Booksellers report giddy customers browsing and smelling books, with 3.7m print books shifted in first week after lockdown

Booksellers have reported their customers “acting like kids in a sweet shop”, with print sales jumping a third in the first week of bookshops opening their doors after lockdown.

Related: Readers on the bookshops they miss most: ‘I can’t wait to take my lockdown baby!’

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