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Up, down, & sideways- shelving your books
Saturday, 22 Aug, 2009 – 15:30 | 11 Comments
Up, down, & sideways- shelving your books

Before you buy your bookcases for your new bookstore, take some time to figure out what display method will be the easiest for you to maintain and show your books off to best advantage.

Becoming a Procrastination Center
Wednesday, 5 Sep, 2007 – 19:47 | 5 Comments
Becoming a Procrastination Center

One thing that independent booksellers should learn from the chain stores is that a customer wants a comfortable place to kill time almost as much as they want a selection of reading material. Of …

Will altering the colour of your shop increase its bottom line?
Thursday, 30 Aug, 2007 – 21:15 | 2 Comments
Will altering the colour of your shop increase its bottom line?

We have a guest writer posting today. John Goodman is a manager at Zeeba Books as well as a budding filmmaker. He shares his thoughts on colour and its effects on business.
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Colour your online and/or …