In response to my post, One Home Business or Many, the blogger at Home Business Entrepreneur left the following intriguing comment:
I run several home based business. I have a home based bookstore. I also sell the books on the internet. I sell some paintings on the wall of the home based bookstore and I make money blogging about how to run a bookstore. All of them are run simultaneously from my living room.
It’s really amazing that in this day and age we can operate a business from our living room and reach people all over the world.  We actually can operate …read more

As it’s Family Month here at Home Biz Notes, we’re also highlighting child centered businesses, or businesses which cater at least, in part to families and children.
How can you raise your home business profile in the community?

Small businesses can share the load and increase the impact by partnering with other businesses.
If you had a children’s birthday party business, you could partner with a costume store, a hairdresser, a fairy store, a bookstore, a magician and so on to come up with combined services and packages, or to stage a combined event.
One thing I talked over with my local library when …read more

In a previous post,Yvonne Russell,  of Grow Your Writing Business, wrote a post, at Home Biz Notes , about developing your home based bookstore.  She also contributed information at Alzheimer’s Notes that resulted in questions from readers.  
So I asked Yvonne to answer questions that an Alzheimer’s Notes’  reader, Kathy of KnowItAlz.com, asked about obtaining books for an online bookstore.  Even though Yvonne specifically addresses Kathy’s question about Alzheimer’s books, the information she gives is universal for any bookstore.  
If you’re considering this type of business, you’ll certainly want to check out Yvonne’s post, Your Specialty Home Based Alzheimer’s Bookstore – Publisher Discount Basics.  You’re …read more

By Guest Author – Yvonne Russell
Many people dream of owning a home based bookstore. Can you compete with Amazon? Absolutely! You can find a little corner of the market and make it yours. What you need is a well thought out and well researched point of difference. You may not reach everyone Amazon reaches, but with a specific target market, you have the potential to reach a lot of people other web based or brick and mortar stores don’t.
Check Out the Competition
How? Most large bookstores focus on the latest bestsellers (new releases) plus tried and true standbys …read more

Yvonne Russell, blog owner of Grow Your Writing Business, will be a guest blogger here at Home Biz Notes, tomorrow, Monday, August 20. She will discuss ideas for to Start Your Own Specialist Home Based Bookstore. Yvonne operated a bookstore in Australia for a number of years, along with other business ventures. She has many tips for the book store owner. However, as with most home businesses, you can learn basics from one business to apply to another, even if yours is somewhat different. So….keep tuned!