How to Start and Run a Used Bookstore

Author: Stephanie Chandler
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411678044
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
If you have ever considered opening a used bookstore, here is your chance to learn from someone who knows first-hand what it takes. Author Stephanie Chandler is the owner of Book Lovers Bookstore in Sacramento, CA. Features in this workbook include: *Worksheets: Budget planning, evaluating competition, forecasting, and more. *Business Basics: What you need to get started. *Inventory: Twelve sources for acquiring used books. *Suppliers: Library supplies, printed goods, retail supplies and more. *Shop Setup: Store layout, book categories, bookseller software and tools. *Operations Procedures: Trade policies, overstock, and a sample operations manual. *Marketing: Low-cost and no-cost tactics for maximizing 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 for Book Lovers Bookstore).

100 Best Retirement Businesses

Author: Lisa Rogak
Publisher: Dearborn Trade Publishing
ISBN: 9780936894546
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
The way to start "doing what I want to do, now that I have the time."

Small Business Sourcebook

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 2318

Book Description
A guide to the information services and sources provided to 100 types of small business by associations, consultants, educational programs, franchisers, government agencies, reference works, statisticians, suppliers, trade shows, and venture capital firms.

Creating the Sustainable Public Library

Author: Gary L. Shaffer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440857032
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
Transform any public library into a truly sustainable organization—not just environmentally sustainable, but economically and socially sustainable as well—by following the directions and practices described in this book. Sustainability in the context of ensuring the long-term success of a public library involves more than green initiatives and conserving resources: "sustainability" for libraries also describes efforts to increase their institutions' relevance to their communities as well as to make their programs socially equitable and economically feasible—a substantial challenge. This book is a powerful tool that public librarians, library directors, and library managers can use to create a Triple Bottom Line (TBL) sustainable library, to lead sustainability initiatives in their community, and to identify and adjust their current practices that are considered sustainable to improve performance. The chapters focus on the elements of library sustainability separately, first addressing economic and environmental sustainability before examining the aspects of internal (workforce) and external (community-facing) social sustainability. The author presents numerous case studies throughout the book that enable readers to better understand how the sustainability principles described play out in the real world.

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:
ISBN: 9781935953005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
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.

Creating Slapshot

Author: Cassandra Carr
Publisher: C-Squared Publishing LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
Can a man disappear forever and build himself a new life, or will his past catch up with him? Follow this 10-part serial throughout 2015 featuring Ethan, aka Slapshot, a hockey player whose life is ruined, forcing him to disappear forever. Ethan joins Underground, a black ops organization and is trained as a deadly operative. There, he meets Ciana, a woman with a dark past of her own. As Ethan and his Underground colleagues embark on dangerous missions worldwide, he finds a new purpose in life. But will his former problems come back to haunt him? I’ve left my old life behind and officially joined Underground. It appears no one knows where I am or even if I’m still alive. I don’t know how I feel about that. My friends thinking I’m dead leaves a hole in my heart, but I’ll drive myself crazy if I obsess about it. So rather than allowing myself to wallow in self-pity or anger about what’s happened, I’m throwing all my energy into training. You would think that whole “elite athlete” thing would make everything easier, but all these new techniques I need to master—hand-to-hand combat, weapons training, surveillance procedures—are kicking my ass. For my whole life, I’ve only had one identity. Ethan, hockey player. Now that sense of self is gone forever, slowly being replaced by my new identity, Slapshot. Surreal doesn’t even begin to describe this transformation. But the more I find out about the world around me, the problems I ignored for the most part as I played a game for an obscene amount of money, the more I want to make a difference. This is not a game. It’s real life, and I have the chance to be a hero. It’s going to take everything I have—or have left, to do it.

Seattle's Used Bookstores: 1999 and 2019

Author: Mary Brown
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796083356
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
Seattle’s Used Bookstores: 1999 and 2019 is a collection of essays and photographs celebrating independent used bookstores in Seattle just before and twenty years after the city's tech boom. It is an homage to the culture of print and the world of used bookstores, reveling in their randomness, quantity of books, resident cats, patrons, and hard-working booksellers. Words and images convey the simple joy of reading, the magic of books and the unique spaces created within bookstores.

The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California

Author: Peri Pakroo
Publisher: Nolo
ISBN: 1413331629
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 481

Book Description
The Small Business Start-Up Kit for California is a comprehensive start-up resource for all kinds of California entrepreneurs, from solo-run firms to Main Street businesses and tech startups. It empowers anyone with a vision for a venture -- no MBA or experience required -- to turn it into reality, with a methodical approach to developing the business systems needed to bring the idea alive.

Small Business Sourcebook

Author: Yolanda A. Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780787611514
Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 1850

Book Description

Watch Us Rise

Author: Renée Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547600098
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
"This stunning book is the story I've been waiting for my whole life; where girls rise up to claim their space with joy and power.” --Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Speak "An extraordinary story of two indomitable spirits." --Brendan Kiely, New York Times bestselling co-author of All American Boys and Tradition "Timely, thought-provoking, and powerful." --Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Renée Watson teams up with poet Ellen Hagan in this YA feminist anthem about raising your voice. Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends on a mission--they're sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post their work online--poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine's response to the racial microaggressions she experiences--and soon they go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by trolls. When things escalate in real life, the principal shuts the club down. Not willing to be silenced, Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices--and those of other young women--to be heard. These two dynamic, creative young women stand up and speak out in a novel that features their compelling art and poetry along with powerful personal journeys that will inspire readers and budding poets, feminists, and activists. Acclaim for Piecing Me Together 2018 Newbery Honor Book 2018 Coretta Scott King Author Award 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Young Adult Finalist "Timely and timeless." --Jacqueline Woodson, award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming "Watson, with rhythm and style, somehow gets at . . . the life-changing power of voice and opportunity." --Jason Reynolds, NYT-bestselling author of Long Way Down "Brilliant." --John Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars * “Teeming with compassion and insight." --Publishers Weekly, starred review * "A timely, nuanced, and unforgettable story about the power of art, community, and friendship." --Kirkus , starred review * "A nuanced meditation on race, privilege, and intersectionality." --SLJ, starred review