August 15, 2005

Organizing Book Stores

I largely agree with Jesse. I think. Organizing book stores on the basis of the personal characteristics of the author is, at the very least, confusing. Just what do you do with the works of James Baldwin in stores like this? And yeah, it does relegate too many authors to a literary ghetto. That said, there is a certain quick-shopping convenience aspect to this form of organization. But all in all, I think the criticisms of this practice are fair.

Posted by armand at August 15, 2005 12:16 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Books


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