Comments on: The perfect bookstore

By: MoJo

MoJo — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:47:57 +0000

Kristy, WOW!!! Thank you!!! I’m very flattered. 🙂

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 01:04:31 +0000

I quoted from your blog for a college paper about “strategic Issues faced by indenpendent bookstores”. My high ground is “embrace technology in innovative ways”. You describe innovation here and I’m surprised that you wrote this in 2008. Thank you! I love the idea of e-ordering a book and having it print out. I wonder if the technology is there yet. Fantastic concept you have. Expresso!

By: SEO Outsourcing

SEO Outsourcing — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:01:34 +0000

Actually, this doesn’t fully utilize the space. The traditional look of columns and rows would still be better.

By: SEO Expert For Hire

SEO Expert For Hire — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:53:34 +0000

Nice design. I’d like that one build near my office. that would be cool.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:01:35 +0000

Well, the store doesen’t really need to be empty of any books, does it?

No, but I thought I made it clear that the second floor would be for that, but apparently I didn’t. 😀

The store that I wrote about has a very small footprint, so I was more going on the idea that it would be ideal for a storefront of this size.

By: Daniel SCHWALL

Daniel SCHWALL — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:00:47 +0000

Hey, that’s an idea I had been carrying around for some time. Well, the store doesen’t really need to be empty of any books, does it? The EBM exists, I have seen and tested it. What does not exist yet, at least in non- English language countries, is a large enough available set of books printable under the system. You know: DRM, ebook formats and so on. Wat it needs is a community of potential booksellers to join, create a taskforce to discuss this with publishers ( I am in France, so any Frenchies – welcome !) And this could be running in less than a year….

By: Geromme Talampas

Geromme Talampas — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:57:47 +0000

You are great dude.. I’m just planning to make a new book store right now…

By: Amy Stewart

Amy Stewart — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:48:00 +0000

I really love your vision for a bookstore. I own a used & antiquarian bookstore, and our books are non-returnable. It can be done. Of course, we can get books for much less than 40% off the cover price, but then again, we can only buy the books that people are selling, not necessarily the ones we want to stock, so it’s a juggling act for us, too.

I envisioned a bookstore sort of like this in my novel: http://www.lastbookstoreinamerica.com.

The Espresso machine is pricey right now, but we’ve been pricing new shelving and fixtures for our store, and it can easily run to over $100,000 to bring in new bookcases. Hmmmm….

By: MoJo

MoJo — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:22:32 +0000

Yes. That’s the point. 😀

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:20:57 +0000

Most print on demand is non-returnable from publishers, but would that extend to the end user as well?

I think it should. Lulu has a no-returns policy.

As long as the bookseller makes it very clear that that *is* the policy, then there should be no miscommunication and thus, no problem.

Isn’t the whole concept of Espresso that it is PoD – therefore there shouldn’t be any returns because no copy is printed without there being someone who has already agreed to pay for that copy?