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Case study · Publishing
SHELF Reader: reading and listening to books like on a streaming platform
For a bookstore chain we designed SHELF Reader, an app and website to discover, buy, read and listen to books in one place: a personalised home, scrollable book reels, one-tap purchase, a built-in reader and audiobooks.
- Project
- Product concept and prototype
- Industry
- Publishing · bookstores
- Service
- Product design, app and web
- Formats
- eBooks, audiobooks, print
- Discovery
- Book reels and personal picks
- Bookstore
- Print copy pickup in store
The reader journey
From first launch to the last chapter
Seven screens, one account: pick what you like, discover, buy, then read or listen without leaving the app.
Discover
Book reels: scroll, fall in love, read
The Discover section turns the catalogue into short vertical content to scroll, like social videos.
Six formats keep discovery fresh, and every reel takes you to read, listen to or save the book in one tap.
- Six formats: quote, trailer, opening, 3 reasons, this or that, collections
- “From book to film”: titles to read before you watch
- Save, listen or start reading from any reel
Read and listen
The same book, in text or audio
The built-in reader and the audiobook share the same position: read on the tram, then keep listening at home from the exact spot.
In the text you can highlight, take notes and share a line as a card.
- Position synced across text, audio and website
- Highlights, notes and quote cards
- Audiobook with chapters, speed and sleep timer
Purchase and store
From recommendation to purchase in one tap
Every book page explains why it was recommended and lets you buy it right away as an eBook, audiobook or both.
Readers who prefer print can reserve a copy and pick it up free in store, so the app brings customers into the shops too.
- Buy and start reading instantly
- Print copy with free in-store pickup
- Missing title? Readers request it from the editors
On the web too
The website, synced with the app
The same experience on desktop: home, reels and search, with library and reading position always in sync.
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We design digital products for content businesses: app, website and a clickable prototype before a single line of code.
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