The Diary of a Bookseller

FRIDAY, 19 DECEMBER

Online orders: 1

Books found: 1

Colwyn Bay replied with some photos of what looks like reasonable stock of 20,000 books. Apparently they have had an offer that is well below what they are looking for. I suspect that my offer would be in the same region, so I am not going to bother. Very few people now will take on a deal of that size, so you can pretty much name your price. I suspect they are going to struggle to shift them.

The shop was as quiet and cold as the grave, speaking of which, I must ask Nicky if any of our regulars has died recently.

I was sorting through boxes of books when I spotted a copy of Petronius’ Satyricon. Started flicking through it and I think I’ll attempt to read it.

The postman picked up the Random Book Club mail sacks at 3.30 p.m.

Nicky is staying tonight and will be working tomorrow, so that means I will have a bit more freedom to do such exciting things as go to the bank, then to the sawmill to pick up timber for new shelves, and even clean the van.

Till total £122

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