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[Keith Davis]

> Related: ever see book dealers storm a used/rare book sale after waiting at the doors, sometimes impatiently? 

It would make a great Monty Python bit.

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> On Nov 25, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'll be less coy. I dislike the appropriation--the smug narrowing of " civilized" to mean shoppers for books in indie bookstores. 
> Civilized should be assumed for all--and setting this against the few, the really few among millions who sometimes " fight" over goods is an US--THEM I don't buy.
> 
> Related: ever see book dealers storm a used/rare book sale after waiting at the doors, sometimes impatiently? 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Nov 25, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I think this is the one
>> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/20/bookshops-launch-civilised-saturday-as-antidote-to-black-friday
>> 
>> I just think it's funnee. I do cringe every year when news covers the barbaric hordes of shoppers as Black Friday makes its way across the pond and starts taking over Europe, but this "antidote" is doing the same thing, but with books, and gracefully gliding instead of running. It's a different degrees of evil type situation imo. But I guess selling more books in not-Amazon stores can't be a bad thing overall. I dunno, it's definitely not an antidote though. 
>> 
>>> On Wednesday, November 25, 2015, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Can you send a link, Mark?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Let's talk about this, maybe? Just a snippet
>>> is enough for the notion but you can find it
>>> all if you want. I will lead by saying I'm agin it:
>>> 
>>> Bookshops launch Civilised Saturday.
>>> www.theguardian.com › Arts › Books › Booksellers
>>> The Guardian- Independent booksellers up and down the country are
>>> preparing to host a “ Civilised Saturday” next week, as the “perfect
>>> antidote” to the ...
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