Essay
Why we still write the notes by hand
Every staff pick has a card. Every card is written by the person who read the book. Here’s why.
Daniel Okafor
People sometimes ask why we don’t just print the shelf cards. It would be faster, and Theo’s handwriting would stop being a talking point.
But a printed card says “recommended”. A handwritten one says “I read this, and I thought of you”. That is the whole point of a bookshop.
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