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| Bookstore Boot Camp graduates in March 2020, with Mark Kaufman and Donna Paz Kaufman. | |
Owning a Bookstore: The Workshop Retreat, aka Bookstore Boot Camp, will take place August 16-18 on Amelia Island, Fla., both online and in person. The workshop is available via Zoom, and a limited number of participants may attend in person, since there is "ample space to safely maintain comfortable distances."
Co-sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the workshop is offered twice a year and is facilitated by Donna Paz Kaufman and Mark Kaufman of the Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates along with a host of book industry professionals. The program takes place at Story & Song Bookstore Bistro.
Workshop registrants will learn best practices of successful booksellers--the nuts and bolts of daily operations--for managing a successful and sustainable independent bookstore. The workshop will include key topics such as store design, fixturing and merchandising; what a bookstore computerized management system should do to help run and operate the business; options for selecting the opening inventory, buying and inventory management; branding, publisher co-op, marketing and events, hiring and staff training, and more.
For details, click here or call 904-277-2664.