How to Start and Run a Used Bookstore: A Bookstore Owner's Essential Toolkit with Real-World Insights, Strategies, Forms, and Procedures
Author | : Stephanie Chandler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2010-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 1935953001 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781935953005 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Features include: worksheets: budget planning, evaluating competition, forecasting; business basics: what you need to get started; inventory: twelve sources for acquiring used books; suppliers: library supplies, printed goods, retail supplies; shop set-up: store layout, book categories, bookseller software and tools; operating procedures: trade policies, overstock, and a sample operations manual; marketing: low-cost and no-cost tactics for maximum exposure; website: steps for setting up a website and selling books online; resources: dozens of useful website links; business plan: sample business plan (actual plan used by the author)--P. [4] of cover.