A book shop isn’t a library.
I don’t get what you mean by this. Customers can go into both looking for something specific or seek out a particular author. If there’s no logical ordering how can customers find what they’re looking for?
Comment on This Op Shop seems to have ordered their secondhand books by colour for some reason
kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months agoI’ve never seen a place selling books not have them organized alphabetically! They might not be libraries but they have an interest in their customers being able to find what they’re looking for
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 10 months ago
uhmbah@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Sorted by genre, then alphabetically.
kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Yup, just like a library
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But you can’t deny they’re not libraries.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
no, they’re in the business of selling BOOKS, not swatches of colour for the fuckin’ shelf.
"Hi I’m looking for a copy of HG Wells’ “The Time Machine”
“what colour is it?”
"fuck this place.