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While working at a bookstore, I had someone ask if we carried Cliffs Notes for "Jonathon Livingston Seagull". About a week later, I got a request for an English translation of Shakespeare.
I predict a booming market for the scrapbook book.
While working at a bookstore that was connected to a college for teachers, I was asked whether wooly mammoths were dinosaurs, if we had any books with "knowledge" in them, and--forever my favorite bookstore moment--who wrote Aesop's Fables.
These are the people who will teach your children.
Yes, I wish I'd thought of writing this book myself. If only I could think of something really stupid and obvious to write a "Complete Idiot's Guide" to...
i've always been partial to depression for dummies. that always seemed pretty low to me, but i've never scrapbooked (or bookscrapped). i think we still have the review copy around here somewhere.
And delmoi, I think my SO has that book; if memory serves, I gave it to her for Xmas last year, at her request. I don't fully understand all things she does, but apparently bioinformatics are involved.
Scrapbooking for Dummies is ridiculously low and pandering. But I've seen worse.
Setting the Table for Dummies
Browsing the Produce Aisle in the Supermarket for Dummies
Window Shopping for Dummies
Twirling Your Hair Around Your Finger for Dummies
Twiddling Your Thumbs for Dummies
Twirling Your Foot in a Counterclockwise Direction While You Pat Your Tummy in a Clockwise Direction for Dummies
Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time for Dummies
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