went Christmas shopping and walked into a books-a- million...

[spanone]

every imaginable right wingnut book was staring us in the face as we entered....

you couldn't get inside without walking past these books....they were on large displays.

limbaugh, krauthammer, o'reilly, scarborough, palin, beck...it was scary.

hopefully it was just that store....bad policy

my wife and i got the hell out......beware!

[GeorgeGist]

1. They're big on poor sellers.

[cthulu2016]

2. Is the store supposed to feature books you favor?

Do we know that their choices are ineffective in terms of sales?

[spanone]

3. no. but you think a retailer would like to invite all in?

edit...stupid post

[malaise]

4. I would have run like Usain Bolt -

in the other direction

[Carolina]

5. Sadly, it's not

just the store you visited. It's the same here at one in SC. I took pleasure in letting the clerk know of my displeasure that such gasbags were front and center so that I felt assaulted immediately upon entering. I literally turned and walked out, deciding against any book buying from BAM. And I had gone there to get plain calendars and 2014 journals only because it's in same strip mall as the grocery store I like and frequent.

[spanone]

7. i had the exact same reaction...it was pretty much 'in your face'

[daleo]

6. Bookstores sell the space at the front of the store

Evidently, right wing publishers are paying for that space.

I never cared for the front shelves of bookstores for this reason. The good stuff is farther back.

[spanone]

8. maybe books a million is cheaper, i was in a barnes & noble the other day and there was none of it.

[mainer]

10. True, but bookstores have some leeway

in deciding to feature certain titles.

[daleo]

12. Sure, but money talks

And bookstores are businesses, first of all.

[mainer]

9. Books a Million is a southern, conservative chain

based in Alabama, I believe.

[kelliekat44]

11. I tried to tell people here about this but they insisted that it was because Rev. Al's book was not

on the top 25 Best seller list that Barnes and Noble didn't have one single copy on hand. I made the point that every RWingnut book was on display and stacks all over the store. They aren't selling either but they are there.