Bookstore Owner Burns Books

Posted by kdawson on Monday May 28, 2007 @01:43PM from the you'll-never-see-this-book-alive-again dept.

Several readers sent us links to an AP story about a pair of Kansas City booksellers who staged a book bonfire, claiming to protest declining literacy. The story doesn't convey a sure sense of the booksellers' motives for what could, in fact, be a PR stunt or a subtle act of extortion against book lovers — it does mention that people were buying books out of the piles awaiting immolation. The bookstore's own site tries to sound sincere, but it offers visitors a chance to save books from the flames for $1 each plus postage.

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Why doesn't this jerk recycle them? by liftphreaker · 2007-05-28 14:07 · Score: 0, Redundant

Instead of polluting the environment by burning 20,000 books, why doesn't this jerk call or dump them at a recycling center? Or maybe he's the kind of guy who only drives 10-mpg SUV's. To me it sounds like a publicity stunt.