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FolioBooks & Stationery

Folio: free Shopify theme for books & stationery stores

Off-white paper tones, deep ink-blue accents and bookish serif type for independent bookstores and stationery brands.

Design highlights

  • Light design with a split-screen hero and a centered-logo header
  • Numbered editorial product cards and typographic category list with hover previews
  • Libre Baskerville headings with Lora body text, all switchable in the theme editor
  • Homepage built from 7 ready-made sections written for books & stationery brands

Everything a books & stationery store needs

  • Online Store 2.0: sections on every page, JSON templates, header and footer groups and app blocks
  • Home, collection with filters and sorting, product page with variants and Buy it now, cart, search, blog, contact, customer accounts, gift card and password page
  • Ready-made homepage copy for books & stationery: Fiction, Non-fiction, Notebooks, Gifts for readers
  • SEO-ready: Product, Organization, Breadcrumb and Article structured data, Open Graph tags and fast, lazy-loaded images
  • Passes Shopify Theme Check with 0 errors and 0 warnings

Folio theme FAQ

Is the Folio Shopify theme really free?

Yes. Folio is free to download and use on your own Shopify store. Fill in the short form and the theme ZIP downloads straight away.

How do I install Folio on my Shopify store?

In Shopify admin go to Online Store, then Themes, click Add theme, choose Upload zip file and select the downloaded ZIP. Click Customize to add your logo, menus and products, then Publish.

Is Folio a good Shopify theme for a books & stationery store?

Folio was designed specifically for books & stationery brands. Off-white paper tones, deep ink-blue accents and bookish serif type for independent bookstores and stationery brands. The homepage, product page and copy are already set up for this industry, so you only add your own products and photos.

Is the theme Online Store 2.0 compatible?

Yes. Every page is built from sections you can add, remove and reorder in the theme editor. It supports JSON templates, header and footer section groups and app blocks from the Shopify App Store.

Is the theme SEO-friendly and fast?

Yes. It ships with clean semantic HTML, Product, Organization, Breadcrumb and Article structured data, Open Graph tags, responsive lazy-loaded images and no jQuery or heavy scripts.

Can you customise the theme for my brand?

Yes. SmartestDeveloper offers custom Shopify development: brand styling, extra sections, app integrations and store setup. Request a free quote from the Shopify development page.

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