? Do you often borrow books to read? So do you borrow it in the library or in the bookstore? Nowadays, public libraries and public lending systems are becoming more and more abundant, and there are often self-service kiosks next to the community, making reading more and more convenient.
The main service items of the library are providing public reading space, borrowing books, searching materials and academic and cultural exchange activities. Among them, borrowing and returning books is the most frequent work content of the library!
? Since when, bookstores are not satisfied with selling books, but also open book lending projects. Then, under what conditions can bookstores open books for borrowing? How to design the loan conditions and price system? How to manage open books? Will borrowing books be profitable?
After many inquiries from friends in the bookstore, I answered these questions according to my own experience.
? Borrowing books, as early as the 1980s, some Xinhua bookstores provided this service. At that time, it was called "renting books" and there was a book lending department. I remember that my mother was in charge of this department at that time. I often saw them repeatedly folding and packaging books with kraft paper, and then neatly writing "title, author, publisher and serial number" on the outer cover packaging for them to wait to borrow. Covering books is still a technical job! I learned it from my mother when I was a child. Most of the books borrowed are literary stories, cultural and educational books. At that time, few people could afford books, which were noble commodities. In order to meet the reading needs of readers, especially those who want to take the college entrance examination, the bookstore provides this service. What impressed me most was the set of "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series", which was the most borrowed record card and the artifact of the college entrance examination at that time. In that era when publishing was scarce, it was the dream of most aspiring young people to have books to read and change their destiny by exams.
By the way, in the early 1980s, public libraries in most areas were not perfect, and Xinhua Bookstore was the only place where you could buy books and read.
All right, back to the previous topic.
Under what conditions can a bookstore offer reading and borrowing items?
Meet three conditions. First, there should be a large number and variety of books to meet the readers' choice; The exact number depends on the size of the bookstore. Secondly, the bookstore should have a computer management system to facilitate the registration of books. Third, we should avoid competition from nearby libraries, public kiosks and mature bookstores.
If the bookstore is opened in kindergarten, near primary and secondary schools. The combination of open book lending and reading training courses is a good profit point.
How to design loan conditions and price system?
The book borrowing routine should be handled according to the membership system, and it is recommended to set a half-year period and a full-year period. Setting up a monthly or quarterly system is not recommended. The service period is too short and there is no value space.
? My bookstore is set at 365 yuan for the whole year, and only books are borrowed, one yuan a day, which is very cheap and easy for readers to accept. Even if it is impossible to borrow and return books every day, it is an acceptable price. Borrowing+reading courses 5 times+reading club activities 10 times =799 yuan. The use of reading class improves the value of book borrowing and provides readers with a platform for reading communication. Bookstores have also increased their profit points and locked in a group of book friends in advance.
How to manage open books?
? Books that are open for borrowing must be cataloged with book labels, marked with classification and serial number, and unified regional display management. After all, borrowed books have a certain depreciation, which should be distinguished from sold books to prevent readers from reading new books at will like borrowing books, causing damage.
Is borrowing books profitable?
Open book lending project is another profitable space for bookstores. Preliminary calculation: the purchase cost of a book+service cost = borrowing and circulating for seven times. Therefore, whether your book borrowing project is profitable or not can be evaluated by checking the borrowing times of varieties through computer management.
As I said before, the borrowing fee+course fee+. . . Packages can optimize the profit model. I don't know this account. Have you figured it out?
The above is my opinion. Welcome to share your optimized profit method and find a better business model.