By Caro Hedge Three months after we had assumed we would be open, we were still working on the store, having spent three weeks on the verge of “almost ready” but having one or another thing coming up almost every day that delayed everything once again. Then we got a kick in the seat of … Read more
Should a used bookshop rent out shelf space, or is it best to stick with buying your own books?
by Caro Hedge Our signs are up, our signs are up! T. says the train was supposed to be on the other side of the words, but what the heck, what a pain to get it moved. And this way it looks like the train is arriving. The sign lights up well at night. It … Read more
“I have been invited to so many conferences on “The Death of the Book” that I suspect it is very much alive,” wrote Harvard Librarian Robert Darnton in an article in the December 23 issue of the New York Review of Books (“The Library: Three Jeremiads,” LVII:20, 22-26). Darnton went on to note that very … Read more
Want an easy job? Then, don’t open a book shop.
Retrorocket is primarily an online business selling second-hand books and collectables. The business plan contained the idea of a market stall to improve cash flow and in October I implemented this part of the plan. If you are setting up a market stall for the same reasons I am: to get some fresh air, network, … Read more
Stieg Larsson Obituary (August 1954 – November 2004) Stieg Larsson was a Swedish born novelist and journalist born in Skelleftehamn near Skelleftea. His best-known work is the Millennium trilogy of crime novels published after his death. Although he died in 2004 Larson was the second best-selling author worldwide in 2008, just behind Khaled Hosseini. As … Read more
