Shopify theme · Bookshops and publishers
Parker.
The Shopify theme that understands books.
Parker is a Shopify theme for bookshops and publishers, made by Mister Mikel: book pages with author and ISBN, author pages, two styles, and bilingual. It’s free if you install it yourself. And if you’d rather not wrestle with it, we set it up for you.
This may sound familiar
A book is not a phone case.
Most Shopify themes treat a book like any other product: title, price and a photo. No author, no synopsis that pulls you in, nothing of what makes someone choose a book.
You sell authors and a catalog. Your store should show it on every page.
The author is missing
You sell authors, but the theme gives them no room: no portrait, no bio, no "all their titles".
The book page falls short
ISBN, edition, page count, a quote… the details a reader looks for don’t fit in a generic product page.
Selling abroad gets complicated
Languages and currencies to reach other countries without making a mess.
Everything looks "off the shelf"
Correct, but soulless. A bookshop has character; its store should too.
What Parker includes
Built to sell books.
Real book pages
Author, ISBN, edition, page count and a featured quote. The page tells you about the book, it doesn’t just list it.
A page for every author
Portrait, biography and all their titles, grouped automatically. The loyal reader finds "their" author.
Bilingual and international
English and Spanish, with a language and country/currency selector for selling across borders.
Two styles
Classic or contemporary, switched with one click. If you want, we fine-tune it to your brand.
Fast and accessible
Optimized images, self-hosted fonts and careful contrast. A store for everyone.
You run it
Adding a new title or changing a price takes two minutes. On Shopify, without touching code.
Two styles, one theme
Choose your store’s character.
Classic
Cream, terracotta and Bodoni type. Warm, literary, with the soul of a neighborhood bookshop.
Contemporary
White, blue and gold with Jost type. Clean and current, for more contemporary catalogs.
Where it comes from
Culture and books, already selling online.
Ya lo dijo Casimiro Parker sells poetry and came from PrestaShop. We built their store on Shopify with full book pages, author pages and a bilingual catalog. The theme comes out of that work — and it carries their name for a reason.
Visit yalodijocasimiroparker.com →The Centro Federico García Lorca had no online store and wanted to run it on their own from day one. We built it on Shopify: a catalog organized by collections, product pages that say more than the measurements, and sales in dollars for an international audience.
Visit tiendalorca.es →How to get it
Two ways to get Parker.
The theme is the same in both. What changes is who installs it.
You install it yourself.
Write to us and we’ll send you the theme in both styles, with its guide. You upload it to your Shopify, load your catalog and start selling.
- Parker Classic and Parker Contemporary
- Installation and setup guide →
- No odd sign-up, no small print
We set it up for you.
We install it and adapt it to your brand inside your Shopify store: catalog, payments, shipping, languages. And we teach you to run it yourself.
- Installation and fitting to your identity
- Catalog, payments and shipping set up
- Training at handover and a fixed proposal
Frequently asked questions
What people usually ask us.
What exactly is Parker?
Parker is a Shopify theme made by Mister Mikel for bookshops and publishers: book pages with author and ISBN, author pages, two styles (Classic and Contemporary) and bilingual English/Spanish. It’s the base we build bookstores on.
Is Parker free?
Yes. If you install it yourself, the theme costs nothing: we send it to you in both styles with the installation guide. What has a price is having us set it up and adapt it, if you prefer.
Can I choose between the two styles?
Yes. Classic (cream/terracotta/Bodoni) or Contemporary (white/blue/gold/Jost). You can see both in the demo, switching with one click, and then we fine-tune it to your identity.
Does it work for selling internationally?
Yes. It ships bilingual (English and Spanish) with a language and country/currency selector, built for selling across countries.
What if I want you to set it up?
It depends on your catalog and on what you need. We don’t publish a list price for this: tell us about your case and we’ll send you a concrete proposal with a fixed timeline. See the service →
Will I be able to run the store myself?
Yes. It runs on Shopify, the easiest platform to manage. Anyone on the team can add a new title or change a price, without touching code. And we train you at handover.
Does it work for selling ebooks?
Yes. Ebooks are sold on Shopify with apps such as Digital Downloads, and Parker presents them like any other book: with their author, their page and "By the same author". Print and ebook can sit side by side.
What if I don’t sell books?
Then yours is Parker Open: the same base for music, art, courses, collectibles, food, fashion and health, where the "author" can be an artist, an origin, a brand or an ingredient. See Parker Open →
Parker’s sibling
Not selling books?
Parker Open is the same base for products with an author or an origin. You decide who the protagonist is: an artist, a teacher, a winery, a brand or an ingredient. See Parker Open →
Let’s talk
Shall we set up your bookstore on Shopify?
Ask us for the theme and we’ll send it over. Or tell us what you sell and where it gets stuck, and we’ll come back with a fixed proposal within 24 hours. And if you like, take a look at the demo first.