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ksl: I agree! i personally love flipping real books and magazines to electronic ones. Its a different experience i feel. Call me low tech... :) Sundaymorningstaple: i think that's something schools should be looking at. In any case, any bookstore i have (if ever) wont be selling textbooks or assessm...

Thanks ksl for your encouragement and advice. My idea is only in the budding stage, lots to think about and research on! The biggest challenge, i think, is the competition against the e-world. Maybe i'll need to emphasize not just on the reading, but the sense of touch and hands-on activities for ch...

Thanks for your feedback everyone

Hi,

i'm interested if you still are Do PM me.

Hi all, I hope to gather some information about what presents parents/adults prefer to/usually give to children (<12yrs) these days. Your help is much appreciated! 1) Books (story books / puzzle books /picture books etc) 2) Clothes / shoes / bags 3) Sweet treats 4) Toys 5) Electronic gadgets (Wii, P...

Well I wouldnt want to keep the all the locals out, just select ones. I like to think the more affluent parents wouldnt be doing those things mentioned!

Maybe there needs to be education to the general public that its not just about scoring in exams, but reading good books from a young age....

I thought only the teenagers/adults do that (the dog-marking and bending bookspines etc), I was hoping children wouldn't! Don't mind me saying but what about foreigners? Because i noticed the comment about locals and the original 'target' customers i had in mind were more geared towards expat parent...

Thanks for the advice! Definitely need to do these kind of research. Internet presence is good definitely, its just so hard (for me) to motivate myself without a shop. (excuses excuses) The idea was to have a small cafe linked to the shop. Would that be any better? I don't have much other ideas for ...

That is of course a concern, which is why I thought of asking around.

My idea was specialising on Children's books though, and hence wondering if parents / teachers are still likely to buy books for their children, especially young children. Do correct me if i'm wrong!

Hi,
was wondering if anyone has ideas about the book business in Singapore? I'm thinking of having a children's bookstore, any advice? Do children still like books? Do parents still buy books or is it just ipads and gadgets these days?

Thanks in advance for any feedback!