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I've noticed a few people here saying they wanted to read about the experience of owning a book store. I can strongly recommend "The Diary of a Bookseller" by S

I've noticed a few people here saying they wanted to read about the experience of owning a book store. I can strongly recommend "The Diary of a Bookseller" by Shaun Bythell after ending up at his very eclectic book shop in the middle of nowhere in Scotland and discovering he's actually a fantastic diarist too. A bit more background: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/22/diary-of-bookseller-shaun-bythell-review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/22/diary-of-books...

robocat 5y ago
George Orwell wrote an essay on his experience working in a book shop: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/bookshop-memories/ https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel... He worked there 1934+ and wrote the essay in 1936[1]. The main character of his novel Keep The Aspidistra Flying worked in a book store - with some scathing character vignettes of the customers! Despressing book and Eric Blair himself disliked it “Orwell refused to allow either Keep the Aspidistra Flying or his first novel, the considerably weaker A Clergyman's Daughter, to be reprinted in his lifetime.”[2] [1] https://www.letterpressproject.co.uk/media/file/BMLetterpressFinal.pdf https://www.letterpressproject.co.uk/media/file/BMLetterpres... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jul/06/georgeorwell.classics https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jul/06/georgeorwell.c...