Bookstore Profiles

Is your shop profiled here? Send us a blurb or two and some photos or a video, we’d love to give you some free exposure.

Brick and Mortar Thoughts

Some tips and suggestions from the Pros and how to operate a successful shop.

Elsewhere on the Net...

Some links to our fellow bookstore owners blog posts, web sites and any book related newsworthy items.

Opening a Bookstore

Some stories & shared knowledge on opening a bookstore. Learn all the ins and outs of getting your bookstore open.

Recommended Reading

Some good books both to help you operate more effectively and some just to enjoy, always with bookselling in mind.

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Best of June 2009
Sunday, 12 Jul, 2009 – 19:07 | No Comment

We like to spotlight some of our favorite posts of the past month. Here were some from June.
A conversation with Linda Olsson by Kim Allen-Niesen
Jo Canham is sharing the story of starting her bookshop up. …

Best of May at The Bookshop Blog
Thursday, 4 Jun, 2009 – 20:45 | 2 Comments

A little recap of some of our posts from the previous month.
We invited some new writers to join us and were quite pleased with the response. One was Kim Allen-Neison of Bookstore People. Her idea …

The Best Time to Open a Business?
Monday, 20 Apr, 2009 – 12:12 | 5 Comments
The Best Time to Open a Business?

Another nugget of insight from one of Canada’s premier used bookstores Fair’s Fair of Calgary, Thanks George . Please take a moment to visit Fair’s Fair.

Google and Microsoft started in times like these.
I remember hearing …

Best of August posts on the Bookshop Blog
Saturday, 1 Sep, 2007 – 17:25 | No Comment

On the first of every month we will present some of the best posts of the previous month. One of our criteria will be comments so feel free to add your voice, there is a …