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How to Start and Run a Used Bookstore

*Best Seller!*

If you have ever wanted to start a used bookstore, here is your chance to learn from someone who knows first-hand what it takes. Author Stephanie Chandler is the original founder of Book Lovers Bookstore in Sacramento, CA. She started the store from scratch, acquired over 20,000 books prior to opening, and built a successful neighborhood business that also conducts sales online.

Stephanie takes you through the process step-by-step, sharing what worked and didn’t work for her, and shows you how to plan your bookstore business and develop a strategy for success!

Features in this workbook include:

ü      Worksheets: Budget planning, evaluating competition, forecasting, and more.

ü      Business Basics: What you need to get started.

ü      Inventory: Twelve sources for acquiring used books.

ü      Suppliers: Library supplies, printed goods, retail supplies and more.

ü      Shop Setup: Store layout, book categories, bookseller software and tools.

ü      Operations Procedures: Trade policies, overstock, and a sample operations manual.

ü      Marketing: Low-cost and no-cost tactics for maximizing exposure.

ü      Website: Steps for setting up a website and selling used books online.

ü      Resources: Dozens of useful website links.

ü      Business Plan: Sample business plan (actual plan used for Book Lovers Bookstore).

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This is the first workbook to offer comprehensive strategies and tools to help you start a used bookstore. Chandler doesn’t sugar-coat her advice, and instead offers realistic and practical information that could save you countless hours in the planning process and hundreds or even thousands of dollars in mistakes. 

If you've been dreaming about starting your own used bookstore, this is the essential planning tool to help you realize your dreams!

Product Specifications:

Format: 8.5 x 11 spiral bound workbook or e-book

Page Count: 117

ISBN: 1-4116-7804-4

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"Starting any business can be terrifying, especially if you have never done it before.  You wish you had someone to tell you the in's and out's of the overall business world and someone else to tell you the specifics of your field of interest.  Thankfully for us, Stephanie Chandler is both.  In developing our used bookstore, her wealth of hard earned wisdom, experience and passion are invaluable to us.  While you can't avoid every mistake, her book comes as close as possible to helping you do just that.  Add to that her obvious strength in the larger business world, where she obviously has her pulse on the important shifts and development, and you cannot lose.  Her material is well worth the money, time and energy.  Trust me, without it, you'll needlessly waste far more of all three." 

-Jamie Arpin-Ricci, founder of The Dusty Cover & Executive Co-Director of YWAM Urban Min. Winnipeg

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Section 1: Mapping Out a Plan

¨      Budget planning

¨      Financing plan worksheet

¨      Personal budget worksheets

¨      Startup costs

¨      Suggested list of supplies

¨      Startup supplies worksheet

¨      Cash flow forecast worksheet

¨      Evaluating market need

¨      Competition evaluation worksheet

¨      Commercial leasing

¨      Location assessment worksheet

Section 2: Business Basics—What You Need to Start a Business

¨      Business license

¨      Federal tax ID

¨      Resale certificate

¨      Liability insurance

¨      Property coverage

¨      Workers compensation insurance

¨      The business plan

¨      Business plan outline

¨      Logo & business identity

Section 3: Learning About Bookselling

¨      Identifying collectible books

¨      Book valuation

¨      Resources for price guidelines

Section 4: Locating Suppliers

¨      Library and archival supplies

¨      Office supplies

¨      Bookmarks

¨      Business cards & printed goods

¨      Shelves

¨      Retail supplies

¨      Greeting cards and gift items

¨      New books

¨      Merchant accounts

Section 5: Acquiring Inventory

¨      Twelve ways to acquire used books

Section 6: Setting Up Shop

¨      Store layout

¨      Book categories

¨      New books: friend or foe?

¨      Inventory management software and tools

Section 7: Operations Procedures

¨      Trade policy

¨      Condition

¨      Dealing with overstock

¨      Pricing used books

¨      Audio rentals

¨      Sample audio rental plan outline

¨      Employees

¨      Operations manual

¨      Sample bookstore operations manual

Section 8: Marketing Your Business

¨      Phone book ads

¨      Publicity

¨      Tips for writing a press release

¨      Sample press release outline

¨      Printed products

¨      Paid advertising

¨      No-cost and low-cost marketing strategies

¨      Window painting

¨      Furry mascots (store cats)

¨      Book signing events

¨      Sample book signing event application

¨      Sample book signing event overview

Section 9: Website and Internet Sales

¨      Do you need a website?

¨      Web hosting options

¨      Designing your site

¨      Search engine optimization

¨      Online sales

Section 10: Carpe Diem: Seize Your Bookstore!

¨      Sample checklist of tasks to complete

Additional Resources

Appendix: Sample Business Plan Used For Book Lovers Bookstore

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