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   David Jones (schnuckster@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 06:21:20 JST David Jones

   I was in the Gower Street Waterstones today, asking about where to find books on neurodiversity. Got told they could be in any of three or four places depending on the type of book it is. Made me wonder, when a bookshop is that big, wouldn't using Dewey decimal be a better option? #books #bookstodon @bookstodon 📚

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     EH Lupton (pretensesoup@romancelandia.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 06:21:27 JST EH Lupton

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

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     David Jones (schnuckster@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 06:21:28 JST David Jones

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

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     EH Lupton (pretensesoup@romancelandia.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2024 06:21:29 JST EH Lupton

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     @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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