Two readers, one catalogue
Both land on the same home page. What they need from it is different.
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The reader who knows the book
Comes with a title or an author in mind, often from a review or a friend, and wants to buy before the moment passes.
Comes for
The book, in stock, in the format they want, at a price they can see.
Stops at
A search that returns nothing, a format hidden on another page, a checkout that wants an account first.
Answered by
Search across the header with covers and prices in the results, paper, e-book and audiobook on one page, and quick purchase in one short form.
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The reader looking for the next book
Knows the genre or the mood, not the title. Looks at what is new, what is popular and what is coming on pre-order.
Comes for
A short list worth opening: new arrivals, bestsellers, pre-orders and deals.
Stops at
A shelf of thousands with no way to narrow it, and a page that doesn’t say whether the book is any good.
Answered by
A category tree with counts, filters that stay visible as chips, ratings on every card, and a tab to read an excerpt before buying.
[ 01 ]
Home & search
The question it answers
Where is the book I came for — or, if I don’t know yet, what should I read next?
What we did, and why
A search field across the whole header and a Categories button beside it that opens the full catalogue, then the week’s banners, bestsellers, new arrivals and pre-orders, because a reader either types or browses, and both start here.
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Catalogue
The question it answers
How do I get from thousands of titles to a shelf I can actually read through?
What we did, and why
The category tree on the left with a count beside every genre, each active filter as a chip above the grid with one ‘Clear all’, and sorting by rating, because in a catalogue this size the filters are the navigation.
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Product page
The question it answers
Which format, at what price, and is it any good?
What we did, and why
Paper, e-book and audiobook as three switches with their prices, rating and stock under the title, delivery, payment and returns under the button, and tabs for reviews and an excerpt, because this is where the reader decides.
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Cart & checkout
The question it answers
What will it cost in total, and how does it get to me?
What we did, and why
A cart that opens over the page, then one checkout in numbered blocks — order, delivery, payment, recipient — with Nova Poshta and Ukrposhta, a branch picker on a map, and every discount on its own line in the summary on the right.
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Account & wish lists
The question it answers
Where are my orders, and where did I put that book for later?
What we did, and why
Order history, addresses and recipients in the account, and wish lists the reader names, fills and moves books between, because a bookstore lives on the second order and the tenth.
