This is the beginning of a story that (I hope) will have in it the part about me opening my own bookstore. I hope the story doesn’t end there – as you booksellers know, it’s the ongoing narrative that’s the stuff dreams are made of, not the single moment of opening the doors.
I’ve had crap days turn into splendid days just by noticing the smiles of strangers. – BH There was a forum topic on MySpace just asking to write one sentence. That was what I came up with. On to bookselling… What percentage of your sales comes from sidelines? One of our goals this coming year … Read more
Another terrific article from one of our regular contributers. Take a moment to say Hi to Nora at Rainy Day Paperbacks. If you’d like to contribute a posting just send me an email (editor@bookshopblog.com) ***************************** When you have a limited amount of space, you must make the best use of what you have. This means … Read more
Here was one of the better responses I had to the question “What can we do to take our businesses to the next level”. A very informative reply, as usual, from Guy Weller aka Mr. Pickwick of The World Book Market. Of course you may not all agree with every remark but I’m sure some … Read more
Our review of the eBay search tool we promised will be coming this weekend, sorry for the delay. A fantastic story about following a dream came to us via the Old Bookstore group on Yahoo. It comes from Lera of The Novel Shoppe. – Thanks Lera. **************************************** May I take a moment and share my … Read more
