
Booken transforms a Shopify store into a complete online bookstore, with ready-made sections to highlight new releases, organize categories by genre, and suggest reading recommendations right on the homepage. It’s ideal for those who sell physical or digital books, secondhand bookstores operating online, and small publishers who need an organized storefront by category, author, and price range, with a cart, search filters, and checkout ready for readers, without hiring a programmer.
Booken’s Main Features
- Storefront by category and genre
Organizes the catalog into sections by literary genre, author, and collection. - Highlight for new releases
Reserves a block on the homepage for newly released and best-selling books. - Advanced search filters
Allows filtering by author, publisher, language, and price range. - Detailed product page
Shows synopsis, number of pages, format, and reader reviews. - Shopify cart and checkout
Uses Shopify’s native checkout with a sidebar cart and coupons.
Booken’s Benefits
- Store with a bookstore feel
Gives the visual identity of a physical bookstore to a completely online store. - Easier navigation for readers
Helps the buyer find the right book through search filters. - More emphasis on new releases
Increases the visibility of new titles right on the store’s first screen. - Less configuration time
Saves assembly work because the sections are already ready to edit.
Who is Booken for?
- Those who sell physical or digital books online.
- Secondhand bookstores and independent bookstores that don’t yet have an online store.
- Small publishers who sell directly to the end reader.
- Those who set up a book subscription club.
How to Download Booken
Booken is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the file, send the theme in Online Store > Themes > Add theme within the Shopify panel. Then, publish Booken to replace the active theme of the store.
Anyone who decides to open a digital bookstore gains, with Booken, a ready base to organize the collection, highlight new products, and sell without recreating each page of the catalog by hand. The theme fits the standard Shopify flow, without extra plugins to run the basics of the store.
Frequently asked questions
Is Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme GPL?
Yes. Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme on more than one site?
Yes. You can use Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme on as many sites as you want.
How much does Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme cost at Ultrapack?
Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$17/mo (Desenvolvedor I).
Does Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme include updates?
When a new version of Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme becomes available in the catalog, you can download the file during the access period of your purchase or subscription. To update, follow the installation or import procedure described in the documentation for the item and its platform.
Is Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme checked before it is made available for download?
Files for Booken – Book Store Shopify Theme are scanned before publication by UltraHub using ClamAV and YARA rules to detect known threats. This check does not guarantee the absence of risks. Check the item requirements, make a backup, and follow the installation or import instructions for its platform.
How to install
Updates: manual. When a new version comes out, download it on this same page and upload the new file from the Shopify admin. This item is not installed through WordPress.
A Shopify theme is not installed on WordPress. It is uploaded in your store dashboard.
- Download the file
elements-booken-book-store-shopify-theme.zipand extract it on your computer. - Inside the package, look for the theme ZIP, which is the file Shopify accepts. It is usually in a folder named after the theme, and it has the
assets,layout,sectionsandtemplatesfolders inside. - In the Shopify dashboard, go to Online Store > Themes.
- Under Theme library, click Add theme > Upload zip file and upload the theme ZIP.
- Use Preview to check it, and Publish when you want it live.
- Shopify rejects packages that are too large. If the upload fails because of size, take the documentation and demo files out of the folder before zipping it.
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