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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
by Oliver Darkshire
A fun anecdotal book about life as an antique bookseller. I found that I enjoyed this more when I read it in small, 10 minute sections or a few chapters at a time, instead of trying to read it all in one or two settings. It kept me eager to come back to it.
I realized the more I read that I hadn't ever given much thought to the differences between booksellers and antique booksellers. I thought the primary connection would be a love of books, and wanting to surround yourself with them. Turns out, there are many differences. From the level of customer service - I like to imagine that regular booksellers look forward to seeing their customers - to the important difference that antique booksellers must always remember the value of books. Not only that, but their salability They deal in rare, expensive books, and it's not simply enough that a book is old and valuable. They must be able to sell it, the sooner the better.
On top of the strange characters that occupy the bookshop full time, there were the even stranger customers. Providing oddities and entertainment, this was a fun read, if a little bit slow at times.
I realized the more I read that I hadn't ever given much thought to the differences between booksellers and antique booksellers. I thought the primary connection would be a love of books, and wanting to surround yourself with them. Turns out, there are many differences. From the level of customer service - I like to imagine that regular booksellers look forward to seeing their customers - to the important difference that antique booksellers must always remember the value of books. Not only that, but their salability They deal in rare, expensive books, and it's not simply enough that a book is old and valuable. They must be able to sell it, the sooner the better.
On top of the strange characters that occupy the bookshop full time, there were the even stranger customers. Providing oddities and entertainment, this was a fun read, if a little bit slow at times.