tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post4110209829664787649..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: A Fiction Writer's View of ThingsLinda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-68060201700628106962009-04-14T15:52:00.000-04:002009-04-14T15:52:00.000-04:00Entertaining post; serious reply: In one way, we'r...Entertaining post; serious reply: In one way, we're in luck in our neck of the woods because most of the public libraries put kids' nonfiction books in the same general area as kids' fiction (though I'm sorry to report that this has changed recently in one gigantic new library near my neighborhood). <br /><br />But except for a few terrific independent bookstores, it's extremely hard to find a good selection of first-rate nonfiction books for kids in most big-name chain bookstores around here. The chains usually buy about 2 copies of a few nonfiction titles, put them in a hard-to-find area, and hide them on a shelf with only the spines showing. The chairs and reading areas are all in the fiction section. Once their few decent nonfiction titles are sold, they almost never reorder more unless you ask them to order a personal copy for yourself, so it's just easier to get them online. The non-fiction books these stores do carry are mostly mass market series, and they don't reflect the remarkably high level of so many great nonfiction trade books available today. By the way, this is no cow town...the population here is over 6 million people.Rosalyn Schanzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605814379256096903noreply@blogger.com