The Well-Stocked Book Shop

One of the more rewarding moments for booksellers is getting the perfect book to its perfect reader. Sometimes this can be done months before the book is actually released when the book buyer is pouring over the catalogues filled with hundreds or even thousands of titles from multiple publishers. Choosing the books for your store … Read more

What Makes a Great Bookseller?

What are bookshop managers looking for in employees? Thinking on this, I recently looked over current job postings for booksellers. What I discovered is this: bookshop managers know and value their customers, and they hire accordingly. These ads were by no means repetitive. It seems that bookshop managers quite enjoy writing job ads and do … Read more