The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year. The plan marks a dramatic shift from when it closed hundreds of its stores before the arrival of a new CEO.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! ;)
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.
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