online bookselling, opening a bookstore

If you want to be considered a professional, act like one.

Aug 12th, 2007 | By Bruce K. Hollingdrake | Category: News & Opinions

One of the nice things about having contributors to the blog is that I also get a few extra sets of eyeballs surfing for great content. Tom Nealon of Pazzo books and The Bookshop Blog brought this great posting to my attention.

It is by Ian J. Kahn of Lux Mentis Lux Orbis.

This has led me to think about professional courtesies, generally, and what has been happening to them specifically. Changes in the business, particularly the flood of new “dealers” with little or no background in the profession, seems to have resulted in an erosion of some of the niceties of the profession, as perhaps has the growth of web business. The following are the niceties that are front of brain for me…please post or email me with any that I have overlooked:

Here’s the full posting. 

A Few Related Posts That You May Enjoy:
Do you take advantage of free advertising?
Controlling a mixed Online and In-Store book inventory
Would you like to write for The Bookshop Blog?
Killing a section, you’re next sports - better shape up.
Building your client base at Fan conventions.
Book Mailers or B-Flute, How to Package Books for Shipping
Is the heyday of online bookselling well in the past or is this just the beginning?

Leave Comment

Log in | 57 queries. 0.220 seconds.