I have been on read alot of threads concerning this sort of thing. I do not think these people are liars, or even silly and stupid. This sort of thing goes on. Why would you deny it?
What sort of thing happens? That some lefty clerks hide conservative books sometimes? Sure, I'm sure it does. Of course, WE have people bragging on here about hiding liberal books in the stores themselves, don't we?
But some sort of conspiracy wherein the owners of every B&N in the nation tell each other, "No, we're not going to sell that book, and we'll lie to every customer and tell them it's the distributor's fault!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!" No.
In the interest of full disclosure, I used to work at a B&N, also at a B.Daltons. We carried every sort of political book by every author, right and left. Never...not once...was there ever any decision made not to carry a book because of its political content.
The distributor has even admitted it. They didn't anticipate the demand. THAT'S what the book is hard to get. Every clerk I've talked to over the past couple of weeks has said they wished they did have the book so they could sell it.
This whole, "They didn't have the book--BOYCOTT!" mentality is silly.