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.

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3 Responses to bookshop idea

  1. Saj says:

    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 says:

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

  3. simon says:

    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.