21.   American readers wanted to hang her, but they bought her book, and they talked and argued about it, and about her, for years.

22.   Americans love to buy diet books.

23.   And for those who complain that buying books by the bulk is boorish, we hasten to assure that we considered quality, too.

24.   And the people who do come out are not buying books.

25.   And, in fact, Amazon was issuing refunds on the difference in price to customers who bought best-selling books shortly before its announcement of the discounts.

26.   And worst of all for an writer whose works once gripped millions of readers in Russia and throughout the world, almost no one buys his books.

27.   And yes, if you buy a book from the Web site, you can return it at any of the physical stores.

28.   As for me, I buy books.

29.   As the child gets older, instead of buying audiotapes of books, buy the book and make your own tape.

30.   As we select holiday gifts for the children in our lives, buy books.