r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alextral • 1d ago

I really hate this

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Fantasy and science fiction being cramped in the same section, which is already so small :(

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u/Falitoty 1d ago

Your book stores really do this?

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u/DJDoena 1d ago

Here in Germany it's always like this.

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u/Falitoty 1d ago

I'm Spanish and here it's not

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u/FBI_Open_Up_Now 1d ago

Here in America and I would assume everywhere else, it depends on your store. The Barnes & Noble by me has them crammed together while Half Priced Books does not and the local books stores are dependent on their owners.

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u/tylerdehate 1d ago

Both half price books by me combine them into two half aisles, one for mass market paperbacks and one for every other type.

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u/squidwitchy 1d ago

Same for my local Half Price Books. It's because, especially w/used bookstores, it's impossible to guarantee enough stock for some sections because we depend on the community coming in to sell and you never know whats going to come through the door. Sci-Fi and Fantasy both come in in droves, of course, but it's going to ebb and flow day to day/month to month on which you have more of. It'd suck to have half an empty sci-fi aisle, with tons over fantasy back stock just waiting for shelf space or vice versa.

Source: i work there lol

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u/Ihavefluffycats 10h ago

Oh man! Half Priced Books is favorite store! I don't get there enough because our town doesn't have one. But every time I'm in Minneapolis, I'm there buying more books that will probably never get read. I could LIVE in that store!

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u/Low-Speaker-2557 1d ago

In meinem lokalen Thalia gibt es getrennte Fantasy und Sci-Fi Abschnitte, auch wenn sie direkt nebeneinander sind.

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u/Fanatic_Atheist 1d ago

Finland too

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u/NaoTwoTheFirst 1d ago

Nah, the store in my town has shelfes seperately for each one

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u/SomeArtistFan 1d ago

definitely not

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u/FlashyAd6581 1d ago

In book stores, it's usually separated unless it's a really small book store. Thrift stores are where they get crazy.

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u/vinniethestripeycat 1d ago

I like going to thrift stores where the bookshelves are utter chaos; I like stumbling across different genres than my usual ones & discovering authors & titles I've never heard of, all side by side in an unholy mess. I get decision fatigue in libraries & book stores & walk out with nothing whereas I can easily find a half dozen books at the above type of thrift store.

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u/your_evil_ex 23h ago

Yeah with Thrift Stores I usually get fiction, non-fiction, and kids' section at best

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u/Falitoty 1d ago

May I ask, what is a Thrift stores?

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u/Lithl 1d ago

Store operated by a charitable organization with super low prices because all the stuff they're selling was obtained via donations.

Sometimes the term gets used for any store with particularly low prices.

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u/Zaurka14 1d ago

Second hand store

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u/Dulcimore51 10h ago

A thrift store is similar to a charity shop.

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u/Nice-Percentage7219 1d ago

Can confirm, I work in a bookstore and science fiction and fantasy is locked in with the same code. We've been having problems keeping track of BookTok titles because they are loaded under different categories but shelves specifically with TikTok trending books. We have to type BookTok next to each title on the computer

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u/MrFreeman95 1d ago

My local Barnes and Nobles have them separate