Half Price Books' road to success doesn't follow the book From: The Journal Record | Date: July 3, 1997| Author: Greg Hassell Houston Chronicle | Copyright 1997 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

HOUSTON -- When Half Price Books started out in Dallas, it was the very picture of a business built on a shoestring.

The initial kitty was a measly $4,000. The location was an old laundry. Much of the inventory was purchased from a used bookstore that, perhaps ominously, had gone out of business. The first employees were the daughters of co-founder Pat Anderson. Thirteen- year-old Sharon made handmade signs and learned to sort books.

She memorized a few tips to make the sorting e...

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