Dave Lucey
Bookstore owner (Page 158 Books, Wake Forest NC) and Edelweiss/Omnibus evangelist. Runs a Square-based bookstore (~35K SKUs). Has managed the Square booksellers Facebook group for 10 years. Was “store 0” for Edelweiss Analytics’ Square integration ~5 years ago and drove the creation of Omnibus.
Why this matters
- Direct line into Omnibus product development — he influences the roadmap as an active bookseller on staff
- Standing up an Omnibus Advisory Council and invited Panat to join
- Runs the largest Square bookseller community online — valuable distribution channel
- Shares the “bookstores need modern tech to survive” thesis
- Open to API integration between Omnibus and Panat’s custom Medusa stack
- Genuinely excited about Guild — sees it fitting game shops, card shops, video game stores beyond bookstores
- Active connector — introduced Panat to michael-brandeis (Secret World Books, also a software engineer + bookseller)
Timeline
- 2026-02-26 — first contact. Panat emailed after Dave’s Square user group session at Winter Institute, asked about shipping optimization algorithms. Shared tools.dungeonbooks.com ISBN bulk import tool
- 2026-03-12 — Dave introduced Panat to Michael Brandeis (Secret World Books) via email. Both are software engineers running multi-format shops
- 2026-03-27 — Panat recommended Dave/Omnibus to Fin at Wolfe & Kron Books (Asbury Park NJ) who asked about website/POS stack
- 2026-04-01 — Panat emailed Dave with 7-point Bookmanager vs Omnibus feature comparison (special orders, stock availability, reporting, receiving, ecosystem, support). Dave responded same day, set up a Zoom
- 2026-04-03 — 53-min Zoom call. Full Omnibus demo + Guild pitch. See 2026-04-03
Contact
- dave@page158books.com
- Page 158 Books, 415 Brooks St, Wake Forest, NC 27587
- c 919-896-5409
- Connected to Kunal (WithFriends) — knows about Panat’s contract history there