Booksellers Blog

I’ve been thrilled to see quite a few new bookstore blogs spring up over the last few months. Congratulations to all of you who’ve taken the plunge. I’ve tried to add everybody to the list of independent bookseller blogs on the side of Booksellers Blog, but if I’ve missed you, please let me know. You [...]

Today’s guest post is by Patrick Brown.  Patrick is the webmaster and blogger for Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, CA.  Before joining the staff at Vroman’s, he worked at Book Soup in West Hollywood, and briefly at Skylight Books in Los Feliz.  He has written book reviews for Publishers Weekly and was a regular contributor to [...]

Of course, it’s the million dollar question: will blogging sell books? As expected, there’s no easy answer. If you feature a particular book on your blog, you may sell a few copies. Or you may not. Does your e-newsletter generate sales of specific books that you feature? Do you track it? I would suggest that [...]