Bookshop manager
Also known as: comic book shop manager, comic book store manager, cookery book shop manager, stationer and bookseller, bookstore manager, book and stationery shop manager
About this occupation
Bookshop managers assume responsibility for activities and staff in this specialised store.
A specialisation of shop manager.
Essential skills and knowledge
- manage theft prevention
- maximise sales revenues
- publishing industry
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- liaise with colleagues
- manage staff
- supervise merchandise displays
- order supplies
- manage budgets
- apply procurement
- monitor customer service
- oversee promotional sales prices
Typical tasks and preparation
From the related US occupation profile First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers (O*NET 41-1012.00). Linked by an official crosswalk: related, not identical; details vary by country.
- Monitor sales staff performance to ensure that goals are met.
- Provide staff with assistance in performing difficult or complicated duties.
- Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or performing specific services.
- Listen to and resolve customer complaints regarding services, products, or personnel.
- Keep records pertaining to purchases, sales, and requisitions.
- Hire, train, and evaluate personnel.
- Typical education (US)
- Bachelor's Degree
- Preparation
- Job Zone 4 of 5
- Interests
- Enterprising, Conventional, Social
Top skills: Active Listening, Speaking, Monitoring, Management of Personnel Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination
US median pay: US$87,520 a year (2025), 214,390 employed. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Subjects this work relies on
How important each subject's knowledge is in the job itself, rated by people doing it (1 to 5).
- Business Studies or EntrepreneurshipO*NET: Administration and ManagementVery important (3.9)
- English or Literature in EnglishO*NET: English LanguageVery important (3.8)
- Economics or AccountingO*NET: Economics and AccountingImportant (3.4)
- Mathematics or StatisticsO*NET: MathematicsImportant (3.1)
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Preparation needed
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Most common education (US)
- Bachelor's Degree
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
O*NET data describe work in the United States; requirements differ by country. This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. CareerProof Global has modified all or some of this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Related occupations
Occupations O*NET links to this one by similar work, skills and knowledge.
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
- First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
O*NET data describe work in the United States; requirements differ by country. This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. CareerProof Global has modified all or some of this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.