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something · 04.17.2007, 04:24 AM

naked lunch by william s. burroughs greatest work of fiction since the bible

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

25 words... hm... are you looking for fiction/non-fiction/poetry/cooking/anything in particular?

and: will you be displaying our reviews? if so-- will you correct the american spellings of "color" & such other words? heh. but no, im serious if you want just a reason why the book is good or a real mini-review ready for reading.

Any time of book, as long as it's in print in the UK. Obviously I don't expect everybody to know if something's in print, but I'll just let you know.

And the reviews will be displayed. I'll correct any spelling, otherwise we'll get every other customer pointing out that lots of words are missing letters.

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]pookie, it would help to know, what kind of bookstore is this and who are your customers? btw, is this YOUR bookshop, or do you just work in it? if it's your bookshop, i envy you in a good way-- i mean i have no ill will i just oh i would love to own a bookshop. if you just work there, ha ha, same thing. especially in one where you get to pick the selections.

I wouldn't worry too much about the type of customer we have. The good thing about doing recommends is that you can forget your market for a while. It's just about trying to enthuse people. It's really surprising and satisfying to sell books that you wouldn't consider to be your market.

And I run two bookshops, but they're not mine.

By the way, some selections are going to have an advantage (at the moment: Naked Lunch, Crime & Punishment, Picture of Dorian Gray, Fear & Loathing, House of Leaves), because they sell well anyway. But I'll give more prominent space to the more unusual selections to make up for it!

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 04:58 AM

i want daily reports and graphs/pie charts and predicted sales figures.

!@#$%! · 04.17.2007, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookie

By the way, some selections are going to have an advantage (at the moment: Naked Lunch, Crime & Punishment, Picture of Dorian Gray, Fear & Loathing, House of Leaves), because they sell well anyway. But I'll give more prominent space to the more unusual selections to make up for it!

so would i really automatically win if i pick the latest harry potter, whatever that is?

or else... something like this!

wouldn't that cover alone sell millions? i think so!

but anyway...

actually i don't care for mass appeal (yuck), if i get just 1 person to buy "democracy in america" i'll be proud. maybe i'll change the review to something less opportunistic, but... it's sales after all!

might shoot you other reviews later. i'm thinking about what...

oh, and... sweet job you have! congratulations.

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

so would i really automatically win if i pick the latest harry potter, whatever that is?

or else... something like this!

wouldn't that cover alone sell millions? i think so!

but anyway...

actually i don't care for mass appeal (yuck), if i get just 1 person to buy "democracy in america" i'll be proud. maybe i'll change the review to something less opportunistic, but... it's sales after all!

might shoot you other reviews later. i'm thinking about what...

oh, and... sweet job you have! congratulations.

I have this book! And yes, it sells really well anyway.

Unusual books are good. So far, the only book out of the ones people have written reviews for that I won't be able to stock, is Kangaroo Notebook.

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 05:23 AM

which book shop is it you work for?

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 06:00 AM

Do you think I'm going to tell you that? So you can use your friends in the south (ie sonicl) to sabotage other people's reviews.

jon boy · 04.17.2007, 06:04 AM

no no no. i was genuinely enquiring.

sonicl · 04.17.2007, 06:07 AM

I had to sign the Official Secrets Act before he'd tell me.

(Although the identity of the bookshop that he works at wasn't actually the secret that he was aiming to keep me from exposing)

Tokolosh · 04.17.2007, 08:36 AM

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 08:39 AM

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And the review?

Tokolosh · 04.17.2007, 08:43 AM

I stopped eating meat after I read that one.

Option nr. 2

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

I stopped eating meat after I read that one.

Option nr. 2

Baby massage books are very popular. We took our daughter to baby massage classes.

Tokolosh · 04.17.2007, 08:49 AM

They say it works wonders.
I'm to afraid to read it, 'cause the photo's sound dodgy.

Pookie · 04.17.2007, 08:54 AM

There's a very good method for releasing wind (bottom wind no less), which we always found handy. We will be telling her boyfriends about this when the time comes.

!@#$%! · 04.17.2007, 12:28 PM

Review:

Why go around life following trite proverbs? Throw caution to the wind and JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS COVER! Our favorite Domestic Goddess won't disappoint.

demonrail666 · 04.17.2007, 12:40 PM

James Herbert's The Rats: Classic '70s brit sleaze that was read by everyone when I was at school - mostly for the dirty bits (oh yes ... and the section where the rats eat the puppies!) Big with unemployed metalers, for some reason.

nicfit · 04.17.2007, 12:44 PM

Zazie in the Metro

by
Raymond Queneau

Review: FU*K AMELIEEEEEEEE, this is way better.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 04.25.2007, 08:48 PM

So which books have you decided on Pookie?

HaydenAsche · 04.25.2007, 08:52 PM

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Absolute classic piece about the rise and fall of communism on a farm.

04.17.2007, 04:24 AM	#21
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04.17.2007, 04:58 AM	#23
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	which book shop is it you work for? __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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04.17.2007, 06:00 AM	#27
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Do you think I'm going to tell you that? So you can use your friends in the south (ie sonicl) to sabotage other people's reviews.
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04.17.2007, 06:04 AM	#28
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	no no no. i was genuinely enquiring. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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04.17.2007, 06:07 AM	#29
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I had to sign the Official Secrets Act before he'd tell me. (Although the identity of the bookshop that he works at wasn't actually the secret that he was aiming to keep me from exposing)
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04.17.2007, 08:36 AM	#30
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731
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04.17.2007, 08:43 AM	#32
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	I stopped eating meat after I read that one. Option nr. 2
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04.17.2007, 08:49 AM	#34
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	They say it works wonders. I'm to afraid to read it, 'cause the photo's sound dodgy.
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04.17.2007, 08:54 AM	#35
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	There's a very good method for releasing wind (bottom wind no less), which we always found handy. We will be telling her boyfriends about this when the time comes.
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04.17.2007, 12:28 PM	#36
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,585	Review: Why go around life following trite proverbs? Throw caution to the wind and JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS COVER! Our favorite Domestic Goddess won't disappoint.
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04.17.2007, 12:40 PM	#37
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	James Herbert's The Rats: Classic '70s brit sleaze that was read by everyone when I was at school - mostly for the dirty bits (oh yes ... and the section where the rats eat the puppies!) Big with unemployed metalers, for some reason.
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04.17.2007, 12:44 PM	#38
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Zazie in the Metro by Raymond Queneau Review: FU*K AMELIEEEEEEEE, this is way better. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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04.25.2007, 08:48 PM	#39
Пятхъдесят Шест invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA Posts: 3,063	So which books have you decided on Pookie?
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04.25.2007, 08:52 PM	#40
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Animal Farm by George Orwell Absolute classic piece about the rise and fall of communism on a farm. __________________ rip
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