What do we do all day in the bookstore?\u00a0 Here’s a snapshot.<\/p>\n
Today, we have a new online ordering system with our main book distributor, Baker & Taylor.\u00a0 Title Source 3 has been retired, and Title Source 360 replaces it.\u00a0 This doesn’t affect our customers lives in the slightest, but it’s new territory for us.\u00a0 So far, so good, but it’s still so very new.\u00a0 And it will affect our future as we grapple with a new inventory\/POS system, but that’s another story.<\/p>\n
We’re also getting ready for our Valentine’s Night tomorrow.\u00a0 Bought some carnations, some chocolate, posted to Facebook and Twitter, sent out an email to our newsletter subscribers.\u00a0 Tomorrow we’ll rearrange the room into an intimate cabaret and welcome the musicians.<\/p>\n
On the tech end of things, Stump the Bookseller has been down for too long, but we’re working hard on it behind the scenes.\u00a0 After much discussion, we’ve decided to format it as a WordPress blog (like this one), which should make posting and commenting easier.\u00a0 But there’s lots of initial set-up to do, and we’re working on that now.\u00a0 Go, Quinn!<\/p>\n
And in the long-term planning category, the Larchmere Festival really isn’t that far away.\u00a0 So we’re starting our planning meetings with other merchants and residents to organize the annual Larchmere Festival on the first Saturday in July.\u00a0 Hard to plan for hot weather when it’s still so cold.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Valentine cards are selling like crazy, we sold a nice Wizard of Oz<\/em> book, and customers are asking us questions and sending us hunting as usual.\u00a0 What do you do all day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What do we do all day in the bookstore?\u00a0 Here’s a snapshot. Today, we have a new online ordering system with our main book distributor, Baker & Taylor.\u00a0 Title Source 3 has been retired, and Title Source 360 replaces it.\u00a0 … Continue reading