One
of the best books I came across at Book Expo America was Everybody Craps… So
Why Not You? It’s a parody of
potty-training books, written for parents who can share in the common frustration
over a little one who won’t go near the toilet.
The
book, by S. M. Torres, is published by Kumquat. Its opening line is “It’s good
to take a crap!” It talks about the poop
habits of others. It notes how grown-ups
crap alone and read newspapers. It tells
us rabbits make little craps throughout the day because it eats a lot of
fiber. It speculates owls crap at night
because it’s dark and no one sees.
Apparently, owls are self-conscious about taking a dump.
The
book notes how cats clean up after their poop, but dogs make others clean after
them. It’s amazing how much could be
written about poop – and how often we’ll be drawn to reading about it! But the book is cute, the illustrations
delightful, and the words straight to the point. I shit you not.
But
the catalog of the weirdest books that I was given at BEA has to be the one
from Cider Mill Press, which is celebrating its 10th year of
“innovative gift book publishing.” Just
look at some of the titles featured in its catalog:
The
Official Fart Book
The
Official Barf Book
The
Complete Excuses Handbook: Women’s Edition
The
Little Black Book of Erotic Questions
Watch
Out For the Idiot Behind Me: The Ultimate Bumper Sticker Book
Stoner
Snacks
Weed-o-Pedia
Little
Penis: Oh, The Places You’ll Growl
Bi-Curious
George: A Parody
Organic
Dog Biscuit Cookbook
Teach Your Dog To Speak
Teach Your Dog To Speak
But
their best offering is a selection of self-inking stamps, with ink, and 16-page
booklets. The stamps provide “the unprecedented
ability to deliver your message loud and clear” according to the catalog. These stamps feature such slogans as:
Bite
Me
Shut
The Fuck Up
Eat
Shit
You
Suck
Fuck
You
Many
publishers feature books with personality.
But Kumquat’s poop book and Citadel’s eclectic collection really offer
some wacky books.
Perhaps
the book with the raunchiest title to have its own booth was in the independent
author section where Heidi DuBois promoted her provocatively titled: Open Wide:
The 4D’s – Dating, Divorce, Dentistry, & Dildos.
Heidi,
a divorced mom and dental hygienist by day, sought to get out of debt by
accepting an offer to get in on the ground floor of a new business – selling
sex toys in people’s homes. She postured herself on the floor of BEA with a sex-kitten confidence, assertively pushing her book. It should do well.
BEA
is always good for seeing what books are coming out soon, and based on some of
the books I got hold of, I predict another fun and interesting season awaits
book lovers.
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