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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:33 PM
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Poll question: Your Preference for a Bookstore

If you walked into a used bookstore,
say about 800 sq feet,
say about 12,000 books on the shelves,
how do you prefer the store be setup?

:shrug:

RL

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johnnie

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:34 PM
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1. In sections for sure

When I go to the bookstore I usually go with a specific topic in mind.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:35 PM
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15. Wanna help me rearrange 12,000 books into sections?

:hi:

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johnnie

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:40 PM
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19. Hell yeah I would

If I were closer. But isn't it going to be just as hard arranging them all by author?

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:42 PM
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22. They are already shelved by author...

:shrug:

Made it easier to find books for the online sales...

RL

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lizziegrace

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:36 PM
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2. By topic, definitely

And the undivided attention of the owner helps too...

;)

:)

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:31 PM
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13. Well, you walk in, you got my attention, for sure!

:loveya:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:40 PM
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3. My dear Retro...

Definitely a combo!

In sections, but inside each section, alphabetized by author!

I know, I have to make it difficult for you!

:hug:

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:36 PM
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16. No difficulty from you...

Lots of books to move around, though...

:hug:

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Gormy Cuss

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:41 PM
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4. Alphabetical by author is not how most of us are trained to browse.

Libraries aren't set up that way either. What would be helpful is a terminal where one could search by author, but that only makes sense in a large store.

:-)

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:42 PM
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5. Sections, definitely.

Each of which would be alphabetized, of course.

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Deja Q

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:46 PM
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6. By mixing up the genres, in favor of alphabetical preference,

you might have a porno stashed next to somebody's non-fiction.

Oh dear...

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tjwmason

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:46 PM
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7. By sections - but not perfectly.

I do like to browse through the sections which tend to interest me - but to have a couple of semi-relavent books thrown into the mix (which probably comes from customers moving books around in reality) adds an immense amount of interest to the browsing.

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supernova

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:46 PM
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8. By genre, then author

When I want to explore writing, and I latch on to an author, I want to see what other work an author has done besides the one that captured my attention. And by extention, I want to see other authors who have a similar theme.

This sounds similar to the used book stall that I frequent at the flea market. It's easy for me to find the topics/authors that interest me.

What kind of setup do you have now? What kind of feedback have you gotten from your customers?

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Guava Jelly

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:47 PM
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9. I'd like a MicroBrew pub bookstore

Edited on Sun Oct-14-07 01:47 PM by GoPsUx

Or a Hootersesq type store with ladies w/ big hoo hoo"s :hide:

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:34 PM
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14. You better watch out, young man

I hear you're going to PA. I may have to have someone follow you...

:D

RL

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Guava Jelly

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:53 PM
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26. As long as that someone is you know who. :o)

She could follow me anywhere..(I'd rather follow her though..better view :evilgrin: )
I hope we can work out a meet up :D

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:08 PM
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28. You need a Chaperone?

:hide:

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Guava Jelly

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:18 PM
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31. It would be cool to meet both of you

Although she is slightly cuter ;)
Pie..I crave pie for some reason :hide:

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:21 PM
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33. OMG!

Poor kid will never live that down...

RL

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Guava Jelly

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:25 PM
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36. I just hope he can live it up still

:yoiks:

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datasuspect

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:50 PM
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10. the kind with dark booths in the back

and "cool" management

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krispos42

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:11 PM
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30. Bathroom-style dark booths?

Where the sides don't come down all the way to the floor?

Senator? Is that you?

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 10:39 PM
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74. Well, the "cool" part is taken care of...

booths, huh?

RL

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LeftyMom

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:51 PM
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11. By genre, then alphabetized within the section.

:hi:

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lost-in-nj

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Sun Oct-14-07 01:53 PM
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12. Sections

I will go to the bookstore and the first thing I go to is the new arrivals...
then to whatever section I am there for on that day.... Sometimes I know what author I want and sometimes I want to check out other authors of the same category.

lost

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xchrom

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:37 PM
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17. i always need suggestions.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:41 PM
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20. I have quite a few for you...

:hi:

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xchrom

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:44 PM
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24. and i'm interested in every one of them.

love my book btw. thanks.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:09 PM
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29. Glad to hear you got it okay...

:hi:

RL

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KamaAina

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:38 PM
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18. The people have spoken!

Go for the sections.

Oh yes, should I ever return to Milwaukee (I have been, once), I have the distinct feeling that I would indeed be walking into just such a used bookstore...

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SPKrazy

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:42 PM
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21. one that breaks it into sections along sides or areas

fiction, and then categories of fiction and same for non-fiction

best sellers in another area paperback and hardback

and new books

recommendations area, like Retro's picks or something

all easily labeled areas, alphabetical in each category

:shrug:

my .02

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:43 PM
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23. Sounds good...

Wanna come by and help?

:hi:

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SPKrazy

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:46 PM
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25. ya know...

maybe it is time to change careers

or at least take a road trip :P

:hi:

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:08 PM
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27. Roadtrip!

and I'll set you up with a few friends of Bill :D:

:hi:

RL

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krispos42

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:20 PM
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32. Sections, BUT...

Edited on Sun Oct-14-07 03:21 PM by krispos42

If alpha by author is easier for you, then maybe you could buy some colored and/or shaped stickers for the various genres and stick them on the spines. And/or place them in different spots on the spine.

If half the store was fiction and half non-fiction, then on the fiction side romance could be pink, techno-thriller orange, sci-fi/fantasy green, mystery blue, suspense/horror red, action/adventure white, etc.

People looking for a particular genre would simply follow the color.

Or, I could just be crazy.

Your pick! :-)

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triguy46

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:21 PM
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34. Two major sections:

Fiction, (all fiction), by author

Non-fiction: in some logical order, if not a quasi dewey decimal, some reasonable facsimile.

It drives me nuts to go to barnes noble and they have "fiction" and "literature". Huh? I've yet to grasp their distinction, but seems ludicrous, with "literature" being pre 1950, or things that they perceive you would never read for pleasure. What a frickin clusterf*.

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Bennyboy

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:23 PM
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35. Sections...I only read a couple of genres.....

so I don't want to rummage thru a bunch of books that don't interest me.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:42 PM
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40. Yeah, seems the vote is going that way.

:hi:

RL

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QMPMom

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:27 PM
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37. In sections with the books alphabetical by author within the

sections. When we lived in a very small town up north, the whole library was strictly alphabetical by author with no sections and it was a pain in the ass to find a specific genre. I hated it.

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mulsh

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Sun Oct-14-07 03:42 PM
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38. in sections

it's easier to know which sections I'll avoid -psychobabble, child rearing etc and which sections I'll haunt such as sci fi, mysteries, poetry, mythology.
I tend to wander around the whole book store before zeroing in on what I find interesting. I'm positive the few sections I avoid hold other customer's interest.

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puerco-bellies

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:07 PM
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39. Sections: I usually browse by subject.

The move sounds like a good idea if you can get favorable lease. Good luck.

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:50 PM
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41. Thrown about randomly and without respect, reeking of urine, moldy, and open at whimsical times,

with a cranky, asshole proprietor who refuses to stop smoking, and no prices are marked, they are made up by the offensive-language using proprietor or his loud, sickly, chain-smoking 800 pound bitterly angry wheezing proprietress wife, depending on mood and their opinion of you a human being and guesstimate as to your ability to pay.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:57 PM
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43. Oh, can I have your babies?

:loveya:

RL

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Rabrrrrrr

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:40 PM
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55. Only if you put massage chairs in your shop, that you then never let anyone use

and shoo them out of with great fervor and threats of blowing their fucking heads off with a shotgun.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 08:33 PM
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62. Hey! Stop reading my mind...

:scared:

RL

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evlbstrd

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:54 PM
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42. By year of publication or copyright.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:57 PM
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44. or maybe by Page Count...

:shrug:

RL

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evlbstrd

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:05 PM
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45. Nice and obscure.

Combine it with the brew pub idea and you've got a winner.

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:07 PM
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46. An Obscure Bookstore / Brew Pub

That's the winner!

RL

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evlbstrd

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:09 PM
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48. You'll be famously obscure.

You could name it Kilgore Trout's.

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Guava Jelly

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:11 PM
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49. We Missourians think alike

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evlbstrd

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:13 PM
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52. One day we'll rule the world.

Then they'll all be sorry.

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Guava Jelly

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:15 PM
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53. Better Missouri than Kansas

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evlbstrd

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:41 PM
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56. I have friends in Kansas.

We're debating diplomatic immunity.

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:09 PM
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47. Dewey Decimal, duh.

http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:21 AM
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64. That Dewey fellow almost beat Truman

:hi:

RL

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jmm

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:11 PM
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50. Looks like I'm going to be the lone vote for alphabetic

I definitely have my preferred genres but I like to read everything so I kind of like them all mixed up. My ideal store would have books along the walls in alphabetic order and tables and/or shelves in the middle featuring genres and recommendations.

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YellowRubberDuckie

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:13 PM
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51. Broken up by genre, arranged alphabetically by author...

Things are easier to find that way...

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Rabrrrrrr

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:39 PM
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54. All the books that I would like, in front. The books I wouldn't like, hidden in back.

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 11:14 PM
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77. and those "other" books behind the counter...

:hi:

RL

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Rabrrrrrr

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:42 PM
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57. Have you ever seen Black's Books? It was a BBC comedy about a bookstore owner.

Hilarious!

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 08:33 PM
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61. One of my Favorites...

Perfect show...

:hi:

RL

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Rabrrrrrr

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Mon Oct-15-07 08:39 AM
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67. Oh, good! I'm glad you've come across it!

Someone on DU mentioned it a few months ago, and gave a link to a youtube of a scene that had me rolling, so I bought the whole DVD set on a whim.

Love it!

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blueraven95

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:44 PM
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58. sections, and with lots of very comfortable chairs!

and maybe a cat or two. :)

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bigwillq

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Sun Oct-14-07 05:50 PM
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59. Sections (nt)

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:05 PM
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69. Seems like that's the consensus...

:hi:

RL

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Cobalt Violet

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Sun Oct-14-07 07:40 PM
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60. I like sections.

I love to browse too but sometimes I don't have all day to browse all the books. And sometimes I'm just interested in one kind of book like art books.

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RetroLounge

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Tue Oct-16-07 07:22 AM
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78. Good Point

:hi:

RL

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RetroLounge

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Sun Oct-14-07 09:41 PM
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63. Still neck and neck on the voting I see

:rofl:

RL

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NewJeffCT

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Tue Oct-16-07 07:45 AM
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80. As I said in my post below

I think we've finally found something Democrats can agree on - it may be a first since 1944.

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Richardo

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:35 AM
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65. By color then height

:D:thumbsup:

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Connonym

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:38 AM
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66. strictly by color

thusly

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 05:43 PM
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68. I can do that!

Color is cool...

RL

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Sugar Smack

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Tue Oct-16-07 08:00 AM
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81. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.

By color. MIND-MELD. :wow:

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Richardo

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Tue Oct-16-07 08:11 AM
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83. I'm sorry, I was using your brain cells without permission

Edited on Tue Oct-16-07 08:17 AM by Richardo

The ones from the "smart-assial" cortex. :D

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GOPisEvil

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:13 PM
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70. In alphabetical order of the first word on page 26.

Well, you had enough serious answers.

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:19 PM
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71. It's already that way...

:eyes:

RL

p.s. :rofl:

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GOPisEvil

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:21 PM
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72. Imagine the carnage of multiple printings of the same book.

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 07:21 PM
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73. Oh, The Humanity!

:D

RL

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LynneSin

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Mon Oct-15-07 10:41 PM
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75. Other: Autobiographical

Like Jon Cusack did in "High Fidelity"

:hide:

Break it up into sections. If I'm looking for a specific topic, arranging by alphabetical order does me no good.

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RetroLounge

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Mon Oct-15-07 10:54 PM
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76. Ah, I liked his method in High Fidelity

a certain obsessive compulsive quality I admire...

Then each section can be named after the woman it reminds me of...

:hi:

RL

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NewJeffCT

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Tue Oct-16-07 07:43 AM
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79. Looks like sections is slightly ahead here

We've actually found something Democrats can agree on!

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RetroLounge

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Tue Oct-16-07 06:37 PM
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84. Hey, it's pretty close...

:D

RL

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MissHoneychurch

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Tue Oct-16-07 08:06 AM
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82. Broken up in sections

and then alphabetically

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