Josh on November 13th, 2009

Every bookseller knows the feeling. A customer comes in looking for a book. They can’t remember any words from the title. They can’t recall the author’s name or much of anything about the book. They think that maybe it was in the store’s front window last fall and the cover is [...]

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Josh on October 6th, 2009

Note: I try to keep this blog pretty general interest, but this post is all about bookselling and bookstores.  Feel free to read it if you aren’t in the book biz, but I can’t promise it’ll be interesting.  Book reviews and beer reviews are coming this week, so just pop back by tomorrow or check [...]

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Josh on September 24th, 2009

At a bookstore, a huge number of factors determine if customers buy a book from you or look for it somewhere else.  Price, selection, location (location location) and tons of other intangibles weigh on a book buyer’s mind.  However, there isn’t anything more important to a typical customer than service.  In his book Pursuit of [...]

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Josh on June 29th, 2009

Using search.twitter.com to expand your audience for recommending books and finding readers.

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