#bookshop things

[gigi-b]

[a-suspicious-lack-of-bagel]

While I'm ranting about stuff that peeves me at work, can we take a moment to say "fuck you" to whoever puts marketing information into title fields?

The box says "Title (series #)". There's even an instruction to "Enter title exactly as it is on the book then (series #) if appropriate". These are some examples of plausible titles:

Booky McBookface - title only and no series

Booky McBookface: A Book on the Shelf - title and subtitle

Booky McBookface and the Library Gang (Booky #3) - title and series #

Booky McBookface: Out Of Print (Booky #4) - title, subtitle, and series #

Here are some examples that I would NOT like to see:

Booky McBookface: CBCA Shortlisted Book 2024 - that's an award. it belongs in the awards field and maybe the description.

Booky McBookface: Now a major motion picture - that's marketing info and might be the first line of the description.

Booky McBookface: Australia's next bestseller - i'll believe that when I see the sales data, and then I'll put it in the description or (if appropriate) the awards).

Booky McBookface: the latest release by Biblio Writerson - i can figure that out from the author field and the release date.

Whoever the fuck's marketing team is messing with everyone's bibliographic data, it's time to stop. Don't do this. Be better.

[a-suspicious-lack-of-bagel]

Dear various publishers,

Most cardboard boxes are designed to be a certain size. Please, put down your stanley knives. If the stuff you're trying to ship is a different size to your box, use packing material and/or a different size box.

You should not be hacking your boxes to pieces. And if you are, they should be buried peacefully in the recycling bin! What most definitely should NOT happen to these poor boxes, is for their remains to be reconstructed into a different size and shape (with the aid of copious amounts of packing tape).

Sincerely,

A very tired and confused bookseller

[a-suspicious-lack-of-bagel]

on the topic of new release lists and all things work; can i just say that I'm not a fan of inflation? back in MY day a trade paperback novel had a RRP of like AUD25. and now they're all like 32.99 or someshit. what the fuck??!?