Some stories & shared knowledge on How to Open a Bookstore. Learn all the ins and outs of getting your bookstore open.
Being a newcomer to the the life of a bookshop owner, this blog has and continues to offer me so much in ideas and advice. It is most appreciated, indeed. As a way of saying, “Thanks.”, and possibly offering ideas and advice to other newbies, here are my thoughts on a few items of importance: … Read more
I’ve seen it happen all too often to owners of new bookstores – you have an idea, you try your hardest to get it up and running, and your euphoria at finally opening a bookstore just cant be contained. Brilliant! …. And then what? Customers drudge in and out, and then you realize that the … Read more
Should a used bookshop rent out shelf space, or is it best to stick with buying your own books?
In spite of the advent of electronic publishing, the Kindle for instance, the death of books printed on paper has been vastly exaggerated. For myself, I can’t imagine using one of those things to read a book but obviously someone does or the Kindle wouldn’t survive. My wife and I have owned 5 successful used … Read more
.Just because you read books, doesn’t mean you should sell them.
YA Fiction by Ben Langdon YA stands for Young Adult and is often seen as the category of book which sits between childrens’ fiction and adult fiction. This is a bit simplistic and, as most readers would already know, there really isn’t any kind of rigid barriers for the ages when it comes to … Read more
In our town, there are a few places to get books. Wal-Mart and Safeway have a section of new books. The dollar stores sometimes have a few. The rummage shop has some used books. A classy gift shop has an estate collection it is selling at $2.00 a book as part of a charity that … Read more
Do you want to sell new books or used books? Do you want to stick to a specific type of book or have a general bookstore? Do you want to sell books online or in-store only? Do you want to be the dude selling books on a street corner? For a long time these, and … Read more
