Thread by @BadBookstore

It's the 10 Worst Bookstores of 2022! Sadly not all independent bookstores are friendly places to find your next fave read. Some run rampant with financial fraud, sex predators, bullying, abuse & illegally cheating workers out of their wages. #brokenbooksellers #xoxobooksellinggg

We're making #10 a tie between Boston's Trident Booksellers and Cafe and Denver's Tattered Cover. We received stories about exploiting workers and bullying from ex-workers at both stores.

Toronto chain Type Books is #9 for its abusive treatment of staff, and the owners' negligence. #booktwt #brokenbooksellers

The Strand in New York City is #8 Worst Bookstore of 2022. Dozens of employee reviews online paint Nancy Bass Wyden as cruel and lacking empathy, while managers are condescending and micromanage. The union does little and is run by "old white guys accused of misconduct". #booktwt

Brave of Borderlands to have any social media given the above? They're our unlucky #7 Worst Bookstore of 2022 because of owner Alan Beatts. #booktwt

Why did someone think Changing Hands is a good name for a bookstore? We have no idea.

The reports of labor abuse, and behavior that is racist, fatphobic and financially questionable lands Changing Hands in Phoenix and Tempe at #6 Worst Bookstore of 2022. #booktwt

Skylight voted to unionize in 2021, and it's not hard to see why. Congratulations, Skylight booksellers! They will be a part of the Communications Workers of America Union. The store is our #5 Worst Bookstore of 2022. #booktwt

Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn illegally changes workers' timesheets to avoid paying overtime, force them to stay in store while building nearby was on fire, force them to work while ill including w COVID, send bullying emails to staff. They're #3 Worst Bookstore in 2022. #booktwt

Sarah McNally's obsession with protecting sex predators, always accusing women of lying, refusing to give staff raises after years, screaming at staff, trying to give her staff COVID. Her awful managers and friends. McNally Jackson is #2 Worst Bookstore of 2022. #booktwt

Sarah McNally's obsession with protecting sex predators, always accusing women of lying, refusing to give staff raises after years, screaming at staff, trying to give her staff COVID. Her awful managers and friends. McNally Jackson is #2 Worst Bookstore of 2022. #booktwt

Sarah McNally's obsession with protecting sex predators, always accusing women of lying, refusing to give staff raises after years, screaming at staff, trying to give her staff COVID. Her awful managers and friends. McNally Jackson is #2 Worst Bookstore of 2022. #booktwt

The first #1 goes to the owner who has no problem killing her employees & herself. And the alleged tax evasion, illegally refusing to pay overtime worked, discrimination, check forgery, breaking health dept codes, forcing people to work when they need urgent care. 1/4 #booktwt

The first #1 goes to the owner who has no problem killing her employees & herself. And the alleged tax evasion, illegally refusing to pay overtime worked, discrimination, check forgery, breaking health dept codes, forcing people to work when they need urgent care. 2/4 #booktwt

The first #1 goes to the owner who has no problem killing her employees & herself. And the alleged tax evasion, illegally refusing to pay overtime worked, discrimination, check forgery, breaking health dept codes, forcing people to work when they need urgent care. 3/4 #booktwt

The first #1 goes to the owner who has no problem killing her employees & herself. And the alleged tax evasion, illegally refusing to pay overtime worked, discrimination, check forgery, breaking health dept codes, forcing people to work when they need urgent care. 4/4 #booktwt

Congrats to Dolores Bauer for all her hard work making Vroman's our 2nd #1 Worst Bookstore. Whistleblowers told us some of the worst stories in our history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW sexual harassment. 1/6 #booktwt

Congrats to Dolores Bauer for all her hard work making Vroman's our 2nd #1 Worst Bookstore. Whistleblowers told us some of the worst stories in our history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW sexual harassment. 2/6 #booktwt

Congrats to Dolores Bauer for all her hard work making Vroman's our 2nd #1 Worst Bookstore. Whistleblowers told us some of the worst stories in our history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW sexual harassment. 3/6 #booktwt

Congrats to Dolores Bauer for all her hard work making Vroman's our 2nd #1 Worst Bookstore. Whistleblowers told us some of the worst stories in our history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW sexual harassment. 4/6 #booktwt

Congrats to Dolores Bauer for all her hard work making Vroman's our 2nd #1 Worst Bookstore. Whistleblowers told us some of the worst stories in our history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW sexual harassment. 5/6 #booktwt

Congrats to Dolores Bauer for all her hard work making Vroman's our 2nd #1 Worst Bookstore. Whistleblowers told us some of the worst stories in our history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW sexual harassment. 6/6 #booktwt