While a book may not be fragile when it is first printed, it quickly and imperceptibly begins to decompose. Over time it’s materials disintegrate. Leather turns to powder. The spine releases the …
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Some tips from the Pros on how to operate a successful bookshop.
A quick recap of the best articles, submissions and videos that were posted here on The Bookshop Blog.
Some stories & shared knowledge on opening a bookstore. Learn all the ins and outs of getting your bookstore open.
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Before I get into some of our memorable posts from June I’d like to thank Paul Young of Prying1 Books for a comment he made earlier today. He was reminding folks that when they comment …
I live in a regional mining town in Queensland Australia with a population of
90,000 and over the last few months a friend of mine have decided that we
are going to start researching our business idea.
We …
Owning a bookstore can be a dream come true, but for some, it’s also been an eye-opening process that has caught them unprepared to keep their dream afloat. Like with any career transition, it makes …
Are you considering learning all you can on how to sell used books online? If you have, you’ve made one of the first great decisions. You’ve decided to look for help from those that have …
There four creepy crawly critters like to live where its damp. If you can positively ID these four critters, you’ll have good odds of identifying books that have been improperly stored somewhere damp.
This is Part 4 of Caro and Susan’s foray into the land of bookselling. Here are the earlier segments:
Part 1, We Got Handed a Dream In the Discount Card Aisle
Part 2, The Auction
Part 3, A Name, …
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I just read Judy Riggs article Training a Book to be a Salesman, and I would like to ask if someone could refer me to a company that makes shelf talker holders or clips for …
This is a multi-part series describing Caro and Susan’s adventure in opening a bookshop.
Part 1: We Got Handed a Dream In the Discount Card Aisle
Part 2: The Auction
It took us weeks to figure out a …
I read an article a while back that had some statistics to show that the best way to sell a new book was to have previously sold a book. What this basically means that as …
I have to tell you how we decided which space to rent when we were in the planning stages of our bookshop (for those who don’t know we owned and operated Zeeba Books for four …
