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catchymemes · 3 days

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#funny #lol #haha #humor #meme #memes #tweet #twitter #motivation #words #quotes #books #book quotes

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maniculum · 2 days

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One of the things I’ve noticed working in a bookstore is that a surprising number of people are completely unfamiliar with the normal way books are organized.

(I mean, in the part of the store where we keep the used books, I frequently have to assure people that the books are organized at all, but that’s because we have way more books than we have shelf space and there’s no way to handle that without it looking a bit of a mess.)

On one hand, we get customers who are apparently a completely blank slate in this area. I frequently have to walk people through, like, “Okay, it’s organized by subject / genre, then by author. Oh, ‘by author’ means in alphabetical order by the name of the author. No, their last name.” (Most of the people I give this talk to are, I think, college kids — it’s a bit strange to me that you can reach that age without knowing how bookstores work, but then again, I can kind of see how these days it’s possible to mostly get your books online where you just use a search function.)

One customer responded to the above explanation with “oh, it’s the Dewey Decimal System!” and I had to be like… no. Similar in broad concept, yes, but the Dewey Decimal System is a very specific thing (involving… decimals) and it’s really only used in libraries, not bookstores, because it kind of requires you to label the spines of your books, which bookstores generally don’t like to do for obvious reasons.

On the other hand, we also get customers with pre-existing incorrect assumptions, which are so often similar that I think they’re being imported from other media (though I’m not sure what).

People seem to expect the organization of Fiction to be much more granular — e.g., “where’s historical fiction?” “oh, that’s just in with general fiction.” I think some of that comes from movies (people ask where the “rom-com” section is, and that’s definitely a movie thing), but I’m not sure that’s always the reason.

(Admittedly the fiction organization is a bit more granular in the Used Books area than it is in the New Books, but that’s because there are certain genres that we get tons of from people selling us their old books, but we don’t buy enough of on purpose to justify giving them their own section in New Books.)

At the same time, people have the opposite assumption about Non-Fiction — i.e., they expect there to be one singular section labeled “Non-Fiction”, which is not the case. I’ve had multiple conversations that go like:

Customer: Where can I find non-fiction books?

Me: You’ll have to be more specific.

Customer: You know, non-fiction.

Me: [gesturing at the signs hanging from the ceiling that say things like “science”, “philosophy”, “art”, “history”, etc.] All of these are non-fiction in their own special way.

I try to be nice about it, but I don’t think I always succeed, just because I’m so often legitimately surprised and confused when someone just doesn’t know How Do You Books. I’m getting used to it now, but I’ve been working there for almost five years, so there’s been quite a long adjustment period in between.

Anyway. Just some observations.

#retail #books #bookstore

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academia-lucifer · 19 hours

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@academia-lucifer

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shiftythrifting · 2 days

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I know that these two spines lined together aren't meant to make a complete picture, but I like to think that the protagonist of this series is some kind of homunculus. Found in Goodwill.

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #books #lol

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do-you-know-this-queer-character · 3 days

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Do you know this queer character?

Murderbot is Agender, Aromantic, and Asexual and uses it/its pronouns!

#The labels are technically not stated but based on what I've read about it its expression lines up best with those #also as someone who's never heard of this before does the bot go around committing murder is that the plot because if so good for it #it was submitted 8 times so people sure like it #murderbot #murderbot diaries #tmbd #martha wells #tumblr polls #fandom polls #poll #agender #aromantic #asexual #aroace #it/its #books #lgbtqia #do you know this queer character

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a-book-of-creatures · 1 day

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Posting this because I reblogged something about Usborne Books and apparently most people seem to associate Usborne with lift-the-flap books for preschoolers.

Which is weird because to me as a child Usborne books were some of the spookiest books I could get my hands on. They filled the same place as Dorling Kindersley - colorful, creative, informative books that were educational as well as fun to read. And their approach to myths and legends was, not going to lie, very formative for me. If it wasnt' for Usborne, there might not have been ABC.

And much like Dorling Kindersley, Usborne went through a phase of extreme creative experimentation before stagnating into safer forms of publishing. But for a while, Usborne books were mindblowing.

So what has Usborne done then that aren't lift-the-flap books for preschoolers? Well, a lot. Puzzle Adventures. Extreme map and code puzzles. How to Draw Books. Cut-out and build houses, Trojan horses, and dinosaurs (by Luis Rey no less). How to Be A Detective. Nature spotter's guides. Nature Search books. Facts and Lists books that instilled cosmic horror in me years before I knew what cosmic horror was. I could go on forever.

There was a series of excellent myths and legends books which I posted about before.

These were illustrated by Rodney Matthews and were every bit as metal as you'd expect from something by Rodney frickin' Matthews.

Then there were the Quest books which were Where's Waldo-esque books that followed a storyline in a fantasy world.

In this case, they showcased lush art by Nick Harris in which you find various items or characters to make the story progress, as well as other random things (find 10 rats, find 8 clownfishes, etc).

The Tabloid Histories books, oh my gosh.

Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Medieval, etc. history told through tabloid articles and ads.

More about monsters though! There were books about folktales and legends illustrated by Stephen Cartwright.

For me it was my first time hearing of a lot of them, such as the Lambton Worm!

The Haunted World, now that was spooky! With lots of colorful, dripping art by Graham Humphreys.

Introduced me to a lot of ghosts, vampires, and monsters from around the world. Such as the story of Arnold Paole!

And there were maps and diagrams...

... and lindorns [sic] and mokele-mbembes!

The Supernatural Guides had denser text but sadly have not been reprinted anytime recently.

The World of the Unknown series, though... ohohoho those were good.

Of course (no offense to fans of ghosts and UFOs), I had eyes only for the Monsters book. With such gems as the Velue...

... the Lambton Worm...

... and cryptozoological rubbish such as the Monongahela sea serpent (below), the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and their ilk.

You know, the sort of thing that would keep a 7-year-old fascinated (and perhaps scared under the blankets) for weeks.

Anyway, yeah I just really love Usborne books. Or at least what they used to be.

#creatures #monsters #ghosts #usborne #spiders #dragons #books

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happyheidi · 4 hours

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𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍 ♡

#loved it so much #so I had to make this #interior #cats #animals #cottagecore #flowers #flowercore #warmcore #photography #cozycore #cosycore #interior design #books #light academia aesthetic #classic academia

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peacefulandcozy · 13 hours

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Instagram credit: coffeesoakedpages

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darkest-fantasy · 1 day

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The only thing Lucien Vanserra needs to do for his Mate to fall head over heels in love with him is to literally wear one of these shirts

Elain will fold in half a second

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lackadaisycats · 2 days

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Okay just because I'm confused - is Lackadaisy Volume 2 available as a book? I saw it available on Barnes & noble, but recently you said we could purchase the first one and had a link to Volume 1... I want to make sure I'm buying what gets you the most money and is the most recent.

You can currently pre-order Volume 2 from B&N and other retailers. It doesn't release until later this year, though. BackerKit backers will be receiving theirs earlier than its official release date. I will make a limited number available to Patreon supporters shortly too.

Whatever you decide to do, thanks for your interest and support!

#lackadaisy #lackadaisycats #comics #books #volume 2

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kii-tty · 7 hours

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acomaflove · 15 hours

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Rhysand and Azriel: *walk into the room laughing*

Feyre: SHHHHHH! You’ll wake the baby.

Rhysand, whispering: I thought Mor was babysitting Nyx tonight?

Feyre: She is.

Rhysand:

Feyre:

Azriel:

Rhysand, LOUDLY whispering: THEN WHO IS THE BABY?!?

Feyre: *points to Cassian passed out on the sofa*

Rhysand: You did not just refer to a 500+ year old war general as a BABY.

Feyre: Correction: An Illyrian Baby.

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must-be-mr-boggins · 23 hours

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Bilbo, absolutely seething: You are so infuriating and incompetent, how do you even manage to dress yourself each morning????

Thorin, lost in Bilbo’s eyes, not hearing a word he’s saying: We should get married.

#inspired by the post below this #pls check it out its life changing #if my future partner and I aren’t like this then I don’t want it #they really are the only dynamic tbh #the hobbit #bilbo baggins #thorin oakenshield #lotr #bagginshield #thorin x bilbo #books #movies #tolkien #fanfic

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theyreonlynoodlesmikee · 3 days

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official poster for the lost boys prequel i am making with some amazing friends!

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literatureaesthetic · 1 day

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📍marylebone, london — vowing that one day i'll move here, and it'll be my forever home. truly never felt so in love with a city before

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chryseiswriting-blog · 3 days

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Today on ‘I’m Stupid’, a life series by me, tell me how it took me seven years and FOUR rereads to realise Neil Josten’s 10 is the mirror image of Riko Moriyama’s 01 😩

#boys and their daddy issues #Neil Josten #Riko moriyama #the foxhole court #the raven king #the kings men #aftg fandom #all for the game #nora sakavic #stupid realisations #books #aftg fanart #nathaniel wesninski

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