Some stories & shared knowledge on How to Open a Bookstore. Learn all the ins and outs of getting your bookstore open.
My path to owning a bookstore was more like a ramble in the woods. There was no clear path, no imagined destination, or even the possibility that it could be. I graduated with an English: Writing Option degree just shy of my 30th birthday. It took me a while, but I did it and I … Read more
Book News: Kittens, Wine and Hustle Pasadena’s Vroman’s Bookstore Opens Literature-Inspired Wine Bar Next Month Lovers of books and booze will feel right at home at the 1894, the soon-to-debut wine bar located inside Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena. Bentley Hale of Sip Happens Wine School is heading up the drinks program, so expect to find … Read more
Hello, Bookshop Blog readers! I am so pleased to share my journey towards opening a bookstore with you. Thanks to Bruce for having me! My name is Yooree Losordo, and I’m the owner of On the Dot Books in Dorchester, MA. Where exactly is my store? Let’s see…you can find me at the Ashmont Farmers Market on … Read more
People tend to respond favorably when I tell them that my friend, who is also my new business partner, and I plan to open a bookstore on the South Shore of Long Island, but once I add that we will also be serving wine and beer their eyes light up. “Genius!” they exclaim. However, … Read more
Tis the season for holiday celebrations, and when we have time to breathe, reflection on the year that is whirling toward its end. Last week I inadvertently insulted a friend-of-a-friend when I said I wasn’t in it [bookselling] for the money. We were at a holiday party and our conversation may have been slightly impaired … Read more
“It must be nice to own a bookstore and be able to sit around and read all day. Sometime, when I retire, I’d love to open a bookstore.”
If I had a quarter for the number of times I’ve heard that comment expressed to me in a jovial manner by a well-meaning customer, I’d have enough money to buy that Robert Crais 1st edition of “The Monkey’s Raincoat” that I’ve been wanting for the last 10 years.
Two Weeks Before the Opening of Swan’s Fine Books… It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Sound familiar? Have you ever heard the old saying, if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans? I’d worked hard to draw up a wonderful timeline of everything that needed to … Read more
a new bookstore is getting ready to open. We join Laurelle Swan and her weeks leading up to the big day. Four Weeks Before Opening… While brodarting at 5:30 am this morning, already well into my second cup of coffee, I found myself thinking – what HAVE I gotten myself into? I’m a rational person. … Read more
