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Comment on This Op Shop seems to have ordered their secondhand books by colour for some reason

kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’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

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uhmbah@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Sorted by genre, then alphabetically.

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- kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yup, just like a library
  
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  - ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    But you can’t deny they’re not libraries.
    
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    mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
    
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blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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?

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