Paz & Associates

If your dream is to open a bookstore and it just won't quit, know the next in-person program begins Sunday, August 25 and runs through Tuesday afternoon, August 27. Listen, learn, network, get answers in a working bookstore on beautiful Amelia Island, Florida.
For details, visit us at OpeningaBookstore.com.

If you or someone you know is ready to manage marketing and events, there is an opening at Sheila Daley's Barrett Bookstore in Darien, CT.

BARRETT BOOKSTORE MARKETING AND EVENT DIRECTOR
5 Corbin Drive, Darien, CT 06820

Barrett Bookstore, the largest independent bookstore in Fairfield County, CT is looking for a Marketing and Event Director. This person will work closely with the Store Owner to develop and execute a broad marketing and events strategy to promote Barrett Bookstore externally with customers, media organizations, and partners. Depending on the event schedule, position may require evening and weekend hours. In addition, the position requires a minimum of 12 hours on the sales floor each week.

The duties include but are not limited to:
• Conceptualizing and executing robust social media campaigns (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Threads, etc.), and manage all video efforts
• Writing and designing bi-monthly e-newsletters advising of new releases, staff favorites and upcoming events via Constant Contact.
• Keeping the store website current and all external facing sites up to date on a daily/weekly basis
• Managing event calendar, including reviewing the seasonal publisher event grids available on Edelweiss, drafting event proposals, and follow up emails with authors’ publicists.
• Planning all logistics related to author events including dates, times, venue.
• Responding to all local author and external event requests
• Organizing and publicizing special one-off events, i.e., Independent Bookstore Day, that build community and profile
• Managing staff around all event-related activities including ‘in conversation’ and hosting aspects of events
• Maintaining and building relationships with potential partner organizations for future event opportunities
• Engaging with Barrett Bookstore staff to keep them informed of events and arrange support for event staffing as needed
• Working with Manager to ensure timely ordering and appropriate discount for all event, school and B2B book orders

The ideal candidate will have strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and management skills. Prior event planning experience is a plus. The ideal candidate will have facility with or be willing to learn Constant Contact, website design, Canva, social media posting software, Google docs, sheets, forms, etc.
�To apply, e-mail cover letter and resume to: Sheila Daley ([email protected]) and Libby Stowell ([email protected])

The results of the 2022 ABACUS Financial Survey of Independent Bookstores is out and it made for reading with a happy ending this weekend. Sales growth continues and the best news of all is that gross margins and net profits are up!
ABA members can get the report for free and we applaud all of the 501 bookstore businesses that reported so we may benefit from industry metrics.
We thank the publishers for better terms and specials that allow us to achieve healthier financial dynamics.

Opening a bookstore this year? Learn the business skills for your start-up at the next Bookstore Boot Camp May 21-23. Registration is now open. https://openingabookstore.com/bookstore-bootcamp-in-person-may-21-23/

The ABA's Winter Institute is around the corner and we look forward to talking about the bookstore business while we're in Seattle? If you would like a 30-minute free consultation Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday during the conference, please email Donna at [email protected].

Next week is the last "Day in the Life of a Bookseller" program this year, yet there is an entire library of materials for online study if you:
1) Need to get your business plan done
2) Are ready to begin the steps to get your store open
Here's where to start:

Home - The Bookstore Training Group We'll show you how!

Want to see bookstore operations live? A new on-site training segment is now open for registration. If you need help getting that business plan done or want the details steps for opening, those training segments are now available online anytime. The in-person is especially valuable for those who want to know if bookselling is the right career choice ... or those about to open who want to see and learn what happens behind the scenes once the doors are open.

Onsite Bookstore Operations: In-Person Training - The Bookstore Training Group To experience what really goes on in a bookstore, join us for two days of hands-on training at Story & Song Bookstore Bistro on Amelia Island, Florida.

Congratulations, graduate Matt Grossman and Sarah Reckhow, for your launch of Hooked in East Lansing, Michigan! What a perfect new venture for two MSU professors. Wishing you much success and happiness!

'All of that': How a Lansing couple hopes to hook public with coffee, books and wine MSU professors Sarah Reckhow and Matt Grossmann are set to open Hooked, a new bookstore, coffee shop and wine bar in Lansing. Here's a sneak peek.

Our new site is up! And now, you can take online classes for opening a bookstore ... from developing the business plan to getting the doors open.... anywhere, any time.

Home - The Bookstore Training Group We'll show you how!

A beloved Ann Arbor bookstore, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room, is up for sale. With a diverse revenue stream, key location, and strong niche, this is a wonderful opportunity. After 33 years, the owners are ready to retire. Series inquires to Bill Zirinsky and Ruth Schekter at [email protected].

Melissa Fetter has been patient and dedicated to launching Beacon HIll Books in Boston and today we celebrate the store's official notice in the Boston Globe. This community has wanted a neighborhood bookstore and Melissa is just the one to have pulled this off. Congratulations!

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe to open new chapter for Charles Street storefront - The Boston Globe Beacon Hill Books, slated to open in the spring of 2022, will bring a bookstore to Charles Street for the first time in years.

Congratulations, Paz grads Valerie Reece and Tom Jefferson who opened Too Fond Of Books, their new indie bookstore in Tahlequah, Oklahoma! What a happy place you've created for your community. Bravo!

Shelf Awareness for Monday, July 12, 2021 Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...