Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Readers come to the rescue of Big Green Bookshop

This from today's Standard:

Simon Key & Tim West

Social networking sites have often been blamed for having a negative impact on the reading habits of Londoners.

When an independent bookstore in Wood Green hit financial difficulties, Twitter and Facebook came to the rescue.

Simon Key, 43, and Tim West, 49, the owners of the Big Green Bookshop, sent out emergency tweets and Facebook posts pleading for help to solve their £60,000 debt crisis. It prompted an extraordinary response, with hundreds of new customers visiting the shop and “staggering” online sales.

A series of fundraising events were also organised, including readings by writers such as Will Self and Mark Billingham. A party is planned at the shop on Saturday to celebrate clearing its debts.

Follow its fortunes on Twitter: @Biggreenbooks

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Permalink Reply by Andrew T on March 8, 2012 at 18:00

Link to original article http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/london/life-is-tweet-as-readers-...

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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on March 8, 2012 at 18:08

In case you missed it Andrew, we credited the article to The Standard right up front. The reason we reproduce is because most papers apart from the nationals don't keep their articles online for long. So unless we copy and paste the record is gone within a few months as we've learned to our chagrin.