How to Start and Run a Used Bookstore: A Bookstore Owner's Essential Toolkit with Real-World Insights, Strategies, Forms, and Procedures

This is really not what I hoped for from a book on such a specific topic. It is small, bare-bones, and touches only on the basics. Most of this information you can get on the Internet, although of course it's helpful to have it all rounded up for you. However, most of it is common sense. If you are seriously considering the bookselling business, this is not going to get you far at all.For example, the section on "evaluating market need and competition" is 1 page. ONE PAGE. The business plan advice is a 1.5-page "outline" with things like "target markets: 1. demographics, 2. geographic location" etc etc, with no further elucidation or detail. HOW do I go about assessing the kinds of books people in an area are interested in? HOW do I evaluate market need and competition? This book just gives you a list of things to consider without any real guidance on how to do so.Finally, I was annoyed to see that this book is available on Nook for $5. Obviously I'm the kind of person who likes physical books, but still, hopefully the next person can learn from my mistake.ETA: I just got the  FabJob Guide to Become a Bookstore Owner (FabJob Guides) (FabJob Guides)  from my library, and wish I had bought it instead - MUCH more thorough overview of the business, and puts this book to shame.

A lot of good suggestions for new store owners. This book was a good help towards starting a successful business.

This book was very accessible and answered most of my questions. The template documents were a definite plus. Worth the money.