The Petersfield Bookshop

The World

A small bookshop in the UK tweeted about their day with zero sales. The tweet went viral around the world, and the store ended up being inundated with orders in just a few hours. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Robert Sansom, one of the booksellers, about that day. 

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