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The woman across from me on BART this morning was nearing the end of her book,
John Edward's (not John Edwards') "One Last Time; A psychic medium speaks to
those we have loved and lost." Knowing nothing about the book or the author
except what appeared on the front cover (title, plus over-dramatic photo of the
writer) and the back cover (over-dramatic photo of the writer,) it occurred to
me that this would be just the kind of book that would make me hate to be a
book store owner.
I thought, I'd be unable to shelve this book. Whether I put it under fiction
or non-fiction, someone is going to see it as a judgement of the content. It
occurred to me that my store would need either a "WTF?" section or a "Really?"
section to cover such tripe.
Two thoughts from there: book stores do have such sections; religion, occult,
spirituality, etc. And, I'd never be the store owner in such a situation. I'd
never stock the thing in the first place.
-rbarry
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