ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Buy.com(r), the Internet Superstore(tm), today announced that it also will not stock O.J. Simpson's new book "If I Did It," the hypothetical account of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, out of respect for their families. In addition, the company will not be taking any special orders for Mr. Simpson's new book.
Buy.com has one of the largest book catalogs available on the Internet with more than 1 million books offered, but this book will not be one of them.
"The book was written in bad taste, and does not honor the memories of those that were impacted by this tragedy," said Jeff Wisot, vice president of marketing, Buy.com. "We do not plan to profit from these victims."
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Buy.com is a leading e-commerce company with more than 10 million customer accounts, focused on providing its customers with a rewarding shopping experience and a broad selection of high-quality technology and entertainment retail goods at competitive prices. Buy.com offers over two million products in a range of categories, including consumer electronics, computer hardware and software, cell phones, books, music, videos, games, digital music downloads, toys, bags, home and outdoor, baby and sporting goods. Buy.com, founded in June of 1997, is located in Aliso Viejo, California.
Buy.com(r) and The Internet Superstore(tm) are trademarks of Buy.com Inc. Buy.com currently competes with a variety of companies that can be divided into two broad categories: (i) multi-category retailers, such as Amazon.com and Wal-Mart and (ii) specialty retailers or manufacturers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA and Dell.