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Shelf Deception

December 19, 2022 By Dan Danbom

Every once in a while, we’ll get a call from someone wanting books by the foot.  We once got a call from a guy who bought a big house with a library and needed 160 feet of books to fill it up — and give the illusion that he is a reader.  A couple of weeks ago, a designer called.  She’s furnishing a house in Vail and wanted 10 feet of books about alpine subjects in blue covers.  Sometimes, someone will bring a swatch of wallpaper into the store and look for books that match it.

We’ll pretty much sell anyone anything they want, but selling books by the foot isn’t a bookseller’s happiest chore, because you know that the people buying them are more interested in decoration than education.  They want books, but not for the purposes books are intended.

I liken our position to the owner of a pet store who has someone come in and ask for 10 puppies so he can feed his lion.  It’s not what puppies (or books) are made for.

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