Banking on Their New Coffee Shop
Washington NC is a sleepy town of 10,112, unless someone died or was born since we visited. It was deserted when we arrived, but it was 100 degrees in the Continue Reading
Niche Bookshops In Manhattan Inspiration for Indie Stores
A super article highlights some fantastic bookstores in NYC. I frequented quite a few while living there, especially the superlative, Partners & Crime. Read some tidbits about why they continue Continue Reading
Does a used bookstore location matter?
a guest post by Ed Dugan from I Need to Cook (if you love food, and who doesn’t, check out his site – pretty sweet.) All of us have read Continue Reading
Main Street or Cheap Street for your new bookshop?
From time to time we get questions from our readers. Here’s a good one that comes up from time to time. We’d love to hear from some of you, especially Continue Reading
The Small Town Bookstore Path
A guest post by P. J. Grath, Dog Ears Books, Northport, Michigan For information on becoming a contributor click here.. Christopher Milne (son of A. A. Milne) and his wife Continue Reading
Want to Open a Bookshop That is Sure to Fail?
There are plenty of success stories out there and I can confidently tell you that making a used bookshop work is not impossible, even during tougher times. What you don’t often hear is a story from a failed dealer explaining his mistakes. I’ve made a few and I don’t want you to do the same. First of all I want you to know that I don’t consider my bookshop to be a complete failure, only a partial one.
Universal truths – Isn’t it possible they apply to the book business!
We have a new contributing writer to introduce. George from Calgary (I’ll get his last name soon and see if he can share a short bio with us). Please take Continue Reading