This French Bookstore Has Fun Judging Books by Their Covers

Being in sync with Delacroix at Librairie Mollat in Bordeaux, France (via @librairie_mollat)

Social media gimmicks are many, but one independent bookshop in Bordeaux, Librairie Mollat, has found a creative way to engage their more than 66,000 Instagram followers with some clever book cover placement, while making them aware of some great book titles they have for sale. If this playful account tells us anything (other than it’s summer and we also need sources of happiness with all the depressing news nowadays), it’s that you may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but damn it, it makes for great Instagram fodder.

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Margaret Atwood, La Servante écarlate, coll. Pavillons poche, éd. @robert_laffont #margaretatwood #laservanteecarlate #pavillonspoche #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #kitap #книга #本 #책 #書 #librairie #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #ספר #bookface #bookfacemollat

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice L’art Suisse n’existe pas, Michel Thévoz, éd. Les Cahiers dessinés #lescahiersdessines #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #kitap #книга #本 #책 #書 #librairie #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #ספר #bookface #bookfacefriday #bookbottom

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#bookface #deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Giacometti, l’oeuvre ultime (1960-1966), éd. Snoeck #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #kitap #книга #本 #책 #書 #librairie #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #ספר #sleeveface #giacometti

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Anthologie n°8 été 2017 #bookface #deslibrairesàvotreservice #sleeveface #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #книга #本 #책 #kitap #librairie #کتاب #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #الكتاب #書 #ספר

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#bookface #deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Charles Bukowski, Sur l’écriture, éd. Au Diable Vauvert #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #kitap #книга #本 #책 #書 #librairie #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #ספר #audiablevauvert #charlesbukowski

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Hunter S.Thompson, Le Marathon d’Honolulu, éd. Tristram #editionstristram #bookface #sleeveface #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #книга #本 #책 #kitap #librairie #کتاب #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #الكتاب #書

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Virginia Woolf, Une chambre à soi, @editions1018 #bookface #virginiawoolf #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #книга #本 #책 #kitap #librairie #کتاب #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #الكتاب

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Vous vous êtes rencontrés dans notre librairie ? Partagez votre belle histoire et envoyez-nous votre témoignage ! (en MP) #mollatlove #librairie #mollat #librairiemollat #bookfacemollat @editions1018 #alireenpocheexpo

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Carlo Lucarelli, Albergo Italia, éd. Métailié @editionsmetailie #bookface #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #книга #本 #책 #kitap #librairie #کتاب #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #الكتاب @instagramfr #cettesemainesurinstagram

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Maggie O’Farrell, Cette main qui a pris la mienne, @editions1018 #bookface #bookfacefriday #bookfacemagazine #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #книга #本 #책 #kitap #librairie #کتاب #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #الكتاب #sleeveface #maggieofarrell

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Xinran, Baguettes chinoises, @editionspicquier merci à @ma.xiao.ke @ascetisme et @antoine_gistau pour leur collaboration à ce #bookfacemollat improvisé #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #kitap #книга #本 #책 #書 #librairie #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #ספר #sleeveface #bookface

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec La Peau dure, Raymond Guérin, éd. Finitude #editionsfinitude #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #kitap #книга #本 #책 #書 #librairie #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #ספר #bookface #bookfacemollat #bookfacemagazine

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec Meredith Duran, La Belle endormie (série, Les Affranchies, tome 1), coll. Aventures et passions, @jailu_editions #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #kitap #книга #本 #책 #書 #librairie #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #ספר #bookface #bookfacemollat

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#deslibrairesàvotreservice avec La Vie des gens, François Morel et @martinjarrie , éd. @lesfourmisrouges #bookface #bookfacefriday #livre #book #buch #libro #livro #bok #книга #本 #책 #kitap #librairie #کتاب #bookshop #librairiemollat #mollat #bordeaux #igersgironde #الكتاب #sleeveface

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