Mar
11

Free Ways to Sell More Books

Josh on March 11th, 2010

Make people passionate about your bookstore. Low cost, high reward, tons of fun and not too much work.

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Jul
20

Beer in the Stacks

Josh on July 20th, 2009

It should come as no surprise that when I picture a bar in a bookstore, I don’t see coffee and pastries. In my mind, beer and books are a perfect match.

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Jun
29

Twitter for Indies - search.twitter.com

Josh on June 29th, 2009

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

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Apr
6

Why Shop at a Local Indie Instead of Online?

Josh on April 6th, 2009

Late last week, something on Twitter caught my attention.  Bookavore, a fellow bookseller and manager at WORD in Brooklyn, was asked the following by a customer.

Now, this is becoming a more and more common query at indie stores.  There is no question that one of the biggest factors in the falling sales at independent (and [...]

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