Learn About What It Takes to Open A Bookstore ... and Be Successful 

When you’re ready to dive into the book business and learn all you can, there’s no better opportunity than one of our live workshops where you can interact with trainers and other trainees, meet book industry professionals, ask questions, and soak up all of the information and advice.
 
Our premiere workshop, Opening a Bookstore: The Business Essentials, is given in the spring and fall each year with a small group of people representing 20 stores or less. It’s the ultimate training retreat with more than ten trainers and industry professionals, a setting that spotlights spirited independent retailers, demonstrations of the leading bookstore computer management systems, and more. It’s a time to make decisions and make progress on your plans. Read about the workshop in Bookselling This Week.

 
What Others Have Said...

“Year after year we have seen Paz school graduates open successful, vibrant bookstores.”
         -- Len Vlahos, American Booksellers Association

"I feel truly prepared to take the next step in my bookstore journey. The time you took, the information you imparted and the passion with which you did it will always stay with me. Thank you seems like not enough. It was an amazing week."
        -- Doug Bennett, Prospective Bookseller

"I thought you'd be pleased to know we just won the Pannell Award. You can put a feather in your cap for doing such a great job in helping to create my bookstore vision."
        -- Michele Pondolfino, Green Toad Bookstore
 
Workshop Schedule

The last program this year ...

Fall: Sept. 13-17, 2010 (Sessions 1 & 2)
Opening A Bookstore: The Business Essentials Worshop Retreats - Amelia Island, FL
Join us in historic downtown Fernandina Beach, filled with independent shops and cafes, and learn all the critical aspects involved in starting and successfully operating a bookstore. 
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Learn about other educational opportunities for booksellers sponsored by the American Booksellers Association.

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