Book seller makes friends every day

Shop owner who started business with humble cart loves to serve his customers face-to-face

Secondhand bookstores are dying out in Hefei, but one man with a dream and a little out-of-the-way shop is doing his best to preserve the love of old books and make them available to readers.

Zhu Chuanguo's Zengzhi Secondhand Book Store has been located along a narrow street in downtown Hefei, in East China's Anhui province, since 2000. Well-known among teachers, writers and journalists, Zhu was introduced to a larger readership in April, when journalist Zhang Yuzheng wrote about his life.