There he bought books and shipped them in containers back to Hay-on-Wye.
By the 1970s Hay had become internationally known as the “Town of Books”.
Today, the town receives an estimated 500,000 tourists a year.
These bookshops, sometimes nothing more than a shelf on a wall, are usually unmanned.
People simply select books and drop the money in a small letter box.
The paperbacks are 10p each and the hardcovers are 1.
Also see:Britains Telephone Box Librariesthat work under the same honesty principle.
A young reader at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales.
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Sources:Wikipedia/Daily Kos
