With Dan Brown’s next book due out soon we’ve had a couple of discussions in our book shop about the values of books by Dan Brown. Unlike some authors that find a way to put …

Science Fiction Bookstores - hidden jewels
Do you love visiting science fiction bookstores?

I wish there was on in my town. In fact I don’t know if there is are any science fiction bookstores in my …

Bookstore Shelving
Bookstore shelving can be one of the more difficult decisions for a new shop owner to make. The look and feel of his shop will obviously be affected quite a bit as will his …

Imagine having a bookstore with a 12,000-square-foot lot filled with
Acres of Books. Now imagine having to move those books.

We are very happy to have a new sponsor here at The Bookshop Blog, Computer Books Online.
If you have a moment why don’t you pop over and give their site a once-over and if you …

Part 1 of Going for a Guinness Record can be found here
I promised an update on our attempt to set a
Guinness World Record selling Romance Paperbacks.
This was a case where the peripheral benefits
were far better …

In my experience, value isn’t necessarily in the book. It’s in the way one
sells the book. It’s in the person to whom one plans to sell the book. It’s
in the knowledge a bookseller has that allows him to identify a ’sleeper’ at
the bottom of a dusty cardboard box of library discards.

This quick post has nothing to do with books, unless you count creating a blog (not unlike this one) to help promote your shop. I have a few different online projects going on and read …