Do bookstores still sell Ufology books?
I don’t go to bookstores very often because I mostly buy books from Amazon, but last week I was at two different ones and neither had Ufology books.
One of those was Hastings, which is like a video rental/music/bookstore. They don’t normally have the biggest selection so I wasn’t that surprised to find no Ufology books. Still, at one time they had a small ufology section (like a row or two) and they don’t anymore.
I was at Borders a few days after that and once again – no Ufology books. Well, they did have the good taste to have Strange Secrets, by Nick Redfern, which has some Ufology related stuff in it. It was the only Ufology related book I found.
I just found it strange. This is New Mexico, if Ufology books are being sold anywhere, you would think it would be here.
Both stores literally had two entire shelves, top to bottom, devoted to Sylvia Browne. Is she really that popular or does her publisher just really push her stuff? I am hoping it is the publisher.
They also had any book you have ever heard of (or haven’t heard of) that mentions 2012 in the title. There seemed to be dozens of those.
Mostly just wondering if anyone else has noticed a lack of Ufology books where they live?
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Feb 23 2010 
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:03 am
I have noticed that too here in Lubbock, Texas. I might see the book Captured! dealing with the Hill abduction – but thats it.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:59 am
Anyone looking for UFO books cannot do better than Arcturus Books in Port St. Lucie, FL. It’s a mail order book service with the best book lists in the world. His books are also available through AbeBooks online.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:28 am
I’ve ranted about this for some time; bookstores rarely have a “UFO” section, or any specific sections within Fortean or esoteric areas. Usually it’s a random collection of books under something like “New Age,” or “Mysticism,” sometimes Supernatural or something. Wicca or Witchcraft is popular and so they might have a section to that, and I’ve noticed too Sylvia Browne is all over these categories.
Even the one New Age shop here in Eugene doesn’t have UFO books! On the unusual chance they do, it’s about channeling aliens . . .
In the local Borders they did have a couple of copies of Nick’s Contactees, but that was about the only UFO book; Jim Marrs Alien Agenda, maybe one or two others. Nothing extensive, nothing super current (other than Nick’s.)
Used bookstores are not much better of course that depends on the store. I have a not so unrealistic fantasy of having a truly UFO (and esoterica type) bookstore on the coast. If you’re lucky enough to find UFO books they’re lumped in with “speculation” or “new age” stuff like that.
Thank god for Amazon and ebay!
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:50 pm
I used to work at a locally owned bookstore. Our section was called “high strange” but within that section were subsections which included ufos and all the bookstores used to be set up that way. Apparently not anymore. The thing I used to like about that was I could browse and sometimes find a cool ufology book that I hadn’t even heard of before. It is hard to do that with Amazon or ebay.
And can you guess who was in charge of and the expert on the high strange section – bet you can.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Glad to hear Nick has broken through the corporate chain distribution juggernaut. Usually I have to order the books as the store doesn’t stock them and sometimes an economy of scale might be triggered. Still the truth is not found through some “garage” experiment — whether it’s a book or the A-bomb. Consider all those “science” writers like George Johnson and John Casti hanging out in Santa Fe, clinging to the Freemasonic Bohemian Grove occult tech shamans of our day (Los Alamos, Santa Fe Insitute, etc.). No problem selling science as the spiritual answer for the chain store table display.
February 24th, 2010 at 12:32 am
Obviously it works for them or they couldn’t afford to live in Santa Fe.