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Managing Director John Westwood, go a whole day without selling a book The First
A 100-year-old bookstore has been overwhelmed had orders to tweeted to reserve it a "tumbleweed" - day, in the not sold a single article. was said
A clerk in Petersfield bookshop is a picture of the store on Tuesday and said not to be written, it would have been the First Time it had a sale.
The tweet has been retweeted More Than 7,000 times, including by writer Neil Gaiman .
The Shop -Managing Director John Westwood said he was overwhelmed "" by the response.
"I think, in this industry, but order online and Amazon has hit us hard. I have to sell my apartment to keep the information storage above water, and most nights sleeping on a cot in the workshop.
"We have a lot of big plans for The Future , as they expand and grow, we just need to get there first. "
Mr Westwood, who is also known locally as one of them said because of the tweet he had received More Than 300 messages asking questions about books, and 95 orders.
"It is overwhelming, breathtaking and very humbling. Book-lovers are very Special People , and each of them, and very.
"I don't carry on this memory to My Father - if you want to be rich, you go in the book industry. Books are something special and nothing beats going into a bookstore.
"See you, touch you, smell you - it is a special place. "
Author Neil Gaiman retweeted have of the bookstore's message to his millions of followersHe Gaiman, Author of Sandman, Coraline, and Good Omens for the "orders, which we receive as a result of the Gaiman bump thanked".
The Shop that sells Antiques, second-hand and new books, was on the current site since 1958, but celebrated his 100 birthday in the year 2018.
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