CSPAN2 Panel Discussion On The Book Business July 20, 2014
For indie stores, if you get to somewhere in that, 1520 of your inventory makes to be nonbook, youve got a profitable plan. A store that is selling 1520 nonbooks is still a bookstore. Its important for it to still be a bookstore because thats what your customers are expecting, but you need to get somewhere within that, that 1520 range. I know there are stores that are a little bit about that, that do well and clearly still continue to look and feel like a bookstore. I think the over all things go about the independent bookstores is that you are all different. The mix of product is different. W...
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