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Main Street or Cheap Street for your new bookshop?
Sunday, 25 Apr, 2010 – 22:35 | 4 Comments
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 sellers that have multiple locations …

The Small Town Bookstore Path
Thursday, 25 Jun, 2009 – 19:53 | One Comment
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 decided after World War II to leave London …

Want to Open a Bookshop That is Sure to Fail?
Friday, 2 Jan, 2009 – 0:22 | 25 Comments
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!
Friday, 24 Aug, 2007 – 20:15 | 10 Comments
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 a sec to visit his …