For those of you who would like to request a dealer discount from a fellow bookseller who you’ve never bought from before, and who is a complete stranger to you.
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How to Buy Books Online
The aim of this article is to offer you, the buyer, some insights from a bookdealer on how to avoid these unpleasant experiences and to make buying a book online feel more like shopping in your favorite book store.
So You Want to Be a Bookseller: Ten Questions…Some Answers
We’re living the dream. Three-hour working days surrounded by our beloved books, more money than we can shake a stick at - I can’t help but feel sorry for all those non-booksellers out there. Oh wait, it’s not always like that though is it?
Turnover: An Introduction for Booksellers
Despite its utility, in my experience far too few book dealers understand the idea or importance of turnover for their business. Indeed, as I hope to demonstrate, there are few numbers you can know about your business that are as immediately useful and practical as your turnover.
BEST OF: Overlooked and Undervalued, The Bookseller’s Inventory Database
Most booksellers when evaluating their business assets will consider the cost and potential market value of their inventory, the cost of computer equipment, and maybe even the replacement cost of their reference library, but it seems that the value of their book-selling database is often overlooked.
BEST OF: “What’s this Book Worth?”
"Is it a first?" "What are the points of...?" "I can't find a price guide for...?" "No copy on the net, and need to know the value of...?" Such are the daily, ubiquitous questions found on the various bookish listservs to which many booksellers & collectors subscribe.