Barnes & Noble and Al Gore's 'Assault on Reason'

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

Today I went to BN to check things out. I looked everywhere in the new releases nonfiction for Al Gore's new book. Couldn't find it. So off I went into the Social Studies section and found ONE copy of the book, marked 20% off.

Is BN pursuing an agenda here? Or is the public really more interested in reading the latest Dinesh D'Souza and Billow Reilly falafel-fest?

I thought Gore's book would have been a massive success. Anyone have sales figures?

[BlooInBloo]

1. lol!

[NYCGirl]

2. It's debuting at #1 on the NY Times Best Seller list. Maybe there was only one

because all the rest are sold.

[LSK]

4. it was #4 at Amazon when I checked yesterday

[LSK]

3. someone else posted something similar recently

I got my copy at Target but I also saw it at Borders in the new non-fiction section.

[BlooInBloo]

17. Yah - the poster is trying to regain some "DU-cred", which disappeared all too quickly.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. Did you look in the New Releases section?

Or the Bestsellers section?


I swear, people here have never been in a bookstore before.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

6. I've spent half my life in a bookstore starting at age 7

Please don't insult me. And if you do, please do it in private.

[MonkeyFunk]

10. There's another thread on something like this....

If I want a brand new bestseller, I don't go to the "Social Studies" section. I go to the obvious place - the New Releases or Bestseller sections, which are usually very prominently displayed by the front entrance.

The notion that Barnes and Nobles has any interest in "hiding" this book is idiotic. They want to sell books - they don't care who wrote them, what's in them... they just want to sell books.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

12. I didn't go to the social studies section for Gore's book

I went there to read another book.

[MonkeyFunk]

15. OK

so you found a copy in the Social studies section...

and then you found a prominent display, presumably in a very visible spot, showing many copies in the Bestseller's section.

And somehow B&N is trying to "hide" this book? The notion is nonsensical.

[rurallib]

7. Always check your locally owned bookstores first. :-)

[madaboutharry]

8. Barnes and Nobel always marks new stuff down

I bought mine at 20% off last week. But they had a whole big display going on in the front of the store. :hi:

[tg]

9. Our B&N had at least 8 copies last night ...

on an end cap near the front of the store. It was right next to some copies of The Resgan Diaries which was good for a laugh. -tg

[tyedyeto]

11. In a Barnes & Noble in Tucson today.....

it was prominently displayed in it's pretty white dustcover.

Along with other new releases, it was 20% off as were all the other books in the section.

[Pirate Smile]

13. I went through a Barnes and Noble yesterday and didn't see it either.

I already have it so I wasn't looking for it to buy but the B&N is at a mall. I parked outside its entrance and walked through it twice (in and out) and was looking for Gore's book near either of the entrances and the displays.

I didn't see it anywhere.

Let's just say that B&N is certainly not displaying a major new release in a prominent way AT ALL. It is definitely a book you would have to be searching for specifically.

Why? I don't know but it sucks.

It was in a very blue college town so it doesn't have to do with the location.

[flyingfysh]

14. B&N had a whole rack of them when I went

I think they're just selling fast.

[Evergreen Emerald]

16. The B&N in my town had it on a huge display front and center

Nearly sold out. I got one of the few left.

[rox63]

18. I got mine at a local B&N yesterday

It was on a rack up front with the other NYT non-fiction bestsellers. :)

[wakeme2008]

19. The local manger if RW has RW displays

there was another thread on here about B&N. Here is my post from it http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1028756&mesg_id=1028867

:)

[greendog]

20. Our local Borders had 2 copies displayed...

...in a "not too obvious place" in the front of the store. Both had smudges on the dust jackets.

None were available in current events where you'd expect to find them.

[Lex]

21. Probably sold out. It's #1 on NY Times bestseller list.

My local bookseller sold completely out and has more coming very shortly.

[cascadiance]

22. I got my copy at Costco...

Got it for $14.95, and didn't have to wait for it to get shipped and it was cheaper than Barnes and Noble would be, even with the discount card...

[LostinVA]

23. Wow. Unreal.

[MonkeyFunk]

24. I know!

What if he wanted to buy TWO copies from the Social Studies section instead of from the big prominent display by the entrance?!?!?

[LostinVA]

30. I was a manager for a big box bookstore

And, this thread is insane. Literally.

[pettypace]

25. Same here...couldn't find the book tonight

seems to be a trend nationwide.

[MonkeyFunk]

29. Those damned booksellers...

going out of their way not to sell books! :mad:

[sproutster]

26. Same at Hastings - Buried in the shelves. n/t

[AZBlue]

27. Um...the fact that there's only one copy means it's selling well, not that there's a B&N conspiracy!

[marmar]

28. It was displayed fairly prominently at Borders in Ann Arbor....

And of the 15 or so people ahead of me in line, FIVE were clutching copies of "Assault on Reason." :thumbsup: Granted, it's lefty, book-loving Ann Arbor, but five people buying the same book is impressive anywhere.