Fan fiction isn’t just an internet phenomenon. It’s been around since before the printing press. Hard copies of early twentieth century (or earlier) examples may be quite lucrative for rare book dealers.

Dead trees are so last century. Books of the future will be made of sugar, wheat, or even elephant dung!

The bestsellers on the used market aren’t necessarily the best sellers you see on the New York Times list or on Amazon’s hot list.  Often they bear no relation to each other.  However, statistics on …

It’s the rare bookseller now a days that doesn’t use a computer for at least part of their operation.  There’s still a few die hards that won’t touch them, but the majority have a computer …

Once upon a time, if you wanted a “certain kind of book” you had to go to a certain kind of shop or order from a catalog and wait for a package in a plain …

So you’ve just bought yourself a bookstore. Congratulations.  You asked all the big questions before buying, rent, utilities, cash flow, inventory, etc.  but before the old owner moves to Florida make sure to ask some …

When another bookstore sets up shop down the street, it may not be the end of the world. Make the right adjustments and having another bookstore next door may actually increase your sales!

Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol” has finally arrived.  Yeah!  Oh wait, you know what this means… used bookstore patrons will start asking for this this weekend and new bookstore patrons will start asking for his …

Advertising doesn’t have to be expensive to be effective.  A lot of in-store  book sales come from walk in traffic.   Even if you’re in a high traffic area getting people in the door isn’t always …

Before you buy your bookcases for your new bookstore, take some time to figure out what display method will be the easiest for you to maintain and show your books off to best advantage.