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Bookshop.org is also highly political. It used to be that bookstores would be politically neutral and feature content of all kinds. Now those stores often put p
by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
Bookshop.org is also highly political. It used to be that bookstores would be politically neutral and feature content of all kinds. Now those stores often put political content the employees want to support on the main shelves. Bookshop is the online version of that, and instead of being a bookstore they were doing things like getting involved in the BLM movement. This isn’t in the spirit of true bookstores in my opinion.
- WeylandYutani 2y agoBook stores have always put their own picks on the store shelves. Arguably it is one of the reasons for independent book stores to exist- the personal touch.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoThis wasn’t my experience until the 2010s. Before that, bookstores did not choose those picks to be obviously politically biased. I don’t think bookstores or libraries should be in the business of propagandizing customers.