How to do a good job in book purchasing

Book buyers must first have good communication skills, because good communication skills are the key to dealing with interpersonal relationships. Book purchasing is a job that requires active communication with others. Only with good communication skills can we clearly express our thoughts and feelings, gain the understanding and support of others, and thus maintain a good working relationship with upstream publishing houses and downstream grassroots sales stores.

Secondly, business personnel should have a deep understanding of the book market and customers, and pay attention to three aspects of work. First of all, they should know and master the relevant policies of the publishing industry in time. As "cultural messengers", book buyers shoulder the heavy responsibility of "finding good books for readers". Therefore, we should always pay attention to the relevant policies issued by the publishing industry, and always take "formal channels and legal sources" as the only criteria for procurement; Second, we should often go deep into grass-roots units and stores to understand the market demand information, so that the procurement work is targeted; Third, we should pay attention to collecting and sorting out the relevant information of customers, which is the basis of doing a good job in customer service.

Third, be familiar with book products and related publishing houses. Purchasing personnel should pay close attention to the publishing trends in their daily work, and learn about the new books of each publishing house in the coming year through the topic selection plan formulated by the publishing house at the end of the year. They can also keep abreast of the latest information of various new books and bestsellers through various media, such as newspapers and the Internet. Only in this way can they take the initiative in purchasing. At the same time, procurement personnel should also master the publishing characteristics of various publishing houses, master their core products, and gradually achieve classified management in business division.

Finally, we must have a strong sense of responsibility in order to make a good purchase. At present, the overall quality of book distribution practitioners is not high, and there is still a big gap from the requirements of professionalism, which requires us to have a high sense of responsibility and a good mental state in our work, pay attention to details, take the initiative to start from small things, and cultivate loyalty to our jobs. Because only with a strong sense of responsibility can we have strong execution.