[Publib] shelving short stories

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I can't speak for all bookstores but Borders keeps anthologies at the end of fiction in a separate section.  Customers seemed to prefer it, and I'm betting sales reflect that, or they wouldn't do it.
 
Stacy Alesi
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& MLIS candidate at University of South Florida



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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Karen Schneider
Sent: Wed 11/19/2008 6:09 AM
To: PUBLIB
Subject: Re: [Publib] shelving short stories


This too is a "speaking personally," but as an avid short-story reader, I like the separate collection at my local library. It lets me browse short story collections whether they are by an author or they are in an anthology. Wandering through the stacks of long fiction hoping I might stumble across short stories is not my idea of a fun  browse. I can see it working both ways, since many good long-fiction writers begin with a short-story collection, but it's worth seeing what book stores do and/or asking your readers what they prefer...

Karen / PUBLIB
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