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Barnes & Noble Concedes The O.J.-Confession-Craving Customer Is Always Right

seth · 08/30/07 05:57PM

After throwing their arms up at the futility of deciding whether O.J. Simpson's If I Did It should be stocked in their Hypothetical Memoirs section, in their Sociopathic Self-Help section, or in their How To section shelved alphabetically under "double homicide," Barnes & Noble ultimately decided not to carry the book at all, claiming their buyers anticipated demand would be too low to warrant it. But that was before it skyrocketed to the #1 spot on their website's Hourly Top 100 charts (it's currently idling at #11), offering a keen financial incentive to backpedal on their original decision: