Thursday, January 31, 2013

Book stock rotation returns


Now that we've finally made it through 60,000-80,000 pounds of books (sorted, sold, recycled), we can settle back into the regular stock rotation that we had last year. There are four sections of books on the sales floor, and the oldest selection will be replaced each Public Sale day. The two-week cycle will look something like this (the colors and order may vary):

Tuesday: Blue mark ($2/book), Green mark ($1/book), Purple mark (50 cents/book), Orange mark (10 cents/pound)
Friday: New Orange ($2/book), Blue ($1/book), Green (50 cents/book), Purple (10 cents/pound), old Orange (chopped, recycled)
Tuesday: New Purple ($2/book), Orange ($1/book), Blue (50 cents/book), Green (10 cents/pound), old Purple (chopped, recycled)
Friday: New Green ($2/book), Purple ($1/book), Orange (50 cents/book), Blue (10 cents/pound), old Green (chopped, recycled)
Tuesday: New Blue ($2/book), Green ($1/book), Purple (50 cents/book), Orange (10 cents/pound), old Blue (chopped, recycled)

And so on. The rotation started this week, so what's left of the $2 books after tomorrow will be $1 each on Tuesday. This allows us to constantly put out new books, while still having a bulk per-pound selection for the best deals.

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