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Cute. Not particularly funny or subtle, but cute.
Move to CA and open a cannabis book shop.
In real life the library is empty except for homeless pedophiles looking at Internet porn. Today's readers are all at Borders, getting blueberry scone crumbs stuck between the pages of the latest issue of Newsweek and then putting it back on the shelf without paying for it after finishing their coffee. ;)
Yeah. Uh, huh. How's the weather in Europe, Jonas?
There's probably year-long queues to get in to see a doctor as well. Gotta love that socialism. You'll die laughing.
Really sorry dude,, look up wagon wheel makers...IE.. history. All the paper products I need are in the library, including many movies on DVD.
Not only do they have movies, they have a place for people to drop off their old Paperbacks for other to enjoy, For free. Hint,, look for another line of work.
Isn't communism great!!!/s
Don’t worry. If your business catches fire, the communist firemen will be along to put it out.
You obviously haven't gotten the message yet and like many conservatives have not realized that prosperity is a bourgeois fixation. Socialists are not interested in anyone making a living. They are interested only in the pliant masses that will cower before them and thank the state that they haven't been selected to be shot for that day and may live yet another day of servitude. The worker's paradise is at hand and soon will engulf us all. The first among equals will live will, but eventually they too will begin eating their own as they begin to sow the seeds of distrust when those expecting paradise realize nit's a farce. By then it will be too late, a mosque will be on every corner while we will be having abortions the Muslim men will have at six children from each of their four wives and countless concubines. Science long ago solved the riddle of the most hardy species on earth. It has been shown that cockroaches can survive a nuclear holocaust, we will not.
Easy solution: innovate for the market. Libraries are limited in what they can provide, so you must offer the better mousetrap.
Play to your strengths. You have books, and books have information, but for many people, for many reasons, books are hard to read. This is why audio books are so popular today.
In old Turkey, every coffee shop had its own tale teller, and the better they were, the more customers would come in to buy coffee. This is how (the original) Sir Richard Burton compiled The Arabian Nights, from coffee shop (and bar) tales.
Could you create a comfortable place for customers to relax as someone read them stories? Reader’s theater is still a popular medium for plays without sets and costumes.
Bookstores hold book signings all the time, so why not ask popular authors to give speeches on their subjects as well?
Innovate for the market, and the market will come to you.
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I joined the local library a few years ago and found a book that I needed right away for a paper that I was writing for an accelerated Course. I have not been back since.
If the particular book I was needing were available in a local bookstore I never would have wasted my time filling out forms with my private information for “the library.”.
I can scarcely imagine the community where such a library exists that people are lined up to get inside.
Perhaps there was a cold snap going on? Besides, the folks who line up at libraries are likely not ever going to be one of your customers anyhow.
I agree with your concern. In Colorado, public libraries receive lavish funding. People think that libraries are free. My property tax bill indicates that I pay $200 per year to support the library.
The library is competing with private enterprise in another way. The compensation of library employees is much higher than bookstore employees. The retirement compensation (early retirement at 50 or 55) is impossible to compete with.
Unfortunately, you will not find any sympathy among suburban residents. They think that libraries are free. They do not care about private enterprises competing against libraries.
Witness the collapse of video & music stores. Software being purchased/installed on-line. Newspapers folding from lack of readers & advertisers.
Today, the record industry announced they were no longer going to pursue music copiers. Future Madonnas may have to give away their music.
I have 4 large bookshelves full of books, & I cherish every one. But, gently, your business is going the way of the blacksmith, & it has nothing to do with the library, which is itself doomed to extinction.
For example, Jackson Armory where the father and son sell guns. Also, out of the same space with the gun shop, the son runs a shop that sells and restores rare books. That's a Freeper book store, son (Note: I have no clue whether the family are Freepers or even conservatives).
You liberals think you're sooooooooo smart and you can't even make up a realistic post. Lame.
Finally, last night, I tweezed that annoying hair out of my brow.
WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN!!!
You'll pack them in and be loved by all.
You don't say whether you deal in new books, or new + paperback, or only used books w/some paper, and many collectible books.
Do you do any buy/sell/trade on Amazon or eBay? I know a lady who had a small bookstore and was doing well but also went on Amazon. Eventually she gave up the physical stobecause I lack the inventory at present.
Can you move to a better location, away from the library? I know moving books is a nightmare, but if you think you can make it work, why not?
Books are not a thing of the past. As someone pointed out, today's publishing is garbage for the most part fiction or non-f. There are many old books people can't find in libraries--I dealt with a store that carried only history and technical books (old ones).
Good luck to you!