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Unfit for Command (book sales in Bay Area)
me | 8/23/04 | me

Posted on 08/23/2004 5:43:51 PM PDT by Bobibutu

Went into Barnes & Noble (Emeryville CA) to see if they had Unfit for sale and displayed.

WOW - The store has had 2 shipments in and both were sold out within HOURS!. They are expecting another shipment in within days.

So I called around to the major bookstores in the Peoples Republic of the Bay Area. Most have not received any books yet and are miffed because they are missing out on a big profit item. Very large demand and the attitude of the staff I talked with was positive for the book.

Those that had received them are sold out.

Most expect their allotment in a few days and expect to be sold out quickly - I am amazed with the demand here in the BA. I mean - MoveOn HQ is just a couple miles from where I live.

There may be hope for us in CA yet.


TOPICS: Books/Literature
KEYWORDS: booksales; kerry; swiftboatveterans; unfitforcommand

1 posted on 08/23/2004 5:43:52 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: Bobibutu
California?

I wonder just how many people out there are vets, married to vets, children of vets, or grown up ex-hippies who are embarrassed about the outcome after we pulled out of Vietnam. Of course, there is also a very, very LARGE Vietnamese community in California as well. Hope they are all registered to vote :o)

2 posted on 08/23/2004 5:46:21 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: Bobibutu
Most have not received any books yet and are miffed because they are missing out on a big profit item.

Capitalism at its best.

3 posted on 08/23/2004 5:47:10 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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To: Bobibutu
I went to B. Dalton Saturday, and she said they had sold out and didn't know when they were getting any more because the publisher couldn't keep up.

Then went to Waldenbooks, the clerk said that they'd had 30 copies, and they flew off the shelves. Said she'd never seen anything like it. Said they now have a long waiting list.

This is in Santa Maria, which luckily, is a conservative oasis between San Luis Obispo and The People's Republic of Santa Barbara.

4 posted on 08/23/2004 5:48:17 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: Bobibutu

once people in caly take a look at sling blades mom, joan blade of moveon.org, they will flock to W. keep hope alive.


5 posted on 08/23/2004 5:49:18 PM PDT by rineaux (hardcore)
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To: McGavin999

"California?"

OK ... Kaliforneia ...


6 posted on 08/23/2004 6:25:39 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: Bobibutu

Borders in northern NJ seemed to have the same attitude.


7 posted on 08/23/2004 6:28:18 PM PDT by Pharmboy (History's greatest agent for freedom: The US Armed Forces)
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To: Bobibutu
A propensity for truth lies beneath the deepest layers of cynicism, corruption, and political correctness - simply because this is an integral part of our genetic, survival make-up. When it is internalized that Kerry, as President, would likely bring about uncertainty, weakness, instability, chaos, and very possibly one's own death and that of one's family and off-spring, the individual citizen will tend to go with his survival instincts - not his stated political preferences.
8 posted on 08/23/2004 8:19:55 PM PDT by mtntop3 ("He who must know before he believes will never come to full knowledge.")
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To: Bobibutu

I once lived in Emeryville, at Watergate. Nice group back in Reagan's time, a lot of up and coming capitalists.

I hope Regnery pumps out books in a hurry. It doesn't take long to print and bind them, but distribution, shipping, schlepping them onto the shelves can take a week or more, and in enemy territory, lefty drivers, bookstore employees can drag their feet as well. Keep nudging the stores!


9 posted on 08/24/2004 12:49:16 PM PDT by Veto! (Kerry wears a tutu, TeRAYza wears the pants)
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Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry

10 posted on 08/25/2004 9:55:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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