Hi, @Bookshop_Org! I invented and built http://Aer.io , sold it to Ingram. I’m told Aerio has been used to implement Bookshop. Can’t tell you how happy I am to hear that you’re carrying forward the mission http://Aer.io  was designed for.

http://Aer.io  was created with brilliant colleagues @kameleonsubrosa and @NickRuffilo. Applause to them too, for helping independent booksellers survive and thrive!

Now working with @getpublicala, the best decentralized ebook, audiobook retail platform. Let’s talk!

See also this interview by @SNEedition at their annual digital meeting in Paris a few years ago, convened by the wonderful @v_clayssen. We talked then about how France inspired http://Aer.io ’s design and its support for independent bookstores.

We can thank the deeply literary @kameleonsubrosa, who is French and who helped build both Aerbook and @AerioNetwork, for our profound connection to French culture.

And now that thread finds its way into the marvelous work you’re doing on behalf of bookstores and readers.