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This is how you move a bookstore—Chelsea style. 📚 Over 300 locals formed a human chain, passing 9,100 books to Serendipity Books! Read the full story here: apnews.com/.../bookstor....

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300 residents in Chelsea a small Michigan town help bookstore (Serendipity Books) move 9K titles to new shop space with ‘book brigade’ 📚#Sentry #SentryCustomSecurity #FeelGoodNews #SerendipityBooks #Chelsea #Michigan #Books #BookBrigade www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPAa...

Mobilisés, les habitants de cette petite ville déménagent une librairie actualitte.com/a/sKS9LKoF
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The "book brigade" viral story re: how customers/friends of an indie bookshop gathered together to help move the bookstore reminds me of how many folks took time to help Reach and Teach move 2 years ago. I'm most grateful! #indiebookstore #bookbrigade #cityofsancarlos abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/b...

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300-strong ‘book brigade’ helps Chelsea bookstore move to new location
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‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront

Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books – one by one – to a new storefront about a block away.
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‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront

Lovely story!

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Helped move an entire bookstore a few books at a time with over 230 other readers last weekend… so much fun! #bookbrigade #shoplocal #indiebookstore #bookcommunity #authorinthewild

See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home Chelsea — Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books — one by one — to a new storefront about a block away. The “book brigade” of around 300 people stood in two lines running along a sidewalk in downtown Chelsea on Sunday, passing each title from Serendipity Books' former location directly to the correct shelves in the new building, down the block and around the corner on Main Street. “It was a practical way to move the books, but it also was a way for everybody to have a part,” Michelle Tuplin, the store's owner, said. “As people passed the books along, they said ‘I have not read this’ and ‘that’s a good one.’” Momentum had been building since Tuplin announced the move in January. “It became so buzzy in town. So many people wanted to help,” she said Tuesday. Tuplin said the endeavor took just under two hours — much shorter than hiring a moving company to box and unbox the thousands of titles. The brigade even put the books back on the shelves in alphabetical order. Now Tuplin hopes to have the new location open within two weeks. The bookstore has been in Chelsea, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) west of Detroit, since 1997. Tuplin has been the owner since 2017 and has three part-time employees. About 5,300 people call Chelsea home and residents described it as a place where neighbors help neighbors. “It's a small town and people just really look out for each other," said Kaci Friss, 32, who grew up in Chelsea and has worked at the bookstore for a little over a year. "Anywhere you go, you are going to run into someone you know or who knows you, and is going to ask you about your day.” Friss said Sunday's book brigade reminded her of “how special this community is.” This article originally appeared on Associated Press: See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home

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