Author: Kate Whouley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781879556188
Category : Bookstores
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Manual on Bookselling
Author: Kate Whouley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781879556188
Category : Bookstores
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781879556188
Category : Bookstores
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Reluctant Capitalists
Author: Laura J. Miller
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226525929
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. And as in other areas of retail, this transformation has often been a less-than-smooth process. This has been especially pronounced in bookselling, argues Laura J. Miller, because more than most other consumer goods, books are the focus of passionate debate. What drives that debate? And why do so many people believe that bookselling should be immune to questions of profit? In Reluctant Capitalists, Miller looks at a century of book retailing, demonstrating that the independent/chain dynamic is not entirely new. It began one hundred years ago when department stores began selling books, continued through the 1960s with the emergence of national chain stores, and exploded with the formation of “superstores” in the 1990s. The advent of the Internet has further spurred tremendous changes in how booksellers approach their business. All of these changes have met resistance from book professionals and readers who believe that the book business should somehow be “above” market forces and instead embrace more noble priorities. Miller uses interviews with bookstore customers and members of the book industry to explain why books evoke such distinct and heated reactions. She reveals why customers have such fierce loyalty to certain bookstores and why they identify so strongly with different types of books. In the process, she also teases out the meanings of retailing and consumption in American culture at large, underscoring her point that any type of consumer behavior is inevitably political, with consequences for communities as well as commercial institutions.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226525929
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. And as in other areas of retail, this transformation has often been a less-than-smooth process. This has been especially pronounced in bookselling, argues Laura J. Miller, because more than most other consumer goods, books are the focus of passionate debate. What drives that debate? And why do so many people believe that bookselling should be immune to questions of profit? In Reluctant Capitalists, Miller looks at a century of book retailing, demonstrating that the independent/chain dynamic is not entirely new. It began one hundred years ago when department stores began selling books, continued through the 1960s with the emergence of national chain stores, and exploded with the formation of “superstores” in the 1990s. The advent of the Internet has further spurred tremendous changes in how booksellers approach their business. All of these changes have met resistance from book professionals and readers who believe that the book business should somehow be “above” market forces and instead embrace more noble priorities. Miller uses interviews with bookstore customers and members of the book industry to explain why books evoke such distinct and heated reactions. She reveals why customers have such fierce loyalty to certain bookstores and why they identify so strongly with different types of books. In the process, she also teases out the meanings of retailing and consumption in American culture at large, underscoring her point that any type of consumer behavior is inevitably political, with consequences for communities as well as commercial institutions.
Internet Bookselling Made Easy! How to Earn a Living Selling Used Books Online
Author: Joe Waynick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983129608
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
"With low start-up costs and unlimited earning potential, selling books online has proven to be one of the best business opportunities around. This book is a complete, no-nonsense guide to every aspect of the business! In clear and straightforward language, successful bookseller Joe Waynick walks you through every step in starting and running a flourishing Internet bookselling operation. Along the way, he offers his hard-won insights and steers you away from common beginner's mistakes."--Page [4] of cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983129608
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
"With low start-up costs and unlimited earning potential, selling books online has proven to be one of the best business opportunities around. This book is a complete, no-nonsense guide to every aspect of the business! In clear and straightforward language, successful bookseller Joe Waynick walks you through every step in starting and running a flourishing Internet bookselling operation. Along the way, he offers his hard-won insights and steers you away from common beginner's mistakes."--Page [4] of cover.
FabJob Guide to Become a Bookstore Owner
Author: Grace Jasmine
Publisher: Calgary : FabJob
ISBN: 9781894638760
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"In this FabJob guide you will discover: information about different types of bookstores you can open, with information about how to buy an existing bookstore or open a new bookstore; how to create a business plan and get financing; how to design your bookstore to maximize sales; where to get books and other products for your store plus how to set your prices; [and] essential advice for managing your store, plus how to market your bookstore and attract customers."--Back cover.
Publisher: Calgary : FabJob
ISBN: 9781894638760
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"In this FabJob guide you will discover: information about different types of bookstores you can open, with information about how to buy an existing bookstore or open a new bookstore; how to create a business plan and get financing; how to design your bookstore to maximize sales; where to get books and other products for your store plus how to set your prices; [and] essential advice for managing your store, plus how to market your bookstore and attract customers."--Back cover.
The Earlier History of English Bookselling
Author: William Roberts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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Bookseller and Stationer
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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A History of the Book in America, 5-volume Omnibus E-book
Author: David D. Hall
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469628961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 4704
Book Description
The five volumes in A History of the Book in America offer a sweeping chronicle of our country's print production and culture from colonial times to the end of the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary, collaborative work of scholarship examines the book trades as they have developed and spread throughout the United States; provides a history of U.S. literary cultures; investigates the practice of reading and, more broadly, the uses of literacy; and links literary culture with larger themes in American history. Now available for the first time, this complete Omnibus ebook contains all 5 volumes of this landmark work. Volume 1 The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World Edited by Hugh Amory and David D. Hall 664 pp., 51 illus. Volume 2 An Extensive Republic: Print, Culture, and Society in the New Nation, 1790-1840 Edited by Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley 712 pp., 66 illus. Volume 3 The Industrial Book, 1840-1880 Edited by Scott E. Casper, Jeffrey D. Groves, Stephen W. Nissenbaum, and Michael Winship 560 pp., 43 illus. Volume 4 Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880-1940 Edited by Carl F. Kaestle and Janice A. Radway 688 pp., 74 illus. Volume 5 The Enduring Book: Print Culture in Postwar America Edited by David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, and Michael Schudson 632 pp., 95 illus.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469628961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 4704
Book Description
The five volumes in A History of the Book in America offer a sweeping chronicle of our country's print production and culture from colonial times to the end of the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary, collaborative work of scholarship examines the book trades as they have developed and spread throughout the United States; provides a history of U.S. literary cultures; investigates the practice of reading and, more broadly, the uses of literacy; and links literary culture with larger themes in American history. Now available for the first time, this complete Omnibus ebook contains all 5 volumes of this landmark work. Volume 1 The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World Edited by Hugh Amory and David D. Hall 664 pp., 51 illus. Volume 2 An Extensive Republic: Print, Culture, and Society in the New Nation, 1790-1840 Edited by Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley 712 pp., 66 illus. Volume 3 The Industrial Book, 1840-1880 Edited by Scott E. Casper, Jeffrey D. Groves, Stephen W. Nissenbaum, and Michael Winship 560 pp., 43 illus. Volume 4 Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880-1940 Edited by Carl F. Kaestle and Janice A. Radway 688 pp., 74 illus. Volume 5 The Enduring Book: Print Culture in Postwar America Edited by David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, and Michael Schudson 632 pp., 95 illus.
Thieves of Book Row
Author: Travis McDade
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190239719
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Both a fast-paced, true-life thriller, Thieves of Book Row provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190239719
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In Thieves of Book Row, Travis McDade tells the gripping tale of the worst book-theft ring in American history, and the intrepid detective who brought it down. Both a fast-paced, true-life thriller, Thieves of Book Row provides a fascinating look at the history of crime and literary culture.
News-bulletin of the Bureau of Vocational Information
Author: Bureau of Vocational Information (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description