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Sort your shop's inventory into detailed subgenres with a homemade AI tool

who Swoon City, a romance bookstore in Seattle, owners interviewed by GeekWire

What it does

The owners used Seattle Public Library borrowing data to pick inventory, built a small generative AI tool that tags each book with detailed subgenres and tropes, and asked Claude to compare loyalty-program options (it suggested building their own).

Tool cost

From $17/mo (checked prices)

Setup

Advanced · or we do it from $497

Tools

Claude

OperationsRetail

The problem

With 3,000 books, shoppers needed to find exact subgenres, not just 'romance'.

What happened

Every title tagged with detailed subgenres; a custom loyalty program built in a few evening hours (as reported).

News report Source: GeekWire (2025-11-04) · Added 2026-10-13. Results as reported by the source; we haven't independently verified them.

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How to set it up yourself

  1. Export your catalog to a spreadsheet.
  2. Ask an AI to suggest tags from the publisher description only.
  3. Spot-check a sample before using tags in-store or online.
  4. Use the tags for shelf signs and website filters.

Copy-paste prompt

From this book description, suggest up to 6 subgenre and trope tags from this list only: {TAG LIST}.

{DESCRIPTION}

Tools used

Claude

AI assistant for writing, long documents, analysis and coding help.

From $17/mo billed annually ($20 monthly) (checked 2026-10-13)

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Checked prices: Claude: from $17/mo billed annually ($20 monthly) (verified 2026-10-13)

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