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The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates will host a Bookstore Boot-Camp for new and prospective owners August 26-29, on Amelia Island, Fla., at the Center for Bookstore Entrepreneurship within the Story & Song Bookstore Bistro, an independent bookstore that serves the local community and as a model bookstore.
Officially called Owning a Bookstore: The Business Essentials, the workshop retreat is designed for anyone who intends to own a bookstore within the next 12 months, though it will provide all the answers needed for someone still in the planning stages. The program offers new and prospective owners and managers an opportunity to learn best practices of successful booksellers and provides the skills and contacts to help launch a successful and sustainable independent bookstore. Key topics include store design, fixturing and merchandising; what a bookstore computerized management system should do to help run and operate the business; options for selecting the opening inventory, buying and inventory management; branding, publisher co-op, marketing and events, hiring and staff training, and more.
Co-sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the workshop is offered twice a year and is facilitated by Donna Paz Kaufman and Mark Kaufman of the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates along with a host of book industry professionals. For more information, click here.