I think it’s not so much conspiracy as cluelessness in play. Even if liberals in the book trade want to get conservatives’ money, their caricature of what conservatives are all about prevents them from knowing what to stock to fit our tastes.

Here in the South Bay, I’ve only seen one copy of “Liberal Fascism.” But every place has at least a handful of Buckley’s “Cancel you own goddam subscription” and more than that of Glen Beck’s “An Inconvenient Book.” It’s not like they don’t stock conservative books.

But Jonah Goldberg is neither an established bestselling conservative, nor a talk radio host. Which means he’s not on the radar screen for liberal booksellers.

Liberal clerks and customers may try to hide conservative books. And conservatives, in turn, should “accidentally” leave them on the “Books of Interest” table or turn them to face outwards. But when it comes to what is stocked, I think this is less about “censorship” than a failure to understand the market.