The Diary of a Bookseller

Posted on 10 November 2018 by Shaun Bythell

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown Scotland s largest second hand bookshop It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea A book lover s paradise Well, almost In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski suit wearing, bin foraging Nicky He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books both lost classics and new discoveries , introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the rhythms and charms of small town life, always with a sharp and sympathetic eye. New Read [ The Diary of a Bookseller ] Author [ Shaun Bythell ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Call me crazy but I ve always wondered when I die what will happen to all my books My house is overflowing with them Nobody else reads them but me The Diary of a bookseller made me think I m not so crazy after all It appears there are waycrazier people in the world It also appears most of them frequent this book shop The funny stories abound with a daily summary of a day in the life of a bookseller in Scotland s largest 2nd hand book shop in the charming little village of Wigtown Call me crazy but I ve always wondered when I die what will happen to all my books My house is overflowing with them Nobody else reads them but me The Diary of a bookseller made me think I m not so crazy after all It appears there are waycrazier people in the world It also appears most of them frequent this book shop The funny stories abound with a daily summary of a day in the life of a bookseller in Scotland s largest 2nd hand book shop in the charming little village of Wigtown where not much else happens there except it s like a little Mecca for book lovers, a place where all manner of people come and go Some buyers but mostly browsers which irritates Shaun the owner of the book shop to no end He doesn t hold back on the snide commentary which makes for a lot of laughs The customers a...These are the experiences of Shaun Bythell, a bookseller in Wigtown in beautiful Scotland, in diary format The working days, the interesting customers problematic or not , the co workers, the struggle to support a second hand bookshop the second largest in the country in the era of technology, everything that makes bookselling such a fascinating and exhausting profession is included in this book Despite the positive reviews and my high expectations, I have to say that I didn t enjoy reading These are the experiences of Shaun Bythell, a bookseller in Wigtown in beautiful Scotland, in diary format The working days, the interesting customers problematic or not , the co workers, the struggle to support a second hand bookshop the second largest in the country in the era of technology, everything that makes bookselling such a fascinating and exhausting profession is included in this book Despite the positive reviews and my high expectations, I have to say that I didn t enjoy reading this at all.There were two things that won me over and kept me going The experiences of the author sometimes, they proved to be real adventures while trying to find the most appropriate books for his shop a...I am always a sucker for books about books so I knew I had to read this as soon as I saw the title and the cover So glad I did The bookseller of the title is the author himself, Shaun Bythell He lives in Wigtown, Scotland where this beautiful bookshop actually exists How I would love to go and see it Shaun has a rather snarky sense of humour which had me laughing out loud I also found myself doing that totally annoying thing of reading bits out loud to anyone who happened to be nearby at I am always a sucker for books about books so I knew I had to read this as soon as I saw the title and the cover So glad I did The bookseller of the title is the author himself, Shaun Bythell He lives in Wigtown, Scotland where this beautiful bookshop actually exists How I would love to go and see it Shaun has a rather snarky sense of humour which had me laughing o...One of the best books I ve read so far this year This is a book for all book lovers or people who secretly wish to work in a bookstore Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland, and with this book he shares his diary from 2014 in which he writes about everything going on in the store as well as in Wigtown I had to get used to his tone of ...A reread In April I finally made it to Wigtown, the Book Town of Scotland, and The Bookshop for the life of me I cannot determine whether it should be The Bookshop or The Book Shop the name on the website Facebook page is different from the storefront , a wonderfully rambling place with lots of nooks and crannies housing all sorts of categories Look out for the shot and mounted Kindle, the Festival bed, the stuffed badger, and the scroll of bookseller s rules Luckily, on our visit we A reread In April I finally made it to Wigtown, the Book Town of Scotland, and The Bookshop for the life of me I cannot determine whether it should be The Bookshop or The Book Shop the name on the website Facebook page is different from the storefront , a wonderfully rambling place with lots of nooks and crannies housing all sorts of categories Loo...This book is going straight onto my shelf of all time favourites I really enjoyed reading Shaun Bythell s diary of the trials, tribulations and occasional triumphs of being a bookseller In 2001, after having difficulty settling on a career he enjoyed, Shaun bought The Book Shop in his home town of Wigtown, in the Galloway region of Scotland Some years later he started a diary and a facebook site to record the interactions with his customers, but over the months it developed into so muchThis book is going straight onto my shelf of all time favourites I really enjoyed reading Shaun Bythell s diary... The Diary of a Bookseller is the first person account of Shaun Bythell, owner of The Bookshop, a large second hand bookstore in Scotland Over the course of the year 2014, Bythell keeps a diary of daily encounters from the shop Some days are better than others Irritating customers are a given Bythell has a consistent dry sarcasm, and the details of the shop s daily happenings are amusingAny bookseller will tell you that, even with 100,000 books neatly sorted and shelved in a well lit, warm The Diary of a Bookseller is the first person account of Shaun Bythell, owner of The Bookshop, a large second hand bookstore in Scotland Over the course of the year 2014, Bythell keeps a diary of daily encounters from the shop Some days are better than others Irritating customers are a given Bythell has a consistent dry sarcasm, and the details of the shop s daily happenings are amusingAny bookseller will tell you that, even with 100,000 books neatly sorted and shelved in a well lit, warm shop, if you put an unopened box of books in a dark, cold, dimly lit corner, customers will be rifling through it in a matter of moments The appeal of a box of unsorted, unpriced stock is extraordinary Obviously the idea of finding a bargain is part of it, but I suspect it goes wel...Rating 3.5 5.0Genre Nonfiction MemoirShaun Bythell tells us about his experience after buying this big second hand bookshop in Wigtown which is considered the second largest bookshop there, the challenges he faced to keep it up and running in our era in which technology has advanced a lot where there are other forms of r...Books excite me, but reading a book about a bookshop, excites me just that little bitI haven t came across many books in this kind of genre, so I really made the most of this one The book shop, is ran by Shaun Bythell, and is located in Wigtown, Scotland It is a seemingly successful second hand book shop, and this book contains the diary of Bythell, which he kept for a year, and has all the events of each day recorded in it Now, I usefor books very often, and it is due to Books excite me, but reading a book about a bookshop, excites me just that little bitI haven t came across many books in this kind of genre, so I really made the most of this one The book shop, is ran by Shaun Bythell, and is located in Wigtown, Scotland It is a seemingly successful second hand book shop, and this book contains the diary of Bythell, which he kept for a year, and has all the events of each day recorded in it Now, I usefor books very often, and it is due to , that unfortunately, many second hand bookstores either struggle, or have gone out of business completely I for one love mooching around a bookshop, I find it so enthralling but also comforting at the same time It is a great shame that we don t have as many bookshops around like we used to We obviously can thank the Internet for...Of course, one person s good book is another person s bad book the matter is entirely subjective For me, this book is quirky with a capital Q The story meanders along, a bit like life really Mostly routine and humdrum, with little flecks of highlights and happiness A journal of sorts, of the trials and tribulations of a bookseller, and in a second hand bookstore at that Not a lot happens, but there are little gems that had me laughing out loud such asAn elderly customer told me thatOf course, one person s good book is another person s bad book the matter is entirely subjective For me, this book is quirky with a capital Q The story meanders along, a bit like life really Mostly routine and humdrum, with little flecks of highlights and happiness A journal of sorts, of the trials and tribulations of a bookseller, and in a second hand bookstore at that Not a lot happens, but there are little gems that had me laughing out loud such asAn elderly customer told me that...

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10 November 2018

Shaun Bythell