When October Books — a small bookstore in Southampton, England — had to move to a new building down the road because of a rent hike, the whole community chipped in to help move the inventory. But the way they did it — by forming a human chain and passing the books hand to hand, one at a time — has attracted international attention.The World’s Marco Werman speaks to a co-op member, Clare Diaper.
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