I was in my local Chapters bookstore today, partly because I was curious whether reports I had seen on the net were true. These regarded whether Mark Steyn’s new book, America Alone, was available in these stores.
The answer was “No”. I also inquired about a number of other conservative-minded authors, such as Oriana Fallaci. Again, “No”. A young staffer offered to assist, and after searching on the computer, concluded that:
We don’t have it in stock, and we can’t order it. No stores in Alberta have those books. You should try Amazon
I don’t think that is what Ms. Reismann wants her staff to be doing… I think she doesn’t want Canadians to read these texts because they go against her political leanings.
There were however, lots of anti-Bush books on the shelves…
UPDATE: America Alone is now #2 on the Amazon.ca best sellers list… Canadians are reading it!!!!
4 comments
Ira says:
31 January 2008 at 16:33 (UTC -7 )
But Reisman has earned the power to do this – it’s her store. She can sell whatever she likes.
In fact, it’s such a good liberataran position, I suspect Steyn himself would approve.
Anonymous says:
31 January 2008 at 16:33 (UTC -7 )
I have given up on Chapters, I buy all my books online. It’s sad that this story didn’t get more play in the MSM. I guess it’s ok to censor conservative ideas. Imagine the uproar if an Atwood book was cencored by Chapters.
SouthernTory says:
31 January 2008 at 16:33 (UTC -7 )
A letter written in the National Post by Sorya Ingrid Gaulin says that they will have ordered Mark Stein’s book and should be on the bookshelves later this month. She also disputes that Chapters/Indigo
was prohibiting Stein’s book. I’ll check my Chapters store in the near future. Still, thanks for your input.
BBS says:
31 January 2008 at 16:33 (UTC -7 )
Paul Wells seems to be suffering the same fate.