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Diet book local bookstore best-seller The hands-down, best- selling book in both of Midland's book stores this summer has a title longer than _ super- califragilisticexpiali- dosis. It's The Complete Searsdale Medical Diet plus Dr. Tarnower's Lifetime Keep-Slim Program. Nearly 1,000 copies of the $2.95 paperback have been sold. Marian Turner, co- owner of Books Unlimited, says that the book sold well initially, but that demand really rose after the author was shot. Marion Lynn, manager of the book department of Huronia Office Services, says it is not unusual for a customer to come into the store in search of the book with a piece of prescription paper in hand with the title written on it. Both women said the book seems to sell so well because it works. Turner' cited the promise of the book to reduce weight in only two weeks as its big attraction to buyers. Short term pain for long term gain, to quote out of context the former minister of finance, John Crosbie. Best-sellers at both stores are A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford, Shibumi by Trevanian, Maggie by Lena Ken- nedy. - Two other books that sell very well at both stores are Passage West by Dallas Miller and The Formula by Steve Shagan. Hardcovers pricey Hardcovers sell only in the fall when people are buying Christmas presents. The exception to the rule, Marion Lynn says, are hardcovers about the area. Hardcovers are ex- pensive, averaging $15 in price, and the public knows the paperback will soon follow. Even so, popular paperbacks cost $2.95. For a year Lynn has been offering a selection of books she has read and enjoyed on a money back if not satisfied arrangement, because, she explains, a reader expects good entertainment for $2.95. The Canadian books to watch for this fall in her opinion are Pierre Berton's The Invasion of Canada 1812-13, Charles Templeton's novel The Third Temptation, The World of Farley Mowat, and a coffee table book by Paul Duval, A. J. Casson. 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"Search fer Talent Contest" 'f you sing, dance or play, bring your accompaniment and be at place of Winner will be judged on Nashville Talent & Record Agency. appl: , and toa Free A C 4 trom-Local Merchants General Admission $3.00 sales potential of the Berton book, if _ it weren't for the price: $20. She _-- fears McClelland and Stewart, the book's publisher, may have priced the book out of the market. Bible sells Les Turner, of Books Unlimited, says he detects a trend towards increased sales of the Bible. Young couples are asking for collec- tions of Bible stories for children, as well as older people buying the standard King James version. Each category of fiction, like science fiction, war, romance, has its own devoted readers, he says: "Readers of Silhouette and Harlequin books - they will kill for the new releases. Some readers are Louis L'Amour (western) fans. They will drive to the ends of the earth for a new L'Amour." adult Horror and fantasy fiction is en- joying increasing popularity at Books Unlimited too. How-to- fix books sell very well. Les Turner speculates that after a period when people hired someone to fix their cars and their homes, they've turned to doing the work themselves if they have some knowledge, aided by a how-to book. The high cost of hiring the services of a mechanic or a tradesman are of course the reason for the swing to self-reliance. Children's books sell well too, in the ex- perience of Marion Lynn. She recommends books she would chose as a parent. Books that children would not get a lot of use out of, and that are expensive, are better borrowed from the library, in her opinion. Children's books she recommends include Pat the Bunny, a best- seller since 1932, for the other Goose Ever; 10-18 month-old; and Gyo Fuzihawa's Oh Richard Scarry's Best What a Busy Day. The THE COMPLETE > first time | erback-- 1 ie in for the diet king America by storm. Shooting boosts book's sales price range is between $6 and $9. But nothing is coming close to The Scarsdale Diet. 'Everybody in Midland must be on that diet," Les Turner says. It's the best-selling diet book ever. "There's never been any other diet book like it."' Something Marian Turner said about un- promoted books out- selling the big book of the month on a publisher's list would seem to apply. "That's the book business. You never know what's going to go." Canadian Energy 'Conservation can insulate your home for $25 322-1582 526-3901 Gray Coach Gray Coach opens its doors to Midland with a new bus terminal! In order to serve the people of Midland and the surrounding area that much better, Gray Coach Lines now has a new terminal and agent, John Scott of Huronia Travel. When it comes to travelling by coach from Midland to Toronto, there are several good reasons why you should go with Gray Coach: e Frequent service (three times daily Monday to Thursday, Sundays and holidays and four times daily Fridays and Saturdays). ® Modern coaches at your service. @ Connections to Airport Express for Toronto International Airport. Serves Yorkdale, Canada's second largest shopping centre. © Connections to Toronto subway system. © BPX service to all points in Ontario and beyond. GRAY COACH BUS TERMINAL 527 BAY STREET, MIDLAND. 526-3731. AGENT, JOHN SCOTT OF HURONIA TRAVEL. Your comfort is our driving concern - Page 8, Friday, August 1, 1980