Cleveland booksellers underwhelmed by Clinton-seeking customers.

Chagrin Falls bookstore owner Jim Lewis mostly chuckled Tuesday at the hype as TV showed hordes scrambling for copies of Bill Clinton’s newly released autobiography, “My Life,” in New York and Washington, D.C.

“You have to have a copy in D.C. It’s required,” he said.

As for his store, the Fireside Bookshop, “I stocked 2,500 copies, and they sold out by noon,” he said earnestly. “And you can expect the same honesty from me that you can expect from Bill Clinton.”

In fact, by noon, Lewis had not sold one of his shop’s 20 copies, and he intended to cancel the 30 additional copies on order.

Chagrin Falls. I want to live in Chagrin Falls.

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