Friday, November 11, 2011

Has it really been that long?

Well, that's quite shameful really!

I know that when you start a blog all your intentions are very good, and the thought is that you will at least blog every week, but even I'm quite shocked to see th it's June since I last tapped keyboard for Bookselling in Bell Street. I'm sure it's the common cry, but actually we've had a very busy summer.

The thing that probably kept us busiest, and prevented me from lounging about most, was the building of a library for some customers in North London, to go into a newly constructed house. Sourcing the relevant books, cataloguing, and then installing over two van loads of books takes up an inordinate amount of time.

I know that lots of people, the idea of someone else selecting your books is completely alien.  However, building libraries has a long tradition within bookselling, and it is actually welcome and enjoyable change from our usual bookselling tasks.  The bizarre thing is, that we now find ourselves doing another library building job for an American customer – perhaps they are like buses , and only travel in pairs. 

Must press on, as we have to sort some props out for a forthcoming film of Great Expectations.  Next year being the bicentenary of Charles Dickens's birth means that by the end of 2012 we will probably be heartily sick of Boz.

Will endeavour to make more regular contributions!

TTFN