Sarah Palin, once at the center of book-banning controversy while mayor of Wasilla, is causing a bit of a headache for libraries this week as they decide how much shelf space and budget to devote to her new book – as well as the multiple other titles being released about her.
AK’s Homer Tribune reports: Deciding how many books about Palin to stock on their shelves turns out to be a tricky question. On one hand, libraries have limited budgets for ordering new materials and limited space to shelve them. On the other hand, they want to meet readers’ demands. Terri Burdick, director of the Joyce K Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, said “it’s difficult to order books on hot topics, like Palin. There tends to be demand for them when they first come out, but it fizzles quickly.”
Burdick said she plans to order “Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar,” by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, and The Persecution of Sarah Palin: How the Elite Media Tried to Bring Down a Rising Star by Matthew Continetti. She said she’s also considering ordering a copy of Going Rouge: An American Nightmare. The book is a response to Palin’s book from the editors of The Nation magazine, published by OR Books. It’s a collection of essays about Palin, including from two Alaska writers.
Simple
Choose one and stock it (choice library by library) if people really want another one in the Library then get them to donate a copy.
Of course what would happen is someone would find out they didn’t have enough money for Mother Palin’s new book but they did buy the latest, ‘my two mummies’ type book.
The same old problem
of balancing your book selections between what people want now, what they’ll want later, and what you can afford. Doesn’t matter if it’s Sarah Palin, Michael Jackson, or James Patterson’s novels
hilarious
The Daily Show’s take on the release of Sarah Palin’s book…New Yorkers were not impressed to say the least.
New Yorkers
The whole reason Palin is popular with the pickup truck, Larry the Cable Guy crowd is that New Yorkers don’t like her. Her book has been sitting atop the best seller list for more than a month. There are plenty of bookstores that are selling more than 7 copies.
I think she is an incompetent but don’t let her win an election with some zen like magic. You know in the kung fu movies they talk about using an enemies attack against them. The more the liberal elites attack her the more people in Walmart want to vote for her. Why should you be concerned? The Walmart crowd put GW in office for 2 terms. If you thought he was bad, watch out if we get her.
Best response to keep her out of office? There are tons of intelligent, capable women that would make a good president. Support a good candidate instead of trying to take Palin down. The more you try to take her down the more likely she is to end up in office.