Here’s one way to advertise your bookstore

By Steve Weber | Published: July 25, 2007


Catching up on your reading?

Culling some penny books?

Want a bit of light summer reading?

Thanks to Wystan Stevens for sending me this photo and thanks to Jason Weaver for posting it on Flickr.

The pile of books is intended to be recognized as a sculpture (representing a human leg?). It was erected on the main street of Linz, Austria, by a bookstore called “Thalia” during a festival this spring celebrating the city’s nomination as a cultural center.

Here are some other views:

Here is the pile under construction, using a boom platform:
And another random photo, from a distance:

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4 Comments

  1. Back Garage
    Posted July 26, 2007 at 9:35 am | Permalink

    Looks like the back of a thrift stores. Are those all copies of What to Eat When You’re Expecting and Iacocca?

  2. Anonymous
    Posted July 26, 2007 at 2:18 pm | Permalink

    No, this is sadly a ‘future shot’ (circa 2010) of Harry Potter in 200 plus different translations!

    Debbie K.

  3. Anonymous
    Posted July 26, 2007 at 4:05 pm | Permalink

    I wouldn’t want to be close by when someone tries to buy a title that is at the bottom of the pile and pulls it out.

  4. prying1
    Posted July 27, 2007 at 2:16 am | Permalink

    Wonder if there are any first edition Of Mice and Men or Gone With the Wind signed by the author in that pile.

    Look out Anonymous!!! I’m going in to see.

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