Slashdot // Bookstore Owner Burns Books

Gizmo · 28-May-07, 11:51 PM

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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s1ugh34d · 29-May-07, 11:17 AM

"not reading a book is as good as burning it."

Thats a very true statement, can i ask anyone, do you still read printed word, or is the internet and TV all that we have left.

28-May-07, 11:51 PM		#1 (permalink)
Gizmo News Hound	Slashdot // Bookstore Owner Burns Books 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. Read more of this story at Slashdot. More...

29-May-07, 11:17 AM		#2 (permalink)
s1ugh34d Apex Tech God	Re: Slashdot // Bookstore Owner Burns Books "not reading a book is as good as burning it." Thats a very true statement, can i ask anyone, do you still read printed word, or is the internet and TV all that we have left.

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