Comments on: Hide-and-Seek With Hillary and Ann http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/03/06/hide-and-seek-with-hillary-and-ann/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: びっくり http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/03/06/hide-and-seek-with-hillary-and-ann/#comment-39603 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:32:45 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1629#comment-39603 Oh no! My comment is awaiting moderation! I need to watch my language I guess. ;)

]]> By: びっくり http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/03/06/hide-and-seek-with-hillary-and-ann/#comment-39602 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:31:50 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1629#comment-39602 I knew a woman who spoke out a lot about how society turns women into sex objects. Her children, motivated by her speaking, would turn Cosmo magazines around at the check out counter to hide the highly exposed women. (Like the Hillary book, many of these probably had lusty pics on the back as well.) Anyhow, this got me thinking… maybe someone thinks that Ann and Hillary are too sexy…

Your story and the comments make me want to open a book store just so I can watch customers peculiarities. :)

]]> By: maggie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/03/06/hide-and-seek-with-hillary-and-ann/#comment-39557 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:36:46 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1629#comment-39557 Stefanie, this is hilarious. You are always so fair about everything that I’m tickled pink by your singular form of political activism. I wouldn’t just pay to see it, I’d pay to you to do it!!

I have to agree with your gender point. I reckon one key reason (though not the only one) they both inspire such loathing is because they’re female. It makes my flesh creep to imagine a woman not just having but evangelising for AC’s views. UGH.

]]> By: Danielle http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/03/06/hide-and-seek-with-hillary-and-ann/#comment-39555 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:55:15 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1629#comment-39555 It’s sort of weird that people do that. Although I’ve never flipped a book around that I don’t like, I’ve flipped it back over–just to be ornery. You wonder what they must do when they go to the supermarket!

]]> By: Colatina http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/03/06/hide-and-seek-with-hillary-and-ann/#comment-39549 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:57:20 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1629#comment-39549 “If I hide Ann in the classics section no one will ever find her!”

I’ve noticed the same phenomenon in almost every big box bookstore I go to.

For someone determined to find Ann Coulter, of course they’ll find her. They probably already ordered it from Amazon. But for someone browsing political books without knowing what they’ll buy, it seems hiding Ann Coulter could have an effect. I don’t look through every last shelf at B&N if I’m looking for philosophy books. I go to the philosophy section and I don’t look in New Age. If someone has hidden the Hegel then I’m not going hunting for it. I’ll buy something else.

It is probably a waste of time to go to the effort of hiding books (the payoff is so small), and no conservative is going to buy Hillary’s book just because it’s placed over Coulter’s. But it would be strange if scattering books randomly throughout the store and hiding books didn’t have some effect on sales. If I’m wrong about this then maybe your bookstore should just put all the books in a big pile and assume that people will find what they want.

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