How to Start and Run a Used Bookstore: A Bookstore Owner's Essential Toolkit with Real-World Insights, Strategies, Forms, and Procedures

If you have ever considered opening a used bookstore, here is your chance to learn from someone who knows first-hand what it takes. In 2003 Stephanie Chandler left behind a career in the Silicon Valley and opened a 2800-square foot bookstore in Sacramento, California. Along the way she documented her processes, noting what worked and didn't work, and compiled the results into this comprehensive, real-world guide that explains what it takes to start and run a successful used bookstore.

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 SET-UP: 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 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)