Feb. 23, 2008 - Lists, lists and more lists
Our book distributors have sent us piles of lists for us to comb over in order to choose our inventory of books for our bookstore. Depending on the subject matter, I am really enjoying this job, but it takes a long time.
Amazon is my best friend. I plug the ISBN of the book into Amazons search engine, and check out everything I can find. Some books are easy... craft books... do I like the cover; sports - yeah whatever; travel...get a good balance of places. Right now, I am working through the fiction list, which is the biggest one besides the children's book list. It is also takes the most time, because I get sucked into reading all the reviews and the excerpts & so on, long after I've already decided to carry the book. Oops. I now have a personal reading list comprised of over 5000 titles. Ha ha ha.
They say that people go into the bookstore business because they love reading and then they find that they no longer have time to read. I figured, that since I already didn't have time to read, that wouldn't be too much of a shock! What I didn't take into consideration was the close proximity that I will have to all these books that I don't have time to read. Wah!
Back to my reviews, as that is all the reading I have in my future!
Off to read some more reviews, as that will have to do for now.
Comments
Feb. 25, 2008 - I envy You
Posted by Keeperofthehome
Opening a book store sounds so great... also sounds like alot of hard work, but what fun it sounds like to read over and pick books for your store.
Have fun doing it and in a year I am planning a trip to Alaska so I'll look ya up and stop by to buy some of those books, lol. :0)
