2006-07-08 14:23:45 · 10 answers · asked by lovelyladypoet 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Associations may be a good avenue to explore as well. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.
Research, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:
* FabJob Guide to Become a Bookstore Owner (FabJob Guides) by Grace Jasmine
* How To Start & Manage A Bookstore Business: A Practical Way To Start Your Own Business
by Jerre G. Lewis, Leslie D. Renn
* Retail Business Kit for Dummies by Rick Segel
* Retail Success! by George Whalin
There are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2006-07-11 21:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by TM Express™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you build it, they will come!
All kidding aside, if you open a book store, you will be deluged by book company reps, each with books they want you to carry. Your problem will be to keep your stock down to a manageable size, so you'll probably want to specialize a bit. Popular books, of course, because best sellers make money, but you may want to think about handling regional authors in a special section, or history of your area, or whatever you think is noteworthy and special that would bring readers to your book store, rather than to another one.
Check with Writer and Publisher, or Writer's Digest, for lists of major publishers, and write to them for information on their terms of sale, markups etc.
Good luck!
2006-07-08 23:46:13 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask people to sell you books. Go to garage sales. Go to estate sales.
2006-07-08 21:25:53 · answer #3 · answered by mrsdebra1966 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would go to the library. sell the the books and tell the library you lost the books. I'm sure you make a profit.
2006-07-08 21:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by abe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to sell new books, you could buy from the publishers. If used, you could buy from library and peopleAlso from Amazon.com
2006-07-08 21:41:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that you need to get a tax number and resale license first... the people there should give you ideas or references to suppliers. Good Luck!!!
2006-07-09 05:36:31 · answer #6 · answered by Mexi Poff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A distributor such as Ingram
2006-07-08 21:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First read this similar post and answers.
2006-07-08 21:25:30 · answer #8 · answered by tampamar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love stories, love and hate
2006-07-10 00:17:51 · answer #9 · answered by missunderstoodalot507 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.amazon.com
2006-07-08 21:30:33 · answer #10 · answered by Arrow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋