2018 • 12 Episodes
October 8, 2018
Meet the enthusiastic customers of the bookstore who bring excitement and stimulation to Honda-san’s job.
October 15, 2018
The long holiday is coming up, and the bookstore is swamped by a ton of shipments. How do the staff make it through?!
October 22, 2018
Honda-san gives us insight into the interactions between a bookstore and a publisher.
October 29, 2018
It’s Honda-san’s turn to attend a customer service coaching session.
November 5, 2018
Honda is faced with restocking popular titles, dealing with energetic foreigners, overseeing the visit of a famous author, and mulling over questions of censorship.
November 12, 2018
Honda-san introduces Assistant Manager Majutsushi, who has the uncanny ability of knowing exactly which books to order.
November 19, 2018
Honda-san teaches us about the wonderful people known as wholesalers.
November 26, 2018
The bookstore is visited by all kinds of customers, some of whom like books, and some of whom love bookstores.
December 3, 2018
Books go out of print, but under certain special circumstances, they can be brought back from the dead.
December 10, 2018
What makes a good bookseller? The answer may not be as straightforward as it seems.
December 17, 2018
If you’ve ever worked in retail, you’ve dealt with nasty customers. But what if the good customers are worse than the bad ones?
December 24, 2018
Christmas is a time of madness at the bookstore. Closing time is also a time of madness at the bookstore.