Booksellers Blog

Can you take two minutes a day to think about your business? I know that you are always thinking about it, but I also know that it’s usually while you are doing the seventy-seven things required to keep that business running. I’ve found much value from reading two blogs on a regular basis:  Seth Godin’s [...]

I’ve been very excited to hear from a few booksellers that they have recently started blogs. Because I’m not sure if they are ready for public dissemination yet, I won’t post the links here now — but if you are a bookseller who has recently started a blog, and you want some visitors, please let [...]

So we know it happens. People shop in your store, write down the information about a book they want, and then go home and order it online. So isn’t putting your Staff Recommendations online for all to see going result in people buying those books elsewhere, too? Should you restrict your Staff Picks to in-store [...]

The following is a guest post by Drew Goodman. I read Drew’s blog post about the book What Would Google Do?, and I was interested in his bookseller’s perspective.  Drew graciously agreed to expand on his post for us here.  Drew Goodman manages the General Books Department for the University Campus Store at the University [...]

Welcome to new visitors, and thanks to the Sarah Rettger at the ABA for writing about Booksellers Blog on the ABA Omnibus. Now that I know some people are reading, I’m feeling a little bit of pressure — pressure to write a clear, step-by-step, “here’s how to get started in social media” kind of blog. [...]