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lambsears's review against another edition
5.0
Well - what a surprisingly delightful read!
Surprising because who'd have thought that a day-by-day description of a second-hand bookseller's business would be at all engaging, but it is.
No great literature here, although plenty recommended, just a charming insight into the perilously hand-to-mouth second-hand book industry, the quirky characters that haunt used book stores, and the threats posed to the trade by the Amazon behemoth - owner of all in it's path, including this site.
I loved this book and am currently planning my trip to Wigtown and their book festival!
Surprising because who'd have thought that a day-by-day description of a second-hand bookseller's business would be at all engaging, but it is.
No great literature here, although plenty recommended, just a charming insight into the perilously hand-to-mouth second-hand book industry, the quirky characters that haunt used book stores, and the threats posed to the trade by the Amazon behemoth - owner of all in it's path, including this site.
I loved this book and am currently planning my trip to Wigtown and their book festival!
cypherfairy's review against another edition
3.0
very insightful, especially if you have an interest in bookselling. managed to never be boring despite being a literal diary, and made me smile and even laugh out loud a couple of times. its biggest and perhaps only real flaw is that it's written by a (probably cishet) white man and therefore forces me to see the world through a lens which i hate