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Are there many other "book villages" out there?
by murphyslab 5y ago
Are there many other "book villages" out there?
- leegraham 5y agoI think Hay is the most famous in the UK, but there are others such as Sedbergh.
- teh_klev 5y agoThere's also Wigtown in Dumfriesshire: https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/visit/bookshops https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/visit/bookshops https://www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk/bookshops/ https://www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk/bookshops/ It's about the same size as Hay-on-Wye.
- petercooper 5y agoThe chap who runs the biggest bookshop in Wigtown is a funny character who's written a hugely enjoyable book called "The Diary of a Bookseller" about the ins and outs of running such a book shop. A way to get rich it is not.
- teh_klev 5y agoCheers for the recommendation.
- JKCalhoun 5y ago: 2) Write book about losing money running a book shop. 3) Profit!
- petercooper 5y agoI don't know about that, because if there's famously one profession that makes even less than running a book shop.. :-)
- JKCalhoun 5y agoTouché.
- stevekemp 5y agoIf you weren't aware there is a sequel too: https://www.goodreads.com/series/303571-the-diary-of-a-bookseller https://www.goodreads.com/series/303571-the-diary-of-a-books...
- cafard 5y agoThere's Archer City, Texas. The late Larry McMurtry moved his used book operation there from the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, ago. I don't know what its long-term future is, now that McMurtry's gone, but the website says that it's still operating: https://www.bookedupac.com/ https://www.bookedupac.com/.