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IndieCommerce: A New Name, A New Logo, A New Platform
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This week, the American Booksellers Association unveils a new name, and a new logo, for the ABA E-Commerce Solution: IndieCommerce.
"As we move member sites to Drupal, an open-source platform that's practical, intuitive, and adaptable, it's fitting that we give ABA's E-Commerce Solution a new name that reflects just what the program, and our members stand for -- giving consumers a choice of buying online at independent bookstores, each with its own unique personality," said IndieCommerce Director Ricky Leung.
ABA is now offering training sessions and step-by-step instructions to current E-Commerce stores to guide their site migration to the Drupal platform. Stores that haven't already set up a training session should send an e-mail to [email protected] offering several possible Monday dates in May, June, or July.
Training sessions are generally scheduled for Mondays at noon Eastern Time to allow stores in different time zones to participate at the same time and to afford enough time for participants to finish a session, which can run anywhere from 90 minutes to three hours.
In order to give stores an idea of how the site and the training will work, ABA staff has created instructional videos, which can be accessed with a BookWeb log-in. When a bookseller feels comfortable with the system's controls, ABA arranges for the store's existing content to be migrated to the new site. More advanced follow-up training will then be offered on Thursdays or Fridays.
Leung and ABA Chief Program Officer Len Vlahos will present "ABA IndieCommerce Solution: The New System," a demonstration and Q&A session, as part of ABA's Day of Education at BEA. The session, at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 28, is aimed at owners, managers, webmasters, and frontline booksellers from stores not currently using the product.
Those interested in seeing examples of IndieCommerce sites can checkout any one of these live sites: