Manual on Bookselling [Starting a new store- Choosing a location- Is an architect necessary?- How materials and design can cut maintenance costs- ABS's of stocking the bookstore- Hiring and training personnel for the bookstore- What to tell the neophyte: Bookselling is a good career- Trade tools for the bookstore- Bookstore accounting methods and operating controls- Perpetual inventory control system- Portrait of a lending library- Fine bindings- Paperbacks in the general bookstore- Technical books in the general bookstore- Foreign-language books in the American bookstore- Setting up a children's book department- Book fairs- Snob sidelines: Chess sets, jigsaw puzzles and literary dolls- Personalized Christmas cards- Store windows, etc

Anderson, Charles B.; Joseph A. Duffy [and] Jocelyn D. Kahn.; Elizabeth Young, Gordon W. Bryant, Marshal L. Oliver, Adolph Novak, H. Joseph Houlihan, Barry H. Mark, James F. Albright, Elizabeth A. Geiser, Stanley Hunnewell, H. D. Greene, Charles B. Anderson, Eliot Leonard, Sam Weller, Emanuel Molho, Judy Noyes, Elizabeth Lowry, Blanche Campbell, Goddard Light, Harriette Waterman, Morton L. Levin, Trumbull Huntington, Lewis Myer, Anne Udin, C. Roysce Smith,Robert B Campbell, Lee A Weber , Ellsworth Young,

ISBN 10: 0835202224 / ISBN 13: 9780835202220

Published by New York, American Booksellers Association; distributed by R. R. Bowker Co., 1969., 1969

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[1st ed., 1st printing ] ; xi, 271 pages illustrations 24 cm ; ISBN 9780835202220, 0835202224 ; OCLC 6023 ; LCCN 69018200 ; LOC No Z476 .A63 1969 ; grey cloth, no dustjacket ; Contents: Forward / Joseph A Duffy -- Starting a new store / Elizabeth Young -- Choosing a location / Gordon W. Bryant -- Is an architect necessary? / Marshal L. Oliver -- How materials and design can cut maintenance costs / Adolph Novak -- ABS's of stocking the bookstore / H. Joseph Houlihan -- Hiring and training personnel for the bookstore / Barry H. Mark -- What to tell the neophyte: Bookselling is a good career / James F. Albright -- Trade tools for the bookstore / Elizabeth A. Geiser -- Bookstore accounting methods and operating controls / Stanley Hunnewell -- Perpetual inventory control system (PICS) / H. D. Greene III -- Portrait of a lending library / Charles B. Anderson -- Fine bindings / GordonW. Bryant -- Paperbacks in the general bookstore / Eliot Leonard -- Technical books in the general bookstore / Sam Weller -- Foreign-language books in the American bookstore / Emanuel Molho -- Setting up a children's book department / Judy Noyes -- Getting the right book to the right child / Elizabeth Lowry -- Promoting a children's book department / Blanche Campbell -- Book fairs / Goddard Light -- Sidelines and the American bookstore / Joseph A. Duffy -- Snob sidelines: Chess sets, jigsaw puzzles and literary dolls / Elizabeth Lowry -- Personalized Christmas cards / Charles B Anderson -- Bookstore publicity / Harriette Waterman -- Direct mail for retail bookstores / Morton L. Levin -- Developing an advertising program / Morton L. Levin -- Store windows and in-store display / Trumbull Huntington -- Successful radio and television promotion / Lewis Myer -- Currents from the Chinook: putting a bookstore on the map / Judy Noyes -- Autographing parties: a community service / Anne Udin -- Summer reading lists for secondary and elementary schools / C. Roysce Smith -- How to get through Christmas / Goddard Light -- A general bookstore in a college community / Robert B Campbell -- Managing a branch bookstore: problems and responsibilities / Lee A Weber -- Planning and making the move to a new store / Ellsworth Young -- The long-range role of the American Booksellers Association / Joseph A Duffy -- Purposes and servces of the American Bookseller's Association -- ABA suggestions for bookstore personnel -- Single-copy order plan (SCOP) -- Uniterm -- Combination order-invoice form -- Books about books: a bookman's library ; scuffed, G.

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• Title: Manual on Bookselling [Starting a new store- Choosing a location- Is an architect necessary?- How materials and design can cut maintenance costs- ABS's of stocking the bookstore- Hiring and training personnel for the bookstore- What to tell the neophyte: Bookselling is a good career- Trade tools for the bookstore- Bookstore accounting methods and operating controls- Perpetual inventory control system- Portrait of a lending library- Fine bindings- Paperbacks in the general bookstore- Technical ...
• Publisher: New York, American Booksellers Association; distributed by R. R. Bowker Co., 1969.
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0835202224
• ISBN 13: 9780835202220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book

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