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Wow. I've always thought Albom's writings were simpleminded, but third-grade level simpleminded? Kind of makes you wonder about what Starbucks really thinks about their customers' intellects. That chain is always striking that whole smart-and-sophisticated pose, and yet this weighty tome is the one they think best represents their demographic.
(Via Peter Darbyshire, Ninja Emeritus.)
November 23, 2006 in Books | Permalink
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THANK YOU for bringing up Mitch Albom's deal with Starbucks. In the U.S., Starbucks has been selling Albom's "For One More Day" to the exclusion of any other books, at least for now.
What a contrast with the approach taken by Starbucks coffee shops in at least one other country! The flagship Starbucks in Edinburgh, Scotland, put together a wonderful display about the work of Erich Hoyt, a distinguished science writer with dual U.S. Canadian citizenship and the author of the terrific nonfiction book "Orca: The Whale Called Killer" (based partly on his experience of swimming with "killer whales" in the Vancouver area). It's exactly the kind of book that deserves attention -- fascinating and of extremely high quality but not a best seller. Let's hope that at some point the U.S. Starbucks shops will be follow the lead of the one on Princes Street in Edinburgh.
Posted by: Janice Harayda at Nov 25, 2006 1:12:46 PM
