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		<title>Starting a bookstore</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Book stores hardly make any mone]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Book stores hardly make any money. That's because there would be lot's of books that won't be sold off. It's unless you know what sells and what doesn't. It has the potential to chalk up big losses. Moreover, you need to invest a lot on inventory softwa]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Chris,
Whether the school can h]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Chris,
Whether the school can have multiple contracts with multiple vendors depends on the negotiated contract(s).&nbsp; Some times contracts have exclusivity clauses within them; other times they have a penalty clause which&nbsp;means they&nbsp]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Just out of curiosity does you]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
Just out of curiosity does your campus bookstore have&nbsp;exclusivity rights?&nbsp;&nbsp;If so then the departments and faculty have to&nbsp;order their&nbsp;coursepack and textbooks with the campus bookstore.&nbsp; Howev]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I was the program coordinator of]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I was the program coordinator of a distance learning program at a public higher education institution.&nbsp; In a simplified explanation, I&nbsp;&nbsp;managed the progress of&nbsp;various projects and was the liasion&nbsp;with audio/visual/TV studio tec]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA["Also be prepared for some hoops]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA["Also be prepared for some hoops to jump through, when you include the 
smoothie/coffee side, from the health department. You must include that 
element but it just adds a lot to your already full plate of running a 
business."Good C]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for your reply!&nbsp; So ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your reply!&nbsp; So you were a professor/teacher at a school?&nbsp; That`s a good idea - to contact the Departments of the school directly and find out what books they require for the next semester.&nbsp; I`ll have to do that."T]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[check into book sellers trade sh]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[check into book sellers trade shows, there are a few where buyers can meet publishers and establish contacts and relationships.Try googling independant book sellers associations and such and you`ll see what`s going on.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Chris, I don`t know about starti]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Chris, I don`t know about starting a bookstore; but when I worked in academia, I placed my program`s book orders.&nbsp; I actually placed them with two sources the on campus bookstore and an online company.&nbsp; Each semester I would provide both with ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I live in a small college town w]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I live in a small college town where there is no Barnes and Noble or Borders.&nbsp; The local College`s bookstore is way overpriced and I want to compete with them.&nbsp; I plan on making my "bookstore" into a Hub (Bookstore/Live Music/Smoothie or Coffe sh[...]]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:27 GMT</pubDate>
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