Warning: Dangerous Books Ahead
Posted on February 24th, 2007 by Tim Almond
THE author of a book honouring First World War soldiers has been told he needs £5m worth of insurance to sell them on council premises.
The cover Mark Sutton needs is to protect against people dropping books on their feet or getting a paper cut and then suing the council.
Good grief. Anyone cite me a case of someone taking someone to court for getting paper cuts?
Mark’s book, which he spent three years researching, is available at Waterstone’s and he still has 2,000 copies to sell.
So Waterstones don’t seem to have a problem with him not being insured then?
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Oh, you found that as well? Read that in my Google Alerts this morning and am still finding it hard to believe.
Is it even possible to sue someone for being so stupid to drop a book themselves on their own foot? Nobody forced them to pick up the book and then drop it. So how can someone else be held responsible? I’m lost…