Opening a Bookstore: The Business Essentials 5-Day Workshop

Complete Workshop - Includes all 5 days - March 16-20 on Amelia Island, FL (near Jacksonville). Get an entire work week full of training, hands-on instruction and interaction with professional bookstore trainers that will help you see exactly what owning a bookstore entails.

Session 1 - Retail Bookselling: Creating Foundations for Success - Days 1 & 2

• How to assess whether your community will support an independent bookstore
• Ways today’s successful booksellers compete in today’s market
• How much it will cost to implement your vision
• Bookstore financial dynamics - why some bookstores are profitable and others aren’t
• How long it will take to open

Session 2 - Ready, Set, Open for Business! : Planning & Store Set-up - Days 3 thru 5

• Insider’s tips on bookstore design, fixtures, lighting and merchandising
• Ways to order your opening inventory
• How to buy and manage your inventory once you’re open
• What book industry resources are essential to your business
• What to look for in a computerized bookstore management system
• Marketing and Grand Opening strategies, Publisher Co-op and more ... 

Tuition is $1,395 per person with 50 percent deposit required.

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