Barnes & Noble was almost a lone crusader when the company announced it would not have O.J. Simpson’s creepy book on its shelves. Not anymore. “If I Did It” will be available at a bookstore near you.

Barnes & Noble announced earlier this month that it would not stock O.J. Simpson’s upcoming book of hypothetical murder due to lack of interest form customers. The book would be available online and through special orders though.

Now, the world’s largest book retailer has had a change of heart. Company spokeswoman Mary Ellen Keating announced on Thursday that customers would be able to enter a Barnes & Noble bookstore and get their own copy of the book off a shelf.

“We've been monitoring the pre-orders and customer requests and have concluded that enough customers have expressed interest in buying the book to warrant stocking it in our stores,” Keating said. “We do not intend to promote the book but we will stock it in our stores because our customers are asking for it.”

Hmm, not much crusading there.

Simpson’s dubious literary project was almost nipped in the bud late last year, when public uproar determined Rupert Murdoch, the boss over HarperCollins, the publishing company originally responsible with bringing “If I Did It” out in the open, and Fox, where a television special was scheduled to air, cancelled the whole thing.

A federal bankruptcy judge ruled this summer that the rights to the book belong to Ron Goldman’s family. O.J. Simpson still owes them $33.5 million in damages, due to the wrongful death judgment against him.

It is through the Goldmans that the book is still being published. They consider it to be a confession from O.J. O.J. was acquitted in 1995 of the murders of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, but was found liable for their deaths in a civil trial in 1996.

Ron Goldman’s family has said that O.J.’s writing will remain intact but “key commentary” will be added.

It was announced earlier this month that New York-based publishing house Beaufort Books plans to repackage and publish “If I Did It.”

Beaufort president Eric Kampmann wrote in a statement: “We will be working diligently to not only publish this book well, but to honor the memory of the victims of this terrible crime: Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.”

The book is set for a September 14 release, and 150,000 copies will be printed, in comparison to the 125,000 copies previously planned, according to a Beaufort spokeswoman.