The Diary of a Bookseller

TUESDAY, 5 AUGUST

Online orders: 0

Books found: 0

Laurie and Katie were both in the shop again today. I really need to split them, as I can’t afford to pay them both. Next week they will work three days each with no overlap.

No orders today, so I suspect that there is a problem with Monsoon. I have emailed them to let them know.

Anna and Hilary left for Much Wenlock, but before they did, they told me that they want to come back with a book group and run a creative writing course in the shop in February. I warned them about the temperature. They didn’t seem to be put off. I’m not sure how it would work financially, so I suggested that they could use the house for free the first year – they seem to think that the drawing room would be an ideal venue – and if it works, we can find a way of repeating it but with a small fee for the use of the house.

Katie spent the day ordering the poetry section, which has become chaotically disorganised.

Internet stopped working at 3 p.m.

Till total £550.34

52 customers