bookshop idea

Had an idea about a second-hand bookshop - allow people to borrow books, but at the normal cost of the book, as a deposit. If the customer decides to keep the book, then they don’t return it; if they don’t want to keep the book - then they return it, in good condition, and get the deposit back. Regularly returned books are then earning more money, than if they were just purchased once.

3 comments ↓

#1 Saj on 12.06.07 at 8:19 am

how would you make money then? I would just put a deposit down, read the book and return it and get my money. Think of the books I could read…..

#2 Saj on 12.06.07 at 8:20 am

ps. Combine it with a coffee shop. Make money off cakes and drinks :)

#3 simon on 12.06.07 at 9:06 am

Maybe with a membership fee, or charge £1 off the price of the book?
I agree with you about the coffee/cake shop. I went to a really good one in Sydney.