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+# BookShop_Website
+A children's bookstore app developed using Ruby/SQL/Sinatra
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+This app enables a bookshop owner/worker to manage the shop's stock. This is not
+an app for customers, but for shop employees only. The user can:
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+Show inventory pages listing the books and authors
+Create books and authors
+Show stock levels for the books (High/Medium/Low)
+Add a buy and sell price to each stock item
+Calculate the possible markup on items and show on inventory page
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+The details of the books and authors are kept in a SQL database and accessed via Ruby.
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