CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, February 6, 1985
Shop has 100 by KU staff Oread stocks prose by profs
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By HEATHER R. BIGGINS Staff Reporter
The beige shelves at Oread Book Shop are home to hundreds of theories and ideas.
The shop is bound to carry at least one copy of all faculty- and staff written books, but the biggest problem is finding them. Will Getz, Oread Book Shop manager.
"We follow trade publication journals and general book review journals," said Getz, "but KU faculty members publish with a great resource throughout the world, so it's a difficult task to keep up with them."
Getz said that sometimes titles were acquired from students who requested them at the shop or from the University Press by the University Press of Kansas.
"Usually a professor will ask us to carry at least one copy of his or her book," he said. "It expected in the book that professors will carry professors' books."
OREAD BOOK SHOP stocks more than 100 current books by KU employees. Getz requires that the
work be in book form rather than article form, and must be in the cost range of the shop's average customer.
In the 15 years Getz has been manager of the shop, he has devoted special displays to faculty and staff authors for the sake of variety. But he said he found that books were more easily found and sold better when integrated with other books on the same subject.
But some books are not suitable for Oread Book Shop's market and won't be maintained after the initial stock. These books, Getz said, are more suitable for libraries than bookstores, but he said he would stock a few copies as a courtesy to the author.
SOME BOOKS HAVE bigger market appeal than others, depending on their intended readership. Getz said. Many books by KU professors are about the importance of influence Books on subjects such as political theories would be considered good sellers if they sold only three copies a year, he said.
Getz also said cost was a factor in the books' sales.
"We don't subject an employee's
book to a strict attribution," he said. "If they don't sell, I don'T worry about it."
"That's just a courtesy we extend to books not written by faculty."
One of the most popular books at the bookstore has been "Words on Words: A Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words," by John B. Bremner, Oscar Scalzi, distinguished journalist Guzel said 750 copies of Bremner's book had been sold since 1980.
About 45 copies of the translation of "The Time of Troubles" by John T. Alexander, professor of history, have been sold since 1970. Getz said that was very good for a book intended for a specific audience.
Another popular book is "True Tales of the Old-Time Plains" by David Dary, professor of journalism. Gets said Dary's book was published by University Press of Kansas. He said 120 copies had been sold since last summer.
Susan Schott, marketing manager for the University Press of Kansas, said 14,000 copies of Alexander's book had been sold since its release
- the press' third best seller.
Loraine Pai/KANSAN
David Dary, professor of journalism, finds writing enjoyable and relaxing. Bill Getz, manager of the Oread Book Shop, said yesterday that Dary's book, "True Tales of the Old-Time Plains," was a popular item at his store.
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