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Brian Green

Twilight and other books I won't sell

January 15, 2011 by Brian Green

Not every book deserves shelf space.

Categories Bookstore Profiles Tags Inventory, twilight 21 Comments

Kindle or Kobo EReader: Good for small shops, bad for the big boys.

January 7, 2011 by Brian Green

The small bookshop can — nay, will — thrive again.

Categories Brick and Mortar Thoughts, Marketing Ideas 5 Comments

Visual merchandising: No guts, no glory.

December 30, 2010 by Brian Green

What it takes to make your visual merchandising memorable.

Categories Work Smarter

Heather Reisman, Indigo and the demise of the Canadian small book store.

December 28, 2010 by Brian Green

How Canada’s largest book retailer has been slowly wiping out the independent bookshop.

Categories Bookstore Profiles, News & Opinions Tags Independent Book Stores

Considering a community bookshop

December 20, 2010 by Brian Green

Should a used bookshop rent out shelf space, or is it best to stick with buying your own books?

Categories Brick and Mortar Thoughts, Opening a Bookstore 3 Comments

Bookshop Basics

December 10, 2010 by Brian Green

Want an easy job? Then, don’t open a book shop.

Categories Brick and Mortar Thoughts Tags Independent Book Stores

Bookshop branding: Your store is not your own.

November 25, 2010 by Brian Green

As an indie book store owner, it’s vitaly important that your shop tells a story that people want to hear –and tell — over and over again.  You need to create a legend that goes far beyond the stock & structure of your store — a myth that people will literally buy into. No, you’re not … Read more

Categories Brick and Mortar Thoughts Tags Independent Book Stores

Business first and books second.

November 14, 2010 by Brian Green

.Just because you read books, doesn’t mean you should sell them.

Categories Brick and Mortar Thoughts, Opening a Bookstore Tags Independent Book Stores 8 Comments
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The Bookshop Blog was founded by Bruce Hollingdrake, former owner of Zeeba Books, once a brick-and-mortar bookshop in Montreal.

With the closing of Zeeba Books in 2011, the focus of the site shifted from just helping book dealers to cover topics on book selling, publishing, writing topics, and more.

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