I remember when I went into a Borders Bookstore in Massachusetts to look for a copy of "Unfit for Command". When I asked, the clerk looked like I put a dog turd under his nose. He smugly looked up and said "No, we don't have it..."
So I said, "Fine. I would like to order a copy."
His face was...priceless!
On the other end of the spectrum, Book Stop has a "employees choice" section of books, and one of the choices was "Michael Moore Is a Big, Fat, Stupid White Man." The employee's comment was "'nuff said."
That probably rates an "only in Texas," though.
Local B&Ns (and IIRC, the Borders) megastores in NYC
stock books such as _ Unfit For Command _ the Regnery
book about the Clinton impeachment (Regnery being the
publisher), Kupelian, and Lynne's book about Terri Schiavo
and have put at least 1-2 of them out on the "featured"
tables. I wonder if that's not an effect of competition
at work (since there's more than one mega-store in NYC)