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Comics A.M.: Library Refuses To Buy Clinton Cash Graphic Novel
Comic Book Resources ^ | 09/23/16 | by Brigid Alverson

Posted on 09/23/2016 8:09:58 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

A Gainesville, Florida, resident is crying foul at the local library’s refusal to add “Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel” to its collection.

The book is an adaptation by Chuck Dixon and Brett R. Smith of Peter Schweizer’s nonfiction book of the same name, which is highly critical of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

When Ann Lhota asked the Alachua County library to buy a copy of the graphic novel, officials said no.

“When the book was requested, we already had 11 copies in four formats,” said spokesman Nickie Kortus, referring to the prose version.

Lhota, who asked the library to purchase the book when it topped the New York Times graphic books best-seller list, has a different point of view.

“Graphic novels are hot right now,” she said. “They don’t want to put this graphic novel on the shelf because they know it will be successful.”

When she offered to buy a copy and donate it, the library refused.

“It’s not a common practice for people to buy a book and put it on our shelf,” Kortus said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbr.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cash; clinton; lhota
Short version: It criticizes the Clintons and might interfere with the library's mission of indoctrinating kids.
1 posted on 09/23/2016 8:09:58 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Librarys still exist? I thought they were just homeless shelters now


2 posted on 09/23/2016 8:11:53 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Give me a break. They already had 11 copies. Libraries have limited shelf space.


3 posted on 09/23/2016 8:14:51 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Donglalinger

[Librarys still exist? ]

I only ever go to them for the free wifi when I want to post things on internet where I would not want to be tracked to my home or work....


4 posted on 09/23/2016 8:15:21 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

So, buy a dozen or so and donate them.


5 posted on 09/23/2016 8:16:35 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

My library got it just fine.

They also have a couple of books just engaging in infantile mocking at Trump.

The point is that this library has officially failed at its mission, and the librarian in charge of buying the books will need to be fired.


6 posted on 09/23/2016 8:25:02 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Are you at the library now?


7 posted on 09/23/2016 8:25:25 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TalonDJ

Oh, I see.

I wonder what the problem is then?


8 posted on 09/23/2016 8:26:20 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: JimRed

She offered to buy a copy and the library said no.


9 posted on 09/23/2016 8:27:06 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

The real test here would be to have a friend bring in a similarly scathing book on Trump, or Bush, or even the dreaded Koch Brothers, and see if the library would consider buying or accepting a donation of that tome.

If they do, you would have every right to raise holy bloody hell with them. If they refuse the second book with a similar reason, then you can consider them to be a waste of tax payer money in general.


10 posted on 09/23/2016 8:33:00 AM PDT by ssaftler (NFL - Not my Football League anymore.)
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To: JimRed

According to the library spokesbabe they won’t accept a donation.


11 posted on 09/23/2016 8:39:38 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines (#nevertrump is really #readyforhillary)
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To: Donglalinger

Yes - mine has a “friends of the library” sale every quarter. I go in on the last day for a grocery bag of books for $3. My wife is always livid because I’ll come home with 10 bags for $30. I’ve gotten everything from 1800s to most recent items. I usually focus on reference material that doesn’t change - peterson guides, classics, etc....but I just can’t help myself around the sci-fi/fantasy.


12 posted on 09/23/2016 8:48:51 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Authors have been donating there books to libraries for years. I am sure the reason the library does not want the book is that a graphic novel is 20 times more likely to be picked up and read by a child. Most people form there political opinion when they are children and this graphic novel has the potential to change a generation of children’s view of the democratic party.


13 posted on 09/23/2016 9:13:14 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: VanDeKoik

Oh for heaven’s sakes.


14 posted on 09/23/2016 10:23:57 AM PDT by mumblypeg (Make America Sane Again)
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To: reed13k

Guilty of that myself.

Books on woodworking tend to not need new editions to be useful.


15 posted on 09/23/2016 10:31:24 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

It’s Banned Book Week


16 posted on 09/23/2016 10:32:59 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: PCPOET7

I doubt seriously the head librarian’s intent is as politically calculated as you suggest.
More likely the librarian just doesn’t want the comic book version, preferring the real deal instead.

My local library gets lots of donations of Shakespeare and various classics in “graphic novel” form, and the librarian immediately puts them in the Free Box by the exit. Children or adults can take them or not, and if they don’t, she tosses them in the trash after a few days.

The story did mention the library already had 11 copies of the book in 4 formats; some no doubt easier to read for less mature readers. So insisting the librarian was censoring its content is just silly.

Btw, the word you’re looking for is “their.”


17 posted on 09/23/2016 10:53:54 AM PDT by mumblypeg (Make America Sane Again)
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To: mumblypeg

disagree with you on this. graphic novels are a lot more acceptable in libraries then they were twenty years ago. if you go to the young adult section of a library you will find about 20 percent of the new reading material being graphic novels.

Librarians are constantly called upon to make judgment calls on material that are presented and generally do a good job at giving open access to all materials the problem I have is that the book is that the graphic novel and has nationally toped the new York times graphic novels list this year witch makes it significant and current most libraries are fighting to keep there content current and it is older materials that they say no to. if the librarian were to say no to the graphic novel three or four years from now when it is not current then I would say it probably was not political as far as the decision not to carry it.


18 posted on 09/23/2016 11:19:06 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
My library used to be pretty good - they got a few conservative / factual books but not a lot. If you requested one they would go for it. Certainly if you donated a book they would put it in the system and on the shelf.

A few years ago they got a new director - from Berkley. Now they are in super censorship mode. I donated a book and they accepted and then threw it away I guess because it never went into the system. The reply I got back on the subject was full of 1984 style doublespeak.

I was able to request and get the library to buy "The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech, by Kimberley Strassel" by saying in the description "I expect the library to censor this book since Banned Books Week is coming up." I think I shamed them into getting it.
19 posted on 09/23/2016 11:24:13 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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