People bring books to the shop all the time, in the hope that I will A) take them off their hands and B) give them some money for them. It occurred to me today that I can now tell by the shape of the bag holding their books, whether I’m going to buy them or not. Don’t believe me? Yesterday just as I was closing, a young woman brought in a bulging plastic bag. I looked at it and thought “Hardback fiction” , (which by the way , does NOT sell second-hand). And so it proved. Dan Brown, Dan Brown Stephen King, Dan Brown etc etc. Today, a woman brought in a hessian bag that looked suspiciously heavy. I thought “encyclopedias” (they don’t sell either) and yes, it was a set of children’s encyclopedias. I don’t like telling people that their beloved books aren’t going to be beloved by anyone else – well not very much, but I would drown under the heaps if I didn’t….
My opinions were not printed in that newspaper, by the way – but I enjoyed pontificating, none the less. Still don’t know how I’m going to vote…….
