![]() ![]() Here's a call I took last week from a customer on the phone. Still, asking for swimming goggles seemed a little, well, weird. ![]() Some are more of the usual non-book like journals, stationery, and calendars, but we also carry toys, boardgames and locally- or regionally-made crafts. Now, it's true that we've branched out a good bit, particularly over the last five years, and we sell quite a few non-book items. Here's the more interesting of the two they included:Ĭustomer: And you call yourself a full service bookstore? ![]() One of them was entirely too long to print, but it remains one of my most frequently read blog posts (read it here if you're interested). Jen's original contributions comprise most of the US edition, but it's interspersed throughout with new scenarios from the New World, including two out of the three that I submitted. Overlook published it just this last week, and they were kind enough to send me a complimentary copy of the book. Since bookish people love reading about bookish things, the idea spread across the pond and soon there was an open call for American and Canadian booksellers to submit some of their bizarre encounters with customers. She's a poet, writer and antiquarian bookseller in the UK, and earlier this year she published a book called Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops. I've been a follower for a long time (and by "long" I guess I mean about two years or so) of Jen Campbell's This Is Not the Six Word Novel blog. ![]()
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