<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Loyal customers of a 103-year-old </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="_blank" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> bookstore formed a human chain today to help owners move the store book-by-book to its new location.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hill-of-content-one-of-melbournes-oldest-bookshops-on-the-move-after-a-century/d6ad9ad3-c803-4f01-ad81-3f4b64093084" rel="" target="_blank" title="Hill of Content on Bourke Street in Melbourne's CBD"><span>Hill of Content on Bourke Street in Melbourne's CBD</span></a><span> was booted out of its famous three-storey heritage location after the building was sold for $5.3 million last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thanks to a social media call-out, hundreds of people arrived at the store today and helped pass thousands of books from the old location to its new storefront just 120m away.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-surfer-darcy-deefholts-found-on-island-off-new-south-wales-coast/c29429ce-c341-4bb3-b7de-0b0e2c3e1fa3" target="_blank"><strong><span>Missing surfer, 19, found marooned on island 12km from NSW coast</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Owners Diana and Duncan Johnson came up with the unusual plan to use a human chain to move their inventory.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It caught the attention of Hill of Content's loyal customer base and a few curious readers hoping to help their beloved bookstore.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Staff packed up the 17,000 books in boxes a week ago, clearing out shelves that haven't stood bare for over a century.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/hill-of-content-melbourne-customers-make-human-chain-to-move-bookstore-to-new-location/58ec09d6-b0f8-404e-bc26-4405fc44df79" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It may seem like a slow process, but as the old saying goes, many hands make light work.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/elon-musk-grok-ai-chatbot-starts-posting-antisemitic-material-x/429c59ac-17f3-4465-bb39-99b548d1506b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Elon Musk's AI chatbot is suddenly posting antisemitic tropes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Around 200 Melburnians helped move thousands of books today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Even when the rain came, the loyal customers helped shield the books from the wet.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>By lunchtime, most of Hill of Content's huge book collection had been expertly moved to its new home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/aukus-us-review-australia-could-be-asked-to-pay-more-reports/a4866bdd-2c01-40c6-b966-c8baeefe1567" target="_blank"><strong><span>AUKUS price tag could increase after US review: report</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/feels-like-temperature-vs-actual-what-is-the-difference-explained/ad93cb4f-9d11-4dd4-ba19-df84bdb25971" target="_blank"><strong><span>Do you rely on the 'feels like' temperature or the actual one?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Plenty took to social media to chronicle the unique moving day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Johnsons were told they needed to vacate the building in January.</span></div></div><div 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