1. Edelweiss+ Demo
NEIBA
September 22, 2016

2. Agenda
Why Edelweiss+?
The Edelweiss+ Rollout
Demo

3. Thousands of Publishers
What is Edelweiss?
B2B Hub
Digital Catalog Platform
Review Copy Distribution
Community
POS Analytics
Product Discovery
Purchasing
Sales
Marketing
Thousands of Publishers
Thousands of
Book Professionals

4. Edelweiss+ Design Objectives
Why Edelweiss+?
To deliver greater satisfaction and value by strengthening the application’s foundation and modernizing the user interface.
Edelweiss+ Design Objectives
Improve System Speed and Stability
Simplify Navigation and Enable Customization for All Types of Users
Modernize the Look and Feel
Expand functionality, especially in the area of ‘Community’ features
Integrate Treeline Analytics into Edelweiss
Key Principle: Edelweiss and Edelweiss+ can operate side-by-side.

5. The Edelweiss+ Rollout
Since March, we have been engaged in a process of gathering feedback from beta testers representing many different types of Edelweiss users.
Retailers
Sales Reps
Librarians
Bloggers / Reviewers
Catalog Administrators
June, 2015
March, 2016
September 1, 2016
February, 2017
Initial Development Commenced
Beta Test Waves Began
‘Go Live’ Date
Planned “Legacy” Shutdown

6. The Edelweiss+ Rollout
We’ve surveyed beta-testers along the way for substantive input and quantifiable assessments. Edelweiss+ has performed well.
Much Better
Very Satsf’d
Edelweiss+ compared to Edelweiss
Overall Edelweiss+
Satisfaction
Very Un- Satsf’d
Much Worse

7. The Edelweiss Plus Rollout
Edelweiss Plus is running at a 100% “Normal” call response time rate over the last month versus only 95.7% for legacy Edelweiss
Site Performance Over The Last Month
“Legacy” Edelweiss
Edelweiss Plus
While Edelweiss Plus has lower traffic volumes currently, both applications hit the same database, so the ‘load’ on the database is not unlike what it will be when all traffic is on Edelweiss Plus

8. The ABA Affiliation Program
How
What
Full ABA membership ID file sent to Treeline on a quarterly basis
Those stores no longer part of the ABA group removed from affiliation
Interface in Edelweiss for users to enter your store’s ABA ID
Only needs to be done by 1 employee
Access to ‘whitelisted’ Digital Review Copies
Validated as ABA employees for Digital Review Copy requests
Participation in ABA Edelweiss community (reviews, shelves, buzz)