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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84th Street Apartment in Brazen Head
Saturday, 13 Mar, 2010 – 8:30 | No Comment

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. This will send you all of our posts as they are published so that you won’t miss a thing. Thanks for dropping …

Northshire Bookstore in Vermont
Thursday, 20 Aug, 2009 – 20:34 | One Comment
Vampire Fiction
Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 – 22:07 | One Comment
Why encouraging literacy should be part of your business plan
Saturday, 9 May, 2009 – 14:47 | 9 Comments

Focusing on increasing literacy should be part of every bookstore’s long term business plan. You may see no benefit this month or year, but if you plan to be in business ten years from now, this is one of the best investments you can make.

You’ll Find The Best Books (and folks) in the Strangest Places
Tuesday, 6 Jan, 2009 – 23:17 | 5 Comments

This has got to be one of the most charming couples I have seen. Meet the professor and the farmer and one of the most interesting bookstores I have yet seen.
For those receiving this via …

They call them stacks for a reason!
Sunday, 28 Dec, 2008 – 22:18 | 7 Comments

Holy cow! We have a bookshop here in Montreal that is somewhat like this. The owner actually knocked over a stack on one of our recent visits. If you have any video of your own …

The World Wide Telescope
Thursday, 6 Mar, 2008 – 9:47 | 4 Comments

How would you like to take a magic carpet ride through our universe. Coming this spring…
Here’s a tantalizing preview.

Using Facebook as a Cutting Edge Marketing Tool (not)
Sunday, 17 Feb, 2008 – 16:38 | No Comment

Usually the videos we share with you and insightful and intelligent. This one is neither.
We have been using Facebook quite a bit as a Marketing Tool as discussed here. The downside is the stupefying amount …

A Conversation with Philip Pullman
Wednesday, 30 Jan, 2008 – 21:04 | One Comment
A Conversation with Philip Pullman

A conversation with author Philip Pullman (courtesy charlierose.com)

Video by philosopher Dan Dennett on Memes
Friday, 3 Aug, 2007 – 13:46 | 3 Comments
Video by philosopher Dan Dennett on Memes

Memes (pronounced like beams) are simply ideas. Of course if you or I come up with what we think is a brilliant idea we have no idea how it may be used by others. This …