If you love books, and value bookstores, you’ll want to read this remarkable story. It started with a single tweet:
Petersfield Bookshop@The_PBS
…Tumbleweed…
Not a single book sold today…
£0.00…
We think think this maybe the first time ever…
We know its miserable out but if you’d like to help us out please find our Abebooks offering below, all at 25% off at the moment….
Read the story here:
Cynthia Reyes 
A wonderful story, Cynthia – and the shop is not too far from us
Maybe you’ll visit one day, Derrick!
It will have to be for a present because I stopped buying for myself about 10 years ago 🙂
Thank you for sharing such an uplifting story!
At the other end of the country from me, but I do try and support my local secondhand bookshops 🙂
Wonderful story to read on this Sunday morning. I don’t think future generations are going to shop in brick and mortar stores like we did so it is great he’s getting a good start with online sales. They don’t know what they’re missing by visiting a bookstore like this in person, and applause to someone with a large social media presence helping the small guy.
Oh, I could not love this more! I love it when we realize what is true and good and should stand the test of time.
This is a wonderful story. So happy to see a bookstore live on. Going to reblog this because it is such a good story.
Thank you for reblogging. I hope you’re doing well! I’m mainly on grandparent planet these days but will resurface!
Understood. Hope everyone is doing well.
Reblogged this on e-Quips and commented:
Cynthia Reyes blog a British bookstore is heartwarming and how sometimes twitterstorms can be a good thing.
This is a heartwarming story, Cynthia. I love bookstores!
Not surprised. You are a storyteller! Hope all is well.
Thanks for the wonderful story and share Cynthia. If more people focused on helping each other, we might transform our world and the way we live and do business. Together we rise…
Thank you. And since ‘together we rise’, I will feel uplifted when you tell me you are organizing your best posts into one book. Maybe you can call it “Together We Rise”. I will keep nagging you, Brad. Get cracking.
Uh oh. I’ve walked into your trap. 🙂 Truthfully I don’t feel very passionate about creating a book. I never aspired to be a writer, but enjoy the expression and connection with others.
That doesn’t work for me so I am not stopping. You have created a book. You just have to see its parts already exist.
Is there an off button on this? 🙂
Nope. You’re stuck with me as your nagger. I will be so glad to help you promote your book! Visioning it already. And I will be a beta reader too.
Thank you. I may take you up on your offers.
I saw this on TV and am happy that it brought business to this little store.
Great story! I love the old bookstores. Right now I am reading a book about a book store with a cat – “Dewey” – a true story.
Sounds great! Hope your new year is off to a great start.
Thanks for this, Cynthia. I couldn’t leave a comment on the other site, but Neil Gaiman kept popping up in my Twitter feed and I went to have a look and thought “this guy is sooo nice!” and followed him. He has continued to be responsive and generous in his tweets, so I’m glad his followers surged forth for this bookstore. And I’m sure the service and range of books will keep some of them coming back. What a heartening story!
Isn’t this wonderful? Hey – a tweet from. Neil Gaiman can make all the difference!!
Hello. I saw a segment about this while flipping the dials the other day. Can’t remember which network it was on. Possibly it was France 24. Take care.
Neil Scheinin
Thanks, Neil. I understand that it’s helped not just that bookstore but many other Indie bookstores too. Sometimes, a tweet and a blog post can help someone!
What a wonderful story. We have so few independent bookstores left, it’s so good to see one that was given a boost.