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Bookstore Owner Burns Books

Posted by kdawson on 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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  1. Re:Probably by Dun+Malg · · Score: 0, Troll

    It was probably books from their bargain section, which never sold and have been collecting dust in the backfroom for 10+ years. Some books are worth more as kindling:

    1. Windows 98 for Dummies
    2. My Awakening by David Duke
    3. Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard
    4. The Population Bomb by Paul Ehrlich
    5. anything by Dan Brown
    6. Das Kapital by Karl Marx
    7. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

    Heck, one could go on for hours...
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  2. Next thing you know by S3D · · Score: 0, Troll

    Somebody will go on spree shooting in the school claiming to protest against school bullying. Or wait...