Salary for bookseller

Average salary

2000 £

Basic salary 1800 £
Maximum Wage 2300 £
1800 £
Lowest
2050 £
Average
2300 £
Highest

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The average salary for the bookseller position is 2000 £

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Companies with the highest earnings in position Bookseller
2250 £
167 WEST END LANE
Based on 2 job offers
 2160 £
2080 £
2080 £
1994 £
1920 £
1920 £
1920 £
1866 £
1795 £

Salary in companies

PETER HARRINGTON 2250 £
1795 £ 2300 £
167 WEST END LANE 2160 £
1795 £ 2300 £
ANY AMOUNT OF BOOKS 2080 £
1795 £ 2300 £
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS OPERATIONS 2080 £
1795 £ 2300 £
PICKLED PEPPER BOOKS 1994 £
1795 £ 2300 £
THE PETWORTH BOOKSHOP 1920 £
1795 £ 2300 £
KEMPS GENERAL STORE 1920 £
1795 £ 2300 £
PAPER CAVALIER 1920 £
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Comment on the job position of bookseller

Requirements

  • A resourceful and pragmatic approach to problems, and ability to remain calm under pressure
  • client service experience in a hospitality or retail environment
  • awareness and knowledge of, or interest in, books and/or printed media
  • A team-player with great communication and interpersonal skills
  • be meticulous and highly organised, with a keen eye for detail and ability to multi-task
  • the flexibility and confidence to communicate with a wide variety of client profiles both in-person and via email
  • retail sales: 1 year
  • customer service: 1 year
  • bookshop: 1 year
  • LONDON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work
  • to serve customers at the till, giving excellent customer service and handling money accurately
  • assist customers with a range of queries, including CUP&A titles, merchandise, and tourist information
  • help customers find books across the shop, and by using an intranet based computer search
  • answer telephone and email enquiries professionally and accurately
  • restock books and merchandise, checking books are priced, alphabetised, and in the correct sections and ensuring shelves are dust-free and tidy
  • bookselling: 1 year
  • working with children: 1 year
  • ability to work under pressure
  • must be physically fit
  • basic computer literacy

Responsibility

  • handling sales enquiries and correspondence with clients from our website, phone calls, and catalogues
  • assisting in-store customers and visitors, providing a high level of service and knowledgeable advice
  • permanent – Full time
  • represent the business at trade fairs
  • reviewing catalogue descriptions of rare books, manuscripts, and related materials
  • the role will be primarily client-facing, and you’ll be working alongside our rare book specialists in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • location: Mayfair, London
  • assisting in shop logistics
  • peter Harrington Limited, an established antiquarian bookseller with a global presence, employing over 60 staff, are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate bookseller for our Mayfair branch
  • hours: alternating 10.00–18.00 and 11.00–19.00. Five days per week, to include alternate Saturdays
  • the first three months of employment will entail training, for which you will be based at both our Chelsea and Mayfair branches
  • accepting deliveries
  • fulfilment of orders and dispatching the orders in a busy warehouse environment
  • accurately check the item against the customer’s order
  • assist in the loading and organizing of deliveries daily
  • accurately pack and dispatch customer orders to locations
  • working within a physically demanding environment
  • stock curation
  • proactively build relationships with book distributors and publishing reps to find frontlist and backlist titles
  • source and order a carefully curated and commercially minded selection of books across fiction, history, current affairs, art and design, and children’s books

Current offers for the position

HUNTS BOOKSHOP
Bookseller

Rugby

THE PETWORTH BOOKSHOP
Bookseller

Petworth

167 WEST END LANE
Part Time Bookseller

London

ANY AMOUNT OF BOOKS
Part time bookseller and book collections assistant

London

GOLDSTONE BOOKS
Antiquarian Bookseller

Ammanford