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This little shoping trip turned out to be so much fun, I think I'll visit another Barnes and Nobles tomorrow.
1 posted on 05/19/2004 7:50:15 PM PDT by Ditter
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Barnes and Nobles supports pro-sodomist policies. I'll try to dig up an article from a couple of years ago.


2 posted on 05/19/2004 7:52:52 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Ditter
Then he added that the pro Bush books sold better anyway

Their political agenda appears to be more important to them than......

The bottom line.

3 posted on 05/19/2004 7:54:36 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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4 posted on 05/19/2004 7:54:46 PM PDT by mewzilla
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Grrr. You go get'em.

My hobby is hiding the Hildabeast books, either by putting something on top of themm, or turning it around. 8-)

I do this pretty much wherever I go, 'cept Wallyworld.

5 posted on 05/19/2004 7:54:52 PM PDT by Maigrey (bagel-snarfin' neocon supportin' pseudojournalist and d*** proud of it!)
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Did you happen to see the new book Misunderestimated?


6 posted on 05/19/2004 7:55:16 PM PDT by maxter
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That explains a lot, don't it? :)


8 posted on 05/19/2004 7:56:10 PM PDT by mewzilla
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At my Barnes and Noble they don't even pretend to care. All the anti-Bush books are together on a five foot high standing rack when you walk in. Hannity's book was in a pile on the floor in the back.


10 posted on 05/19/2004 7:57:16 PM PDT by motherof 3
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Then he added that the pro Bush books sold better anyway and they should be up front...

Those stores that do place Leftist books in favorable displays are only doing so out of desperation.
Real America will just walk right past their deceitful propaganda and seek out the truth.

11 posted on 05/19/2004 7:57:54 PM PDT by jla (http://johnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com)
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To use the President's favorite phrase, GOOD JOB!

I travel frequently and spend A LOT of time in bookstores . . . actually, like you, I spend a lot of time talking with store managers about the biased way in which they display conservative/pro-Bush books AND magazines!!!

As you discovered, these conversations do make a difference!!!


12 posted on 05/19/2004 7:58:27 PM PDT by DrDeb
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Then he added that the pro Bush books sold better anyway

Of course they do.

Bush supporters have JOBS.

14 posted on 05/19/2004 7:58:34 PM PDT by Klaus D. Deore
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I go past a Borders..I will have to go check!


20 posted on 05/19/2004 8:00:37 PM PDT by GregB (God Bless and protect my nephew Heath with the 1st Armored Division in Baghdad.......)
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They do the same thing with Michael Kelly's "Things Worth Fighting For". Scumbags


22 posted on 05/19/2004 8:02:48 PM PDT by battlecry
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I get angry every time I go in one. The anti-Bush books outnumber Pro books 6-1 it seems.


24 posted on 05/19/2004 8:03:41 PM PDT by highlandbreeze (....that others may live.)
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I've noticed the same thing where I live (S. Florida), the Bush-bashing books are very prominently displayed stacked on tables while the pro-Bush (or generally conservative) books are definitely not as well visible, with only a couple of tokens on the tables.


25 posted on 05/19/2004 8:03:46 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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I suggest contacting Morris or his agent and advising them of the situation. I would think that when you negotiate a contract with a book store or other entity to distribute your book that there is some clause concerning its display similarly to what food manufacturers do in grocery stores. Certain spaces are "higher traffic" and are better locations in a store. That is why Coke, etc., are eye level and the off brands are way down low or up high.

Authors would probably object to libs playing games with the marketing of their books.

27 posted on 05/19/2004 8:04:45 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 (How did Ted Kennedy, who enlisted in the Army, achieve the rank of Admiral of the SS Oldsmobile???)
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I stopped going to Barnes and Noble when I failed to find a single conservative magazine on their racks, but plenty of liberal ones. I asked the clerk, and she wanted to know if Rush Limbaugh sent me in here to claim that there was some sort of weird conspiracy about their magazines. I found the manager, who told me that if I did not like his magazine selections, I was free to go somewhere else. It was his store, just the way he wanted it.

Two good things have since happened: I shop exclusively at Border's---- altough I doubt their politics are any better, their selection is. Second, this particular Barnes & Noble has closed.


29 posted on 05/19/2004 8:05:21 PM PDT by cincy29
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Why is it that when I clicked on your post, I immediately got a pop-up ad for Barnes & Noble?! Seriesly...


31 posted on 05/19/2004 8:08:34 PM PDT by Hatteras
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The pro-Bush books aren't in front for the same reason that tomato soup is on the bottom shelf in the grocery store.

Simple sales strategy - marketers place items in the special island displays at the entrance like Barnes or at eye level in grocery stores to encourage impulse buys. They are items that are new or that don't have reliable sales figures. Thus, the consumer needs to be tricked into buying.

However, a product that the marketers know has a guaranteed sale are placed out of impulse reach - the bottom shelves in a grocery store or back on the regular subject shelves in a book store. The customer enters the store already intending to buy this item so no impulse lure is required.

Essentially, pro-Bush books have a guaranteed, regular demand resulting in steady sales so no special marketing tricks are needed....just like tomato soup.

32 posted on 05/19/2004 8:09:31 PM PDT by Ophiucus
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At least B&N CARRIES books from conservatives. One local chain (3 big stores) will not carry conservative books. They go so far as to refuse to hire people who answer the political questions "incorrectly" on their job application.


33 posted on 05/19/2004 8:10:00 PM PDT by MediaMole
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I noticed long ago the B&N was a left leaning store.Try to buy and order from smaller private stores while there are still a few left.


37 posted on 05/19/2004 8:11:35 PM PDT by novacation
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