Inventory – Page 4 – The Bookshop Blog

DEJA VIEW– Murder Gives a Lovely Light

February 4, 2011 by Diane Plumley

Deja View A new section on the blog–Reviews of old titles, many from the Golden Age Of Crime Fiction.To find a copy of this or any other of the Deja View books–your local used bookstore is a great place to start. (The Murder In Retrospect is the icon for this group of posts) Murder Gives a Lovely … Read more

The Last of the Bookmen

February 3, 2011 by Diane Plumley

The Lorry Bookstore saga continues. . . After a sufficient amount of time spent on the cash register, I was aching to get onto the chewing gum laden floor and sell sell sell. Standing in my way? A 4 ft tall shellacked old lady whose smile could curl my dead lanky straight hair until I … Read more

Nothing Stupid About This Article

February 2, 2011 by Diane Plumley

http://prairiemary.blogspot.com/2011/01/education-for-dummies_31.html An excellent assessment of not only the “Dummies” books out there, but of our entire education system. Found at : link:http://shelf-awareness.com/

Love Hurts

February 1, 2011 by Diane Plumley

AbeBooks.com,a tremendous source for out of print and difficult to find titles, has provided a group of 25 when-love-goes-wrong titles, past and present. Before you hit the link, try to write a list of books you think fits the category, and compare it to theirs. I only matched a couple. I’m giving you one title by … Read more

Twilight and other books I won't sell

January 15, 2011 by Brian Green

Not every book deserves shelf space.

To Cull or not To Cull your Bookshop’s Inventory

July 1, 2010 by Therese Holland

I have problems with inventory management. I need to improve my inventory management skills. If I keep saying it maybe a miracle will happen. I keep on saying I must throw out those old Reader Digest Atlases they take up so much space and then lo and behold today someone buys one. See? I was … Read more

Up, down, & sideways- shelving your books

August 22, 2009 by Nora O'Neill

When you’re opening a bookstore, probably the last thing on your mind is how to shelve your books. You just get some cases and put them on, right? Wrong. Particularly if you’re building your own cases, you want to determine HOW you’re going to display your books first. Otherwise you’ll get stuck with a shelving system that doesn’t work for you or your customers and costs you time and money to redo.

The key part to consider is what KIND of books will you be selling. If it’s almost all paperback, you’ll want to use a different system than if you’ll be carrying only hardcovers.

Open A Used Bookstore – Lessons Learned

April 5, 2017January 13, 2009 by Michelle

One of the first things we did as we were getting settled in on the first day was to look for the HIGHEST PRICED BOOK IN THE INVENTORY. We wondered: What does a 150 year old $1400 Angler book look like? The book was nowhere to be found!