How does Jinan’s Quancheng Study Room operate and make money?

Quancheng Study Room belongs to Jinan City Library, and Jinan City Library belongs to Jinan City Culture and Tourism Bureau.

Therefore, Quancheng Study Room should be a livelihood project of the government. It is not for profit, but to promote reading for all and create a "Bookish Spring City".

Jinan Quancheng Study High-tech Zone Software Park Pinju Bookstore Branch is located in the sunken square of Qilu Software Park, Jinan High-tech Zone. The library covers an area of ??700 square meters, has a collection of more than 13,000 books, and has about 120 A reading seat. Different from other Quancheng study rooms, this study room was upgraded and renovated based on the physical bookstore of the original private bookstore Pinju Book Bar.

Xu Xin, chairman of Pinju Book Bar, introduced that Pinju Book Bar has 8 years of experience in operating bookstores in Jinan. After the bookstore upgrades to Quancheng Study Room, it will adopt a "study + bookstore" operation model, and it can borrow books and books. Select books are available for purchase.

Would it affect the business of the bookstore if Quancheng Library, which offers free borrowing, is located in a bookstore? In this regard, Xu Xin believes that the current profit point of physical bookstores is not in book sales, but in value-added services such as light meals and drinks in the bookstore. The establishment of Quancheng Study Room will bring more customer flow to the bookstore and is more conducive to promoting development. .

The summary is as follows:

Upgrading and transforming a private physical bookstore into Quancheng Study Room is the first time for Jinan Quancheng Study Room and will lead to a win-win situation. For Quancheng Bookstore, by upgrading and transforming the original physical bookstore, a new branch can be established with less investment;

After being upgraded to Quancheng Study Room, it can not only drive passenger flow, but also enjoy the rent discounts provided by government departments; for ordinary people, it will have a good place to read for free; at the same time, it will also improve the high-tech The reading space and cultural atmosphere of the district have enhanced the public book reading function of the high-tech zone.