Kerry Burnett (Writer)#bookstodon #readers #writers I was recently in Waterstones in my home town. Realised there was #fiction #crimefiction #thrillers #fantasy and #scifi but no separate section for #historicalfiction , nor #historical crime. Is this true elsewhere?
Jillianne Hamilton 📚@kerryburnetty I’ve only been at Waterstones Piccadilly and they had a historical fiction section. It was glorious.
@jillianne oh thank goodness!
@kerryburnetty I checked with a friend who works at Waterstones in Liverpool. The only fiction genres they don’t sort A-Z are crime, sci-fi and fantasy. (Although I would be shocked if they didn’t have a romance section and he just forgot to include it.) They sometimes do table displays for different genres.
@jillianne it looks like each Waterstones store make their own decisions on which sections to focus on. So mine has decided no historical fiction genre. Now, I will have to move. 😅
@kerryburnetty lol oh no! I know my local bookstores def don’t have histfic sections. A-Z seems such an odd choice to me.
My Waterstones guy just said they don’t have a romance section. I am SHOOK.
@kerryburnetty I'm guessing romance readers don't buy enough physical books to make it worth their while? 🤷♀️