For a week, guests can run The Open Book bookstore - without pay, but with a lot of passion.

An idea for all bookworms: The rent the guests pay funds the shop. Proceeds from book sales go toward the town’s book festival. Wigtown in Scotland is known as a book town and has revived the economy through literature and festivals.

Jessica Fox, an American writer, came up with the idea of the bookshop-for-rent. She first came to Wigtown as a visitor, and stayed.

In 2015, she started The Open Book. Since then, guests from all over the world have fulfilled their dreams of living the life of a temporary bookseller here. Advising customers, sorting books, being part of the village community: for three sisters from Ohio, too, it was a dream come true.