I've been having an argument over on rasfc about the merits and the morality of wandering into your lcoal bookstore and, if you find your book shelved spine-out, turning it face-out for a potential buyer to see. As I pointed out somewhere in the thread, in my specific case it was my books shelved spine out next to a veritable avalanche of "
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And yes, there's a slight chance that, in doing so, I cost Terry Pratchett a sale. But you know, somehow I haven't lost sleep over that.
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We are not horrible people for trying to make a living. And I don't think we are taking sales away from MR. BIG NAME MAKING MEGAZILLIONS. People know those names and often check out the stacks just to see if there is a new book by them. If they chance upon us mid-list people in process then we are opening them to experiences and broadening their horizons.
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Also, you might chum up to one of the workers and see if they'll put you in the employee recommendation section...
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I felt bad doing neither of those things.
Had there been a copy of Jin-Shei there, I would have turned it instead, but alas there was not. Now that I've finally gotten around to reading it, I feel more comfortable using passive-anonymous recommendation methods (-:
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