Bruce K. Hollingdrake We had a lady and her daughter in the shop last night to use our PCs, we’re an Internet-Cafe-Bookshop. One of the computers had a touch of trouble and needed a reboot; wasted about 4 minutes of the hour she spent. I only charged her for the coffee not the Internet time. Now I’m sure … Read more
This is Part 3 of Nora’s series on Book Inventory. Nora can be found at Rainy Day Paper Back Exchange Please give her a visit. Part 1 | Part 2 ******************************* Admit it, nobody wants this book Eventually there comes a time when you must admit nobody wants this book. You could offer it as … Read more
If you do any web design or blog design yourself you know it can be tough to find good images. Google Images can sometimes give you what you want but it comes with a bit of overhead. Here’s a tool that you can use that gives you nothing but the images and in the size … Read more
I’ve looked on Abe, AddAll, Bookfinder, Amazon and I find no price reference anywhere. Google will tell me that the book sits in a few collections but this information does not help me set a price. What do I do? If you are selling books online this scenario will present itself fairly regularly. If it … Read more
Part 2 of our 3 Part series on Inventory Management by Nora of Rainy Day Paperback Exchange. What to do with an under-performing section Just plain moving it or remodeling it didn’t work, so now you need to bite the bullet and get rid of some books. But how do you actually get rid of … Read more
Here is the Top 10 US out of print books as compiled by Bookfinder. These books will make you some money. Once a Runner for example regularly sells for over $200. Not bad for a book that is less than ten years old. You’ll also notice at number 8, Alice Starmore. Many books by her … Read more
Fans of the Golden Compass/ His Dark Materials books will not have to wait too long for another story. Mr. Pullman has written a prequel; the companion book is due to be released this spring. Mr Pullman said: “It’s a separate story that takes place some time before Lyra was born involving the two characters … Read more
Here is Part 1 of a 3 Part series on Inventory Management. A great piece from Nora at Rainy Day Paper Back Exchange. It will get you thinking about optimizing your shop. It never hurts to do little a tweak here and there. We have sold many books right after moving them from one spot … Read more
