give me an overview of a bookstore business please?
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Here is an overview of Barnes and Noble:\n\n"Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 665 Barnes & Noble superstores throughout 49 states and the District of Columbia. It also owns about 155 mostly mall-based B. Dalton bookstores. In 2004 the company purchased all of the shares of its online arm, barnesandnoble.com, that it didn't already own. Barnes & Noble's remaining businesses include how-to book publisher Sterling Publishing Co., and a 75% interest in seasonal retailer Calendar Club. The company exited the video game retailing business in 2004 when it spun off its GameStop subsidiary -- the #1 US video game retailer.\n\n\nBarnes & Noble stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 to 200,000 book titles. Many locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments carrying over 50,000 music titles. B. Dalton locations are about 2,000 to 6,000 sq. ft., with more than 90% of those locations in enclosed shopping malls. B. Dalton has largely been an underperforming business unit, and Barnes & Noble is gradually shutting down those stores (it closed more than 40 B. Daltons in 2004).\n\nNot the most comfortable of bedfellows to begin with, Barnes & Noble further aggravated mainstream publishers when it purchased Sterling Publishing in 2002. Barnes & Noble expects its publishing business to grow to 10% of its revenues before 2010. In addition to the how-to books, Barnes & Noble courts self-published authors through a 22% stake in publishing portal iUniverse.\n\nChairman Leonard Riggio controls about 20% of the company.\n\nHISTORY:\n\nBarnes & Noble dates back to 1873 when Charles Barnes went into the used-book business in Wheaton, Illinois. By the turn of the century, he was operating a thriving bookselling operation in Chicago. His son William took over as president in 1902. William sold his share in the firm in 1917 (to C. W. Follett, who built Follett Corp.) and moved to New York City, where he bought an interest in established textbook wholesalers Noble & Noble. The company was soon renamed Barnes & Noble. It first sold mainly to colleges and libraries, providing textbooks and opening a large Fifth Avenue shop. Over the next three decades, Barnes & Noble became one of the leading booksellers in the New York region. \n\nEnter Leonard Riggio, who worked at a New York University bookstore to help pay for night school. He studied engineering but got the itch for bookselling. In 1965, at age 24, he borrowed $5,000 and opened Student Book Exchange NYC, a college bookstore. Beginning in the late 1960s, he expanded by buying other college bookstores.\n\nIn 1971 Riggio paid $1.2 million for the Barnes & Noble store on Fifth Avenue. He soon expanded the store, and in 1974 he began offering jaw-dropping, competitor-maddening discounts of up to 40% for best-sellers. Acquiring Marboro Books five years later, the company entered the mail-order and publishing business.\n\nBy 1986 Barnes & Noble had grown to about 180 outlets (including 142 college bookstores). Along with Dutch retailer Vendex, that year it bought Dayton Hudson's B. Dalton mall bookstore chain (about 800 stores), forming BDB Holding Corp. (Vendex had sold its shares by 1997.) In 1989 the company acquired the Scribner's Bookstores trade name and the Bookstop/Bookstar superstore chain. BDB began its shift to superstore format and streamlined its operations to integrate Bookstop and Doubleday (acquired in 1990) into its business.\n\nBDB changed its name to Barnes & Noble in 1991. With superstore sales booming, the retailer went public in 1993 (the college stores remained private). It bought 20% of Canadian bookseller Chapters (now Indigo Books) in 1996 (then sold in 1999).\n\nThe bookseller went online in 1997, and in 1998 sold a 50% stake in its Web operation subsidiary to Bertelsmann (which it re-purchased in 2003) in an attempt to strengthen both comp
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https://www.bookstorerewards.com/ , that?
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Theres a fantastic second hand book shop in Montague St, Brooklyn that buys books - be warned tho' - it'd be hard to go in without buying more!!
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Try finding a publisher.
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try this one from australia\n\nhttp://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm\n\nthey have good collection\n\nbut most probably - the new bestselling books wont be available as e-books till they become stale - else their sales wont go up\n\nalso try this -\n\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
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take it to a shop that repairs books
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I'd take courses in business administration, bookkeeping, office data, and literature. Then you can learn how to run the store and learn more about literature at the same time :D
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Use "Ask Jeeves" and pop the name of the book in the window. It will come up, what ever you want to know.
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Chronicle Bks. Division of Chronicle Publishing Co. 85 Second St. San Francisco, CA 94105\nwww.chroniclebooks.com\n\nIf you visit your local public library, they can give you info about all the publishers in CA.  You didn't specify what kind of publisher you were looking for i.e. children's, adult etc.
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www.bestbookdeal.com is the best place to look because it compiles searches from all the major textbook sellers, lists the price and the condition. I use it every semester.\n\nIt in itself is not a book seller but it leads you to seller's websites such as Amazon (and Amazon Marketplace), Half.com, TextbookX, and more.
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You can go to the library where they will have volumnes of Reference books on different bussiness listing last year total, CEO and address and phone numbers.  Also they will have many different source that are availble to them that can not be accessed any were else.  They have special business databases\n\nI have not hear about that chain, but I live in the north.
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Hi Mike, here's a site that you can find out more about the company. It contains my storesonline reviews and some storesonline news.
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I'm neither a business owner nor an executive; but I'm involved in the field of business. Some of these questions and perspectives might help you.\n\nAs the owner, ask your self:\nWhat kind of people make up my potential customers? What is my target segment?\nWhat am I doing to market my magazine to that target segment? How am I making potential customers AWARE of my publication?\nWhat sort of promotions am I running?\nDoes my magazine really stand out from the tons of ads people receive in the mail and in newspapers everyday? Why should people read one more publication full off ads?\nOverall, how much value am I adding to my customers' businesses?\n\nAs a potential customer, I would ask you:\nWhat is the subscriber strength of your magazine?\nHow much of a geographic area is your magazine covering?\nDo I get discounts if I purchase ad space for several days in a row?\nThe ad space is not big enough or conspicuous enough for the price you're asking of me? Are you willing to negotiate on that?\nMost importantly, what are you offering me that other publications are not? \n\nLook at your venture from both perspectives and you'll see a bigger, better picture. Most importantly pal, is to find out ever so accurately, whether or not there is a strong demand for a publication such as yours in the region you're operating?\n\nContact me if you concerns/questions. I'll be happy to help. All the best!
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If you want to know everything, then I suggest you read books on the topic. Here are some suggested readings\n\n \n- Retail in Detail : How to Start and Manage a Small Retail Business (2nd Edition) (Psi Successful Business Library) by Ronald L. Bond \n- Successful Retail Business by Entrepreneur Press\n- Start and Run a Profitable Retail Business (Start & Run a) by Jim Dion and Ted Topping\n- The Guide to Retail Business Planning: The Complete Handbook for Creating a Winning Plan for Any Retail Business by Warren G. Purdy \n- Success in Store: How to Start or Buy a Retail Business, Enjoy Running It and Make Money by Geoffrey Heard and Gordon Woolf \n- Retail Success! by George Whalin\n\nYou may also want to read the information and researches of the National Retail Federation \nhttp://www.nrf.com/content/default.asp?folder=home&file=main.htm
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Goto http://www.getyourebook.com/Business_eBooks.html They've some reviewed ebooks that may be of help.
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I recommend checking out the SBA, Entrepreneur, The Start Up Journal & Nolo. All 4 are great informational resources for the new/small business owner. I posted links for you in the source box.\n\nAssociations may be a good avenue to explore as well. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links. \n\nResearch, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:\n\nFabJob Guide to Become a Bookstore Owner (FabJob Guides) by Grace Jasmine\nHow To Start & Manage A Bookstore Business: A Practical Way To Start Your Own Business \nby Jerre G. Lewis, Leslie D. Renn\nRetail Business Kit for Dummies by Rick Segel\nRetail Success! by George Whalin\n\nThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check the source box for links to articles.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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Customer Reviews\nAverage Customer Review: \nNumber of Reviews: 3\n\n childhood favorite, March 28, 2004\nReviewer: A reader\nThis book has been my favorite since I was a child. The words flow so well when reading to myself or my children. Although there are some grafic parts, they don't take away from the poem/story being youthfull and fun. I will always read and share with others this delightful story.\n\n\n\n \n\n2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:\n\n My favorite children's book, July 10, 2000\nReviewer: Erin C (Winnipeg, MB Canada) - See all my reviews \nThis has got to be one of the most fun books to read. It has a great story about a little girl who has a lion, with a big, bad roar that she unleashes on unsuspecting robbers. Although somewhat gruesome I still love this book. I highly enjoy reading this book to my little brother and sister who love it as well. I hihgly recommend this book as one that should be in any book collection. I've even bought myself a copy and I'm 21.\n\n \n\n\n \n\n1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:\n\n Rhyming Fun, March 24, 1999\nReviewer: A reader\nLizzy's Lion may surprise adults at first with it's some what gross discription but it thrills children. It is fun to read!\nThis book is rhyming fun with it's musical sentences. Dennis Lee has captured a singy-song additude.\n\nThe pictures are characteristic of the award winning Marie-Louise Gay. Her pictures are busy and wild. Gay's children are depicted as cute but not perfectly pretty. She makes looking at illustrations fun.