SteveClough, 1 month ago

@Schnuckster @bookstodon I think one core reason is that they need to put thing they want to push at some time near the front.

And things like general fiction they know people will look for. So they can be further back.

So it is driven not by ease of finding but by marketing.

Libraries are more for finding a specific book you want, and then getting it, so Dewey is probably more suited to that.

But I get your pain.

ItsThatDeafGuy, 1 month ago

@Schnuckster @bookstodon Don't be silly...... it'll be sorting by the cover's main colour before anything like that happens.

Schnuckster, 1 month ago

@ItsThatDeafGuy @bookstodon 😰

pretensesoup, 1 month ago

@Schnuckster bookstores use BISAC subject headings (in North America, anyway). I think probably it's easier for shelving—not all books are published with DDC already done, plus bookstores want to move books around to draw attention, and allegedly BISAC is less biased toward Western culture...

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Schnuckster, 1 month ago

@pretensesoup @bookstodon Ta. I ended up walking out because the shop spans five floors and it wasn't my gym day!

pretensesoup, 1 month ago

@Schnuckster five!!! And they didn't invest in a rattly, possibly haunted elevator or something? Tsk.

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Schnuckster, 1 month ago

@pretensesoup @bookstodon It's a one person elevator only! Generally viewed as bad form to use it unless you've lost use of at least one leg. 😬