The Diary of a Bookseller

TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY

Online orders: 3

Books found: 2

Email from my cousin who lives in Greece to let me know that the shop was featured in a Greek book blog. Once, shortly after I had bought the shop, a Northern Irishman accosted me as I was putting books out and asked, ‘Do you have a copy of the Greek New Testament?’ When I told him that I didn’t have a copy in stock, he replied, ‘No self-respecting bookshop could fail to have a Greek New Testament.’ I muttered something about him being welcome to his opinion and carried on about my business. When he left, armed with a few books on Calvinism, he had the decency to apologise and compliment me on the shop’s stock, particularly the theology section.

The old ladies appeared at 1 p.m. for their art class.

The postman picked up the five sacks of random books at 4 p.m.

Till total £22.50

4 customers