Anderson’s Bookshop / Nation’s Largest Independent Bookstores / Celebrity Author Events with Advanced Ticketing, Registration and Attendee Management

Anderson’s Bookshop

Anderson’s Bookshop is one of the largest and oldest independent bookstores in the US. Anderson’s hosts hundreds of events throughout the year with celebrity authors and participants including Bob Odenkirk, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michae J. Fox, Stacey Abrams, Richard Marx, Andrew McCarthy, Lindsey Vonn, Brene Brown, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny, Ree Drummond, Trisha Yearwood, Chris Colfer, Anderson Cooper and Hayley Mills.

Problem Statement

Anderson’s Bookshop hosts a large volume of events. To meet their technology, payment and support needs, they switched to Eventcombo for the unlimited technology-features, Helicopter support and customized payment solutions. To align with Anderson’s high-quality standards for service and experience, they required a platform, which was easy to use for the Anderson’s Bookshop event team, authors, publishers and attendees.

Solution

Eventcombo offered a complete end-to-end event management solution to Anderson’s Bookshop and helped implement a customized ticketing and event registration process, streamlining their event management. They turned to Eventcombo for:

• A foolproof, secure, and smooth online ticketing process
• Implementing customized payment options
• EntryPilot App for Scanning Attendees' QR Codes
• A complete in-person management solution

Results

When Anderson’s Bookshop made Eventcombo their ticketing partner for a seamless experience, their event registration numbers increased by approx. 100% post-covid. Allowing Anderson’s to host a variety of custom events like conferences, webinars, and multi-day events, gave Anderson’s the medium for organization and scaled marketing. With ticketing and registration process ramp up, it enabled Anderson’s Bookshop to successfully and seamlessly host multiple author events for their marquee clients.

Turnkey Technology

• Customized ticketing & registration
• Customized event pages
• Hosting webinars
• Multiple ticket types with access control
• Event management
• Co-host management
• Event support
• Attendee entry scanning
• Attendee line queuing