Confessions of a book seller

Overview of the book At the age of eighteen, Sean Bethel saw for the first time the strange library in the coastal Scottish town of Wigtown. "This library won't last another year," he said then casually to a friend. Thirteen years later, it was still there, and Sean was its owner. He lives and works in the library, whose cracked shelves contain everything from a 16th-century Bible to an early edition of Agatha Christie. A paradise for a book lover? Well, almost... In his honest and funny diaries, bitterly and sarcastically humorous, Sean records his daily life in, and around, the library, revealing the life of the book trade with its successes and failures, how to live as a bookseller in the digital age, how to deal with eccentric customers, with users who operate according to their mood and often have empty pockets. Alongside that, he takes you on buying trips to old farms and auction houses, offering the thrill of discovering unexpected finds. "Bookseller Diaries" is an intimate story about a man living for, with, and among books. "Bookseller Diaries" is warm (unlike Sean's cold, frozen library) and funny, and deserves to become a bestseller — a term that greatly annoys him. Sandy On Sanday: "Absolutely hilarious. Bethel has a keen eye for the quirks of ordinary people... I encourage you to buy this book and, please, even at the risk of being insulted or complained about, buy it from a bookseller made of flesh and blood." Sandy Express. Author: Bethel Publisher: Madaa Translator: Abbas Al-Mufrej Print date: 2020