I didn’t think about franchising until a friend of mine brought up the concept. Think about it. If you have a trade system, an acquisitions system, an employee requirement system, a pricing system, a fixture system, a sorting system, an advertising system…

A guest post by
P. J. Grath, Dog Ears Books, Northport, Michigan
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Christopher Milne (son of A. A. Milne) and his wife decided after World War II to leave London …

Shane Gottwals
Gottwals Books
www.gottwalsbooks.com

Bookseller needs help with bookselling book!

I am in the process of writing a book all about the struggles of the independent used bookseller. I am a semi-accomplished writer but, more importantly, I AM …

We all know that we need to advertise, and we all know that it’s very difficult to know how and where to advertise. It tends to be expensive, and so often it doesn’t work. We …

We have another new contributor here at The Bookshop blog. I’m pleased to welcome Shane Gottwalls to our group of writers. Here is his first introductory post.
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Is it time to expand?
Gottwals Books has been open …