JESSY EDWARDS - stuff.co.nz
May 13 2015
Reuters
Kim Kardashian with her book Selfish. Some Kiwi booksellers have taken to displaying only sealed copies, to stop customers photographing the nude shots without buying the book.
Bookshops have been on high alert since the reality TV star's book of sexy selfies, entitled Selfish, hit the shelves.
One section features nude shots – which have made the book a target for people snapping sneak photos on their smartphones and then leaving the bookshop without buying it.
Some stores are having to resort to displaying only sealed copies of the book
Jared Raines, part-owner of Christchurch store Paper Plus Northlands, said it had just got Selfish in, and staff were working out how to display it.
"There's quite a bit of pretty much full nudity in there, so it's a bit of a tough one, but I think we'll only have the sealed copies on display and a sign up saying, 'There's a copy at the counter for your perusal'.
"We had the same issue with 50 Shades of Grey where you'd have a dozen schoolkids coming through looking for the most risque bits, and then putting it back on the shelf. You can't police it if you don't see it at the time."
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