08/10/2026
We recently received a negative review for our store not being alphabetized or “organized in anyway” lol. This is stated on our website, but we occasionally get asked, so I thought I’d share why we don’t!
1. We get new books in weekly, and it is already a challenge finding room for all of them in each section. Sometimes we have a small gap that only a certain book fits. Sometimes I have to move an author with 7 books up or down our shelves to fit out other books. With how often we already have to rearrange, it would make shifting all of our books a complete nightmare, and I’d rather spend that time working on more important things.
2. I like having control of displaying certain books/series at the top of our bookcases or facing them out. Especially for popular books and new releases, I don’t want them getting lost at the bottom of our shelves.
3. All of our bookcases are labeled with the genre at the top, and within each section books are grouped by subgenre. In our Romance section our bookcases start out Contemporary, move into Rom-Coms, and then to Dark Romance. We have Cowboy books together, Sports books together, Q***r books together, etc. This makes it easier for me to tell parents with young teens trying to shop in that section that the last bookcase and a half has much more adult content, and also give quick recommendations to customers if they liked a certain book that they will find more similar ones right around that author.
4. We have expanded three times, adding new genres and more within each section, and we most likely will have to in the near future. Again, the time it would take to keep everything alphabetical would be overly time consuming.
Our sections are small, and don’t take much time to peruse, but we are always happy to explain our organization and help you find what you’re looking for!😊📚
