(Stoufers) Children's Books To Be Reissued

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 14399

Hi --

bassettlover at aol.com wrote:

> First of all, doesn't evry single book published in the US have to
> have a copy in the Library of Congress?  For the getting a copym of
> the book, why not just go to a book store, sit down and read it?

They aren't currently available in any bookstore.  They've been out of
print for years and were never circulated in anything other than small
drug-store chains in the northeastern US.  The Library of Congress never
received any copies of her books -- they were probably published by a
small vanity press.  The publisher went bankrupt at some point in the
1980s.

She is apparently now selling copies off her website (is that right
Suzanne?).  But, one of us would have to buy one off her site to get
them since the Library of Congress doesn't have a copy (and neither does
*any* public library in the US.  Once they are available in bookstores,
that will be an option but the news article quoted yesterday said late
2002.  Is that a typo?  Should it be late 2001?  Or, more likely, are
they saying 2002 because they must wait until the conclusion of the
pending lawsuit(s)?

You'll find that many of us consider Stouffer to be an opportunistic
hag.

Penny



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