Opening a bookstore: The first independent bookstore I opened was a □□!

Small Books Room 10th Anniversary Book Publishing Proposal 1: "Guide to Opening a Business: The First Time You Open an Independent Bookstore and It's Difficult!"

The Small Books Room 10th Anniversary Book Project doesn't just want to talk about Small Books Room; it aims to illustrate a reading landscape woven together by "publishing/editing life," "creative career," "reader's life," and "bookstore management." "Guide to Opening a Business" is a crucial part of this "reading landscape." It's a place where everything converges and happens, created through the operator's philosophy and imagination. The book will present how operators navigate the compromises between ideals and reality when planning a bookstore, the various difficulties from opening to operating, and the process of attempting to solve them. Of course, joy, perseverance, and hardship are all part of every "difficulty." It's a guide, and it's also a guide to the "difficulties."

It's a book sharing the experiences of opening an independent bookstore; it's a reference manual; it's also an ecology of the bookstore's survival environment, detailing the processes, challenges, and various solutions for a bookstore's survival. We hope this book can help aspiring bookstore owners avoid some "unnecessary detours" in the future.

★Small Books Room 10th Anniversary Book Introduction: smallbooklove.wordpress.com/

■Why open a bookstore in this day and age? Sharing experiences of opening an independent bookstore: how difficult is it to open one?

Wow, opening a bookstore seems so romantic, yet in this internet age, it seems impractical. However, many independent bookstore owners aren't just dabbling; they're serious. What expertise is needed to open an independent bookstore? What kind of expertise should a person who wants to open an independent bookstore possess? How can one balance ideals and reality?

Sha Mao, who has been operating the independent bookstore Small Books Room for ten years, will reveal in the book that her true expertise in opening a bookstore is actually...!

■But if you're not looking to open a bookstore, how else can you use this book?

1. If you want to open any small-scale business, you can discover how others observe, select locations, decorate, plan store layouts, and use marketing tools and strategies to find target customers.

2. If you want to simply decorate a comfortable personal space, you can learn how others communicate with contractors and craftsmen, and the small details of decoration work.

3. If you have a lot of books, you can find out what height of bookshelf is suitable for you and how to arrange your personal reading environment.