We spent this last week installing new shelves (eight of them!), and opening boxes - it's been like Christmas around here! A total of just over 2200 books have been added to the database - Classics, Romance, Westerns, Self Help, Mysteries and Sci-fi made up the largest numbers - but there were lots of history, education and Autobios as well.
We're working as fast as we can to fill the shelves - stop by or visit the website soon to get the first pick before the one you really wanted gets snapped up!....... 300 boxes will go faster then you think!
See you soon!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The Sunshine State
We have made our last official trip to Florida! For those of you who are new to us.... we bought a bookstore in Florida - 70,000 books! One of those, too good to pass up kinda deals. We packed it, stored it, loaded it on to a container truck, it was hauled here by train where we unloaded it - and now - FINALLY we'll be adding the books to our growing store! The last load that we hauled up here was 11,800 lbs - whew, do I feel strong or what??
You might want to plan on visiting the store to pick up a book or twelve....
I don't know - I'm just saying.
You might want to plan on visiting the store to pick up a book or twelve....
I don't know - I'm just saying.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Learning Mode
The only road to success is through failure. ~Thomas Edison
He ought to know, right?
I'm in learning mode right now. I have been attending marketing workshops with the wonderful, helpful, knowledgeable folks at SCORE - love those guys! I love learning - I want to know everything, so whenever I can fit it into my schedule I try to spend time learning something new. I'm hoping it will help keep my brain from shriveling up into a tiny walnut! Sometimes it's related to the business but other times I just want to learn how to do new stuff, or I have to learn new stuff because my kids got involved in something that required my interaction - archery, forestry, birding, jewelry making - the list is endless and I suppose thats a good thing because if I reach the end of the list of things I want to learn it's probably time to die!
Read books ~ Learn!
He ought to know, right?
I'm in learning mode right now. I have been attending marketing workshops with the wonderful, helpful, knowledgeable folks at SCORE - love those guys! I love learning - I want to know everything, so whenever I can fit it into my schedule I try to spend time learning something new. I'm hoping it will help keep my brain from shriveling up into a tiny walnut! Sometimes it's related to the business but other times I just want to learn how to do new stuff, or I have to learn new stuff because my kids got involved in something that required my interaction - archery, forestry, birding, jewelry making - the list is endless and I suppose thats a good thing because if I reach the end of the list of things I want to learn it's probably time to die!
Read books ~ Learn!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
GRRrrrr!!
I have wasted an enormous amount of time and energy over the last four days dealing with thieves. Someone brought stolen DVD's into the store to sell to us - we, trusting fools that we are, bought them. Over the next few days - police, other retail store owners, the person who claims the DVD's were stolen from them, myself and my employees have dealt with the fallout from this. This will cost me time and money - filling out reports, talking to the police & the other retailers involved, making new store policies about taking in merchandise, having the items confiscated as evidence and in tax dollars spent to cover the cost of police salaries and the running of the court system. I am angry and frustrated over having to deal with such a mess because the most frustrating part of all of this is that the thief got exactly $11.00 in cash.
Monday, May 25, 2009
New Stuff at the Used Book Place!
Just a quick FYI -- I've spent the last three days databasing over 1000 DVD's! Still have a couple hundred children's and family movies to do but I thought I'd give you all the heads up that they're on the website and priced to sell!
The next month will also see other changes at your favorite bookstore - we're adding shelves and moving a few sections around to make room for almost 300 boxes of books that are headed up from Florida - be sure to check the website often - you don't want to miss getting a copy of that favorite book that you've been searching for!
www.pagemaster-books.com
PS - come share what you're reading with us on Facebook too!
Cheers!
Judy
The next month will also see other changes at your favorite bookstore - we're adding shelves and moving a few sections around to make room for almost 300 boxes of books that are headed up from Florida - be sure to check the website often - you don't want to miss getting a copy of that favorite book that you've been searching for!
www.pagemaster-books.com
PS - come share what you're reading with us on Facebook too!
Cheers!
Judy
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
It's Beautiful Down Here!
Wow! If you have a few minutes and you live close enough to putter on over - come check out our new Spring Look! The book planter out front is brimming with purple and yellow! I finally found a little time between weddings, book sales, drivers education (yes, I have a 15 yr old!) and my bead addiction to finish up some reading. Just read The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss - wow! he's been on the top of my histoical mystery favorites for several years. Added a new one this week - Tobsha Learner who wrote The Witch of Cologne - I liked her characters, the bad guys are very, very bad - I definitely loved hating them! I'm also reading Clive Cusslers new Dirk Pitt thriller brought to me by one of our customers ~ THANKS!! I love getting suggestions from all of you - so, feel free to boss me around!
Be sure to check out the webpage in a day or so, I'll post pictures of the new flowers - and join our new Facebook group to share book reviews!
www.pagemaster-books.com
See you in the stacks!
Judy
Be sure to check out the webpage in a day or so, I'll post pictures of the new flowers - and join our new Facebook group to share book reviews!
www.pagemaster-books.com
See you in the stacks!
Judy
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Spring Book Season
Spring is an especially great time to be in the book business. I spend most of my days rushing to get to one sale or another where I'll stand in line with hundreds of other people waiting for an event to start. This is some of the most fun I have, I love people! I love to talk to people, listen to people, watch people. Book lovers are some of the best people to spend time with - they are far and away my most favorite form of entertainment. I can stand in line for two hours and have conversations with dozens of people on dozens of topics ranging from favorite authors or books to politics, religion, food, weather, clothing styles, travel tips, music, science, history or any of a million other topics. It's an amazing education, I always come away feeling as though I've expanded my core of knowledge - and then I get to do my most favorite thing -- buy more books for all my favorite people!
This spring has been loads of fun - there are tons of new books out by both, old favorites and new names in the book world, so it's been a great good time hunting up the best of all of them to stock the store with. I'm excited to be filling the shelves with literally thousands of new books after a long winter of waiting.... waiting.... waiting... for the Spring!!
Take a few minutes to drop me a line - let me know what you've been reading that you liked, loved or loathed! I'll pass along you're advice to all the other booklovers I come in contact with!
My personal favorite right this minute is - Jasper Fforde - too much nursery crime fun!! Who knew that the Gingerbread Man was a bad guy???
Cheers!
Judy
This spring has been loads of fun - there are tons of new books out by both, old favorites and new names in the book world, so it's been a great good time hunting up the best of all of them to stock the store with. I'm excited to be filling the shelves with literally thousands of new books after a long winter of waiting.... waiting.... waiting... for the Spring!!
Take a few minutes to drop me a line - let me know what you've been reading that you liked, loved or loathed! I'll pass along you're advice to all the other booklovers I come in contact with!
My personal favorite right this minute is - Jasper Fforde - too much nursery crime fun!! Who knew that the Gingerbread Man was a bad guy???
Cheers!
Judy
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