The Diary of a Bookseller

SATURDAY, 15 MARCH

Online orders: 3

Books found: 2

Today’s first customer was a short man with a wispy beard who suddenly appeared at the counter, startling me. He grinned and said, ‘You’ve got some stuff here, haven’t you? Some stuff. Some stuff.’ He bought a copy of The Hobbit. I am putting a mental jigsaw together of what a hobbit looks like, based on a composite of every customer I have ever sold a copy to.

After lunch a customer asked if we had a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. We didn’t, but a few moments after he had left, a woman brought in two boxes of books to sell, one of which contained a copy. It’s much more rewarding when this happens the other way around.

Till total £78.98

13 customers