Shane Gottwals
www.gottwalsbooks.com
Gottwals Books, as of this coming Friday, is a 4-store operation. This would be adventuresome enough if all the stores were within a close proximity, but our newest location in North Carolina …

Another blogger mentioned the bookshop being part of the community and I think that is an important part of why it is worth offering a book exchange service, despite the pain in the neck that …

Part Seven, Cue Ominous Music (see bottom for links to the other parts)
There came a day when T. came to us and broke the sad news that the job of renovating the area upstairs at …

What do you do with shoplifters?
The first day I opened a young woman with a toddler asked to use the toilet for the little one. I acquiesced and as soon as she left the shop …

Sometimes when I am in the shop diligently listing books on the internet (or not) I am startled to see a customer at the end of the row when I was quite sure I was …

Where is your bookstore located?
Is it in the heart of the city or in a distant suburb? Are there lots of kids in your area, maybe schools? Universities? What kind of customers do you get? …

There has been a dramatic shift in the publishing industry in the past couple of months. This is one that might not be seen as important by many of the readers of this blog, …

Someone will walk into your bookshop today. The first thing they’re going to go for is the whatever you push to the foreground – namely, your new titles and bestsellers.
That’s great of course – but …

“How do you get people to a book signing?” The houseguest who asked this innocent question may have regretted it, because my answer was lengthy and detailed. Nothing can be left to chance for a …

I, like many other secondhand book shop owning hopefuls, came here by the hobby turning to business route. One of the handicaps of this background is that your love of books can make it difficult …