A bookshop owner has been flooded with orders after telling her Twitter followers that she had only taken £12.34 in a day and begging them to buy from her store.

On Monday, Georgia Duffy, owner of independent bookstore Imagined Things, expressed her sorrow at her poor taking on Twitter after an extremely tough day.

She has been moved to tears by the response to her Tweet and has been kept up until 1am responding to all the replies to it, which included one from renowned author Allison Pearson.

The post quickly went viral and has been seen by more than a million people and retweeted more than 4,500 times.

Georgia Duffy told her Twitter followers she had only taken £12.34 in a day and begged them to buy from her store

In her Tweet Georgia told her followers her takings for a day amounted to a measly £12.34

Georgia has been moved to tears by the response to her Tweet and has been kept up until 1am responding to the replies from it

People took to Twitter to show their support Amanda after she made her Tweet

Since making the tweet, Georgia, 28, said there had been a massive uplift in the number of people through the door and they have been flooded with online book sales.

She said: 'I'm a bit overwhelmed, the response has been phenomenal.

'We sold at least 70 books yesterday, which was one of our best days yet.

'Before this, the number of customers seemed to have dropped off a cliff. It's been really bad.

'Other retailers have said the same but none of us could work out why.

'It's been a tough time and then Monday was the worst day we've ever had.

'When I sent out the tweet, I just hoped that a few more people would know that we need them to buy books.'

Author Allison Pearson was so moved by the post she offered to buy books and do a reading

On Monday evening, she posted that the store had 'only took £12.34 today...if anyone was thinking about buying a book now would be a great time!

'Things have been tough recently - today the worst day ever.

'A card, a book, anything makes a huge difference to a small business like ours. We'd be very grateful for your support.'

She has since sold 70 books in a day - one of her most successful days for sales since opening up her business.

Alison Pearson was moved by the viral Tweet

Author Allison Pearson, whose debut novel I Don't Know How She Does It was made into a movie of the same name, tweeted in response: 'Oh, no! Can I come and do a reading and buy some books?'

Rebecca added: 'I plan to visit Harrogate - looks lovely - and we live for finding fab bookshops. A definite summer holiday visit from us. Hang on in there.'

Richard Carter tweeted: 'If all we do is moan about the death of the high street, the rise of 'chains' & online and lack of independent shops, then we only have ourselves to blame.

'Great little bookshop and now my first choice in Harrogate.'

Now Georgia says she has been overwhelmed with orders and support from customers.

She said: 'I was up until 1am trying to reply to everyone, I wasn't expecting it at all.

'I've had at least 50 people visit the shop and many of them are mentioning the tweet.

'Lots of residents and people on day trips have come in, it's been amazing.

'I haven't even had the time to count how many orders we have had.'

When it opened last year Imagined Things was the first independent bookshop in Harrogate for nearly twenty years

Imagined Things sells a mix of books which are aimed at adults, young adults and children

Georgia opened the shop last July in Harrogate, North Yorks, after leaving her job as a radiographer.

The bookstore was the first independent bookstore to open in the town for over 20 years.

According to the Booksellers Association, the number of independent bookshops in the UK has fallen for the 11th year in a row.

The figures from February 2017 showed the numbers had almost halved from 1,535 independents in 2005 to 867 in 2017.