The business scope of bookstores and stationery stores is very different. If you need to sell stationery and books in the vicinity of the school, you can open a toy store, but you need to apply for a publication business license to sell books.

The difference between a bookstore and a toy store is that:

1, the sales nature is different. Bookstore is a shop with books as the main sales subject; Stationery stores mainly sell stationery and other related school supplies.

2. Different licenses. Bookstores need to apply for a publication business license to sell books; Stationery stores do not sell books and do not need to apply for a publication business license.

According to Article 35 of the Regulations on the Administration of Publishing

Units engaged in the wholesale business of publications must be approved by the publishing administrative department of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and obtain the Publication Business License. Units and individual industrial and commercial households engaged in the retail business of publications shall be examined and approved by the publishing administrative department of the people's government at the county level and obtain the Publication Business License.

Article 37 Units and individual industrial and commercial households engaged in publication distribution shall go through the examination and approval procedures in accordance with the provisions of Article 35 of these Regulations if they change the registered items of the publication business license or merge, merge or split up.