Registration opened today for the full-day seminar “How to Succeed at Retail Bookselling: Introduction to the Bookstore Business,” to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, February 22, 2013, the day before the ABA Winter Institute begins.
The opening of Acorn Books in Dover, Delaware, earlier this month was made possible with help from YWCA’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Division and SCORE — community resources funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Bryan Foster, a retired senior logistician for the United States Army, has joined forces with fellow book lover T. Charles “Chuck” Garman to open a bookstore in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Prospective booksellers ranging from Warwick, New York, to Santa Barbara, California, gathered on Amelia Island, Florida, last week to discuss industry trends and to learn about the business of bookselling at the full-week spring workshop retreat “Owning a Bookstore.”
Jennifer Green’s plans for Beantree Books, which is slated to open this June, include an inventory of new and used books, a coffee bar, a community meeting room, and more.
Twenty-five ABA member bookstores opened in 2010, with several filling voids left by the closing of chain stores. The openings, and neighborhood response, suggest growing support for locally owned businesses, along with continued support for bricks-and-mortar stores.
Mexican-born Teresa Carbajal Ravet opened Dulce Bread & Bookshop in Dripping Springs, Texas, with the mission to promote various cultures and multicultural literature.
Fifteen prospective independent bookstore owners sought training in retail bookselling last week during an intensive workshop held at Amelia Island, Florida. Trainees came from across the U.S., from Victoria, Canada, and from as far away as the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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