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I was thinking the same thing. I would like to sell some swords and things like that *NM* Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 17/02/2011 10:49:23 PM
D&D books, 40k minis, star wars collectibles, etc, I think one would be aiming to be a SFF store as opposed to a SFF bookstore, comic books and such maybe. There are stores that aim that way, your average gaming store just more books, those usually specifically carry SFF bestsellers and game-based novels. I've never heard of one turning much profit though, most I know of dip under quickly and the ones that don't tend to perennially squeak by, but I haven't looked much recently, geekdom is a bigger niche then it used to be, and no longer limited to teenagers and poor college students.
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Would you shop at a small bookstore that sells only SciFi/Fantasy books? - 17/02/2011 09:39:39 PM 817 Views
They exist. *NM* - 17/02/2011 09:48:55 PM 241 Views
Do you have an example? *NM* - 17/02/2011 09:54:27 PM 245 Views
There is at least one in Edinburgh - 17/02/2011 10:16:45 PM 591 Views
What's the selection like? *NM* - 17/02/2011 10:26:42 PM 308 Views
Not bad - 17/02/2011 10:28:08 PM 618 Views
This is the one in Edinburgh. - 17/02/2011 10:23:20 PM 716 Views
Not to nitpick, but... - 17/02/2011 10:26:07 PM 574 Views
Yes I would shop at such a store/Will it survive? The answer is no. *NM* - 17/02/2011 09:51:09 PM 257 Views
But I would thank you for shopping anyways *NM* - 17/02/2011 09:55:03 PM 258 Views
Think of it like this - 18/02/2011 12:26:35 AM 680 Views
Note I want you to know I ain't trying to stomp on your dream. *NM* - 18/02/2011 12:27:13 AM 259 Views
Yeh, I would. - 17/02/2011 10:07:44 PM 753 Views
I would shop in place like that. - 17/02/2011 10:12:37 PM 553 Views
sometimes but not always - 17/02/2011 10:19:57 PM 577 Views
Bakka Phoenix Books. - 17/02/2011 10:27:56 PM 761 Views
You'd probably want to add in RPGs and some SFF merchandise - 17/02/2011 10:35:10 PM 651 Views
I'm not sure if that stuff in your sig has been there long, but... - 17/02/2011 10:45:20 PM 536 Views
Yeah, it should read Landsraad - 17/02/2011 11:18:31 PM 567 Views
I was thinking the same thing. I would like to sell some swords and things like that *NM* - 17/02/2011 10:49:23 PM 247 Views
I gather those tend to sell poorly - 18/02/2011 12:11:09 AM 548 Views
hold Magic the Gathering tournamnets and call it a comic book store *NM* - 18/02/2011 04:04:27 PM 232 Views
Could it survive? Of course. Would I shop there? Not in a million years. *NM* - 17/02/2011 10:37:03 PM 248 Views
Lol why not? *NM* - 17/02/2011 10:48:10 PM 239 Views
I don't read much sci-fi or fantasy. - 17/02/2011 11:05:55 PM 591 Views
THIS. Also... - 17/02/2011 11:22:40 PM 603 Views
Maybe just under-exploited? - 18/02/2011 12:31:26 AM 839 Views
Add the entire nonfiction genre and i would never leave. - 18/02/2011 12:52:14 AM 616 Views
there's one in berkeley called other change of hobbit - 18/02/2011 05:51:52 AM 552 Views

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