Clutching three thick books in her left hand and four in her right, the German lady disbelievingly shook her head, saying repeatedly, "Oh my God, oh my God. This is crazy."

That afternoon she found herself squeezed between shelves of used books at Hay Cinema Book Shop, Hay-on-Wye, UK. This three-floor bookshop sells over 200,000 titles of used books of various publication years and various subjects from various countries.

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