{"id":84653,"date":"2018-11-22T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T06:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=84653"},"modified":"2018-11-28T16:04:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T05:04:18","slug":"book-toxic-dumplin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2018\/11\/22\/book-toxic-dumplin\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK NEWS: Book sells after 27 years on the shelf, “Toxic” is the Word of the Year and the Dumplin’ Trailer has arrived!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book sells after twenty-seven years on the shelf!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Broadhurst Bookshop in Southport England created a magical experience for booklovers on twitter earlier this week after tweeting that they had sold a book which had been in stock for 27 years.<\/p>\n

The book, which was reportedly Pitkin’s William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings<\/a>, has been sitting on the shelf since May 1991. It was sold for the original price of 99 pence. And the best part? The bookseller who originally stocked the book is now 84 years old and still works part-time at the bookshop!<\/em><\/p>\n

The tweet garnered a lot of attention (getting over 150,000 retweets!) as people everywhere fell in love with the idea of this lonely, long-overlooked little book finally finding a good home. A thoroughly entertaining thread evolved – you can catch some highlights below!<\/p>\n

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The book held its breath. It had hoped so often, only to have that hope crushed. Hands lifted it from the shelf, wrapped it warmly in paper. As the door closed on its past life, the book heard the soft cheers of its shelfmates.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Todd Taylor (@scraphamster) November 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n