Re: Borders up for sale?

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:00:32 -0400, Sean O'Hara <seanohara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful Gene Ward Smith 
>declared:
>>  
>> The Other Change of Hobbit in Berkeley screwed me over in a different
way. 
>> They had a sign up with a big explanation for why they didn't, for
social-
>> poltical reasons, carry Gor books. This, of course, obligated me to
read 
>> the first Gor book, which turned out to be crap on cardboard. Why
couldn't 
>> they have not carried Gor because it was crap?
>
>I'm curious why any bookstore would feel the need to not carry a 
>book for any reason other than "it doesn't sell," let alone have to 
>proclaim it with a sign. The bookstore exists to sell me what I want 
>to read, not to dictate what I should read.

Nope, the bookstore exists at the whims of the management.

It just won't exist very long if those whims are at great odds with
the ability to sell books. Since the OCoH is in Berkeley, having a
note up saying "We don't stock Gor because it's utter drivel" is
probably a sales plus.

	Cheers - Jaimie
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A: Think about it. Come on, you can figure it out.
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Q:>>> What's even more annoying than topposting?
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