• LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    At the Barnes and Noble by me, the books aren’t in alphabetical order, and it pisses me off. It’s good to have more actual book stores but I wish my local one fucking alphabetized their books.

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      5 hours ago

      They’re alphabetical here… alphabetical by author. That way all the authors books stay together.

      Are you expecting it to be alphabetical by title?

      Good luck finding all the Sue Grafton books! ;)

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        3 hours ago

        Nope, I’m expecting it to be alphabetical by author like all other places that I go to. They’re just a mishmash of authors and I’ll often find the same authors books be in different places in the same section. It sucks.

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      6 hours ago

      They don’t even know what goes in the nonfiction/essays section after the fiction books. That shelf is an absolute migraine for those of us who want literary nonfiction. Also the religious literature/philosophy/theory indistinctions. And don’t get me started on the Classics section. Hire a goddamn Lit MA student.

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      6 hours ago

      This has been a trend the past few years… It’s based more on how popular books are or something… Most places ditched Dewey and said fuck it