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Used Book StoreStartup risks are averagelocate your store in auniversity. Locations near other new-books stores are also good. If the buyer doesn't find what he wants in the new-book stores, he'll check your store. Grocery store shopping centers are generally poor locations for book stores of any kind. Encourage the browser, because the browsers are the book buyers. Allow the people to come in and thumb thru the books that interest them. The half shelves are 4 by 4 feet. They should be located at right angles to your wall shelves, and in the rear of your store. The tables should be 3 by 4 feet, and 30 inches high. They also should be located at right angles to your wall shelves, but closer to the front of your store.The best way to find such people is by talking with your customers, observing which might be willing to work for you, and which of them might best fulfill your needs.You'll need a outside sign for your store- preferably one that hangs right angles to the flow of traffic in front of your store. You evaluate a book according to the price you think you can sell it for in your store. Then you subtract 90% of that total, and offer that as your buying price. These will be the "best movers" in your inventory, so develop good sources of supply, and price them for fast sales. These are a real money makers with a kind of service tat lends out "books on tape" and special learning programs where portions of the rental fee applies to the purchase of the original tape cassette. Your smaller and more expensive books should be kept up front so that you can see them and what your customers are doing with them, without seeming to be guarding them. There are a number of theft prevention gadgets and devices available, but even more important is alert hired help that can keep an eye on the customers without making them feel they're being watched. |