How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book

People pass books down a chain to help the bookstore October Books move to a new location on Sunday in Southampton, England.

October Books

When October Books, a small radical bookshop in Southampton, England, was moving to a new location down the street, it faced a problem. How could it move its entire stock to the new spot, without spending a lot of money or closing down for long?

The shop came up with a clever solution: They put out a call for volunteers to act as a human conveyor belt.

As they prepared to “lift and shift” on Sunday, they expected perhaps 100 people to help.