19th in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
Staff writer
SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa Pref. -- Conventional wisdom says it takes 10 years to gain the skills to appraise used books. Takashi Sakamoto, president of Book Off Corp., a forerunner in franchised stores selling secondhand books, shortened this to two months by simplifying the pricing process.
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