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Barnes and Noble to Stock O.J.'s Book



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Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:31 pm
Flemzo says...



MSN.com wrote:Barnes & Noble Inc. has changed its mind about the new O.J. Simpson book.

After saying it would not stock copies of "If I Did It" in its stores, citing lack of customer demand, the chain told The Associated Press on Thursday that it would indeed carry the book.

Since the initial decision on Aug. 21 against stocking the book, but selling it online, Barnes & Noble spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating said: "We've been monitoring the pre-orders and customer requests and have concluded that enough customers have expressed interest in buying the book to warrant stocking it in our stores. We do not intend to promote the book but we will stock it in our stores because our customers are asking for it."


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This, to me, is great news. Ever since hearing about it, I've been wanting to buy it just to see what he had to say about it. Then the families started getting upset, and they had to cancel it. But, it says in the article that the Goldman family is getting it published because they consider the book O.J.'s confession to the murders in 1994.

It'll be published the 13th, but the article doesn't say when it'll be released (unless "published" means "released", then it's the 13th of september).

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Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:47 am
Evangelina says...



It's disgusting, is what I think. I don't see a greiving husband writing a book about how he would have killed his wife.

B*st*rd.
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Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:32 pm
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It's very weird. Why would someone want to publish a book about how they would have killed their murdered ex-wife. It's a bit sick.
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Sun Sep 02, 2007 6:59 pm
Pushca says...



My understanding of it is that the "if" is comically tiny.
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Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:02 pm
Evangelina says...



Bahaha. Nice one, Push.
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