The Diary of a Bookseller

THURSDAY, 8 JANUARY

Online orders: 3

Books found: 3

Further exciting developments in the saga of the mouldy copy of The Universal Singular.

Here is her reply to my sarcastic request for her address so that I could send someone in an ebola suit to collect it:

The address is:

Satellite 13RTX77 – X11

Venus orbit 3

Milky Way

I spent the first half hour re-shelving the piles of books that the couple who sat by the fire yesterday had built up.

Depressing news today was that last year global revenue from digital downloads of music overtook CD sales. As music, books and films are probably the three media that can most easily and cheaply be digitised, it seems as though it can only be a matter of time before our trade goes the same way, although it is reassuring that large numbers of people who visit the shop tell me that they much prefer the physical pleasure of reading a book, and dislike Kindles. The Kindle that I shot and mounted on a shield is, without question, the most photographed object in the shop.

Anna reminded me that I promised to take her to see Into the Woods in Glasgow tomorrow. She is incredibly excited about it. I am dreading it.

Till total £36.49

10 customers