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Michigan town assembles 300 person human chain to help local bookstore move 9,100 books

The people of Chelsea, Michigan came out in full force to help Serendipity Books move their inventory to a new location across town

An image of the "book brigade" for Serendipity Books in Chelsea, Michigan
Image credit: Burrill Strong

The world may be a dark place today, but we still have towns like Chelsea, Michigan.

As reported by The Guardian, the town of 5,400 strong located 16 miles west of Ann Arbor mobilized to help a local bookstore, Serendipity Books, with their move across town. 300 people, young and old, formed two lines bridging Serendipity Books's old location to their new one down the street and around the corner. 

With the help of the human chain, Serendipity Books was able to save money on moving fees, as well as precious time. The whole operation was efficient, as all 9,100 of Serendipity's books were moved in just under 2 hours. If you've ever worked at a bookstore or comic book shop that needed to move house, then you know the particular pain that comes with boxing up heavy tomes, loading them up into your vehicle, carrying them into their new shop, unboxing again, and putting them on shelves. Under 2 hours for over 9,000 books is probably the closest humanity can get to entering the Speed Force while moving books. 

Even more impressive is that all of the books were reshelved in Serendipity Book's new location in alphabetical order. Now I'm starting to get jealous that I wasn't there to help - shelving and alphabetizing scratches my brain just right. 

Anyways, support your local bookstores! 


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Jules Chin Greene

Jules Chin Greene: Jules Chin Greene is a journalist and Jack Kirby enthusiast. He has written about comics, video games, movies, and television for sites such as Nerdist, AIPT, Multiverse of Color, and Screen Rant.

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