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A Recipe For Starting A Used Bookstore

April 15, 2022July 20, 2008 by Bruce K. Hollingdrake

Yesterday, I picked up the key for a strip mall storefront that I hope to transform into a
profitable used bookstore. The store, cleverly named Blue Plate Books, aims to serve up a
healthy helping of books at affordable – ‘blue plate special’ – prices. Our byline? “Feeding
Your Need to Read”

Categories Bookstore Profiles, Opening a Bookstore Tags B & M 13 Comments

A Cautionary(?) Tale: Or, There are no Morals in Book Selling

October 31, 2013March 2, 2008 by Tom Nealon

Every time something is going to go terribly wrong, there are foreshadowing missteps that not only make you cringe when you look back, but also provide ample time to anticipate your undoing.

Categories Bookstore Profiles, Used Bookshop Tags Inventory 7 Comments

Best Booksellers moves for 2007

May 29, 2012January 5, 2008 by Bruce K. Hollingdrake

****** As a new year begins people often daydream about some of the big moments of the past year; it’s no different in bookselling. For us it’s been a year of slow but steady growth. Our only big change came when we had an opportunity to increase the size of our shop. We’re in a … Read more

Categories Bookstore Profiles, Brick and Mortar Thoughts 6 Comments
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