Brick and Mortar Thoughts Archives

The Real Reason Bookstores Are Becoming Extinct

October 31, 2014 —by Kathy Mizera 219 14

Growing up in South Florida in the 70s and 80s, there was a great bookstore at the corner of US1 and Sunrise Blvd. in…

August 15, 2014 —by Yooree Losordo 92 0

I am very late to getting up to speed on the Amazon/Hachette dispute. I apologize in advance to those for whom this post will…

August 8, 2014 —by Yooree Losordo 97 0

I hope the readers of the Bookshop Blog can help me out here. What is a bookseller’s job description, especially when the bookstore has…

August 4, 2014 —by Carol Hoenig 118 0

I admit that there are occasions when I wonder if my business associates and I are delusional about opening a bookstore. Fortunately, those doubts…

March 31, 2014 —by Jas Faulkner 138 0

by Jas Faulkner “How long ago was Bush president? No need to answer. It’s a rhetorical question. Take a look at this.” Sam, who…

March 31, 2014 —by Caroline Scutt 75 0

Every bookseller knows the importance of great customer service BUT do we really get how important costumer service is, or is it? We pride…

March 14, 2014 —by Jas Faulkner 84 0

by Jas Faulkner Lorraine* starts our interview by laying down a few ground rules. The first is that I am not allowed to describe…

March 4, 2014 —by Caroline Scutt 65 0

Here are the facts: There were almost 300,000 books published in the U.S. in 2012 according to our friends at Wikipedia. Nearly half of…