Bulk orders are also sometimes handled directly through retail bookstores.

For a time, Bookcraft even planned to create its own chain of retail bookstores.

Instead, some are selling well in retail bookstores, generating profits for a growing number of companies.

Some books are flagged with a dagger indicating that a significant number of bulk orders had been received by retail bookstores.

Books were sold, then as now, by salesmen who visited the retail bookstores and also through wholesale jobbers.

A similar practice in retail bookstores is called "hand-selling".

About a year ago, Ms. Barile decided to convert a third of her space into a retail bookstore.

Today, copies of 2600 are sold at most large retail bookstores.

For these people, the independent stores among the 255 retail bookstores in the state, offer more than a good novel.

Publishing more books that could be sold in retail bookstores was one solution.