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Posted on 07/17/2026 8:52:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A few weeks ago, I reviewed Eric Metaxas’s bestselling book Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World. Since then, it has remained on the New York Times bestselling list and is currently ranked number two in nonfiction behind Maggie Haberman’s TDS offering, Regime Change.
One would have thought a book published during the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence would be stocked and displayed prominently at Barnes & Noble. Instead, during his frequent appearances on Steve Bannon’s War Room program, the author testifies that the nation’s leading storefront bookseller doesn’t typically have copies on hand but will instead order them for interested customers. Meanwhile, Jill Biden’s execrable View from the East Wing, which quickly fell off the Times bestseller list into remainder obscurity, is prominently displayed alongside the other Times bestsellers — except for Revolution.
What gives here? Anyone with a memory stretching back to the Biden administration and pre-Musk Twitter or even observing listing priorities for current Google searches doesn’t have to speculate much about the answer to that question: corporate censorship. The question then arises: What is it about Metaxas’s book that Barnes & Noble finds sufficiently objectionable to forgo profits and customer satisfaction? The likely answer for secular management is the book’s unacceptable emphasis on the Revolution’s Christian roots.
For Democrats, it would be bad enough that the book exposes the long planted lie that America’s Founders were deists for whom God’s intervention in human affairs ended with the world’s creation, but to substitute the role of biblical Christianity for Enlightenment “Reason” was a bridge too far. Imagine, giving credit to a “Black Robe Regiment” of “No King but Jesus” preachers for stirring up images of freedom
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There are still bookstores? Why?
Can’t have America look good. We stole the land you know.
Isn’t it classical fascism when large corporations censor for the secular state?
Because the company is run by traitors.
You can easily buy it on line and get free delivery
Books, albums and CD’s are making a comeback. Even cassette decks are popular.
“Because the company is run by traitors.”
Barnes & Noble is owned by Elliott Investment Management, a hedge fund that took the company private in 2019.
A link to the description of the company on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Investment_Management
The Wikipedia link details the history of Elliott Investment Management and the principal owners of the company.
Many years ago (before I decided that Ann Coulter was not worth paying attention to) I went to a Barnes and Noble and looked for her new book. It was a bestseller. It was #1 on Amazon. I figured I’d pick up a copy. Couldn’t find it.
I asked at their help desk. “Oh, we don’t carry that. It’s not popular.” I pointed out that it was on the NYT best seller list. The guy said he could order it for me. It would be in the store in ... about 6 weeks. I explained that Amazon will get it to me in two days and walked away.
A lot of businesses sacrifice profits in favor of do-gooder political ideology.
Where else could they get foot traffic and still display communist, LGBTQ+ and wiccan/satanist books right alongside children's books and toys?
Last time I was in a B&N, I decided that 95% of all the books there were either inane or evil. The worthwhile stuff would fit in a single-wide mobile home.
And Texas Eagle asks: Are there still book stores?
Wonder if there is a reason book sores are dying?
Reminds me of when I went to Barnes and Nobel to buy one of Rush Limbaugh’s books.
I knew it was selling very well, but I couldn’t find it in the Bestseller section, so I asked a clerk who appeared to me to probably be a little light in the loafers. He said, “Tck. There’s a huge stack of them over here (in another section). I don’t know why they bought so many copies!” There was another guy who overheard this. So, we all went over there to this “huge stack” and there were exactly 2 copies left. I bought one and the guy who overheard bought the other one.
Making such a decision to avoid displaying a product in high demand would require someone of significant responsibility in the company. We see stories like this frequently, but the “reporters” never do the real reporting of tracking down the decision maker or makers and asking them “Why?”. I would like to know their names, the positions they hold, and the reason for the decision. If they say it is in response to some “company policy” I’d like to see the exact wording of that policy, how long it has been in place, and what other books (by author and title) were similarly buried.
But there’s almost no real reporting done any more.
I very much enjoyed his book, “Is Atheism Dead.”
Dunno. Keeping Coulter out of the stores could be considered a public service.
Barnes and Noble sell a pitiful amount of books. In fact, most of their books end up in the dumpster out back - seen it many many times. Why? People come there to browse and have a latte, maybe a cookie to at the cafe. If they buy books it is overwhelmingly audio books on Amazon. Also most books are bought on Amazon. Cheaper. Free shipping. And the fat dudes don’t have to be tempted by the cookies.
If I were an author I wouldn’t worry much about the lack of a bookstore reseller. They’ll make more money selling on Amazon anyway.
I walked into a Barnes & Noble yesterday. I asked the soy-boy pointy tail clerk if They had Trumps new book on Immigration Policy. He looked at me and shouted, “Get the f*ck out and don’t come back!” I said, “Yeah, that’s the one! Do you have it in paperback?”
You don’t like bookstores? I thought everyone liked bookstores.
It’s on Amazon, 400 or so reviews as of now.
Lol!!
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