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Sometimes I start something like this and regret it halfway through but for some reason I think this should be done.... or maybe not?

Sometimes I start something like this and regret it halfway through but for some reason I think this should be done.... or maybe not?

Yes
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Fuck You!

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[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

sort by genre then author.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

Genres beyond fiction/nonfiction/reference are far too vague for proper physical organization and, like music, only make sense in digital libraries where a work can be tagged with many genres and subgenres and then arbitrarily queried. Author>Year>Title is the only reasonable option for physical collections.

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

Organize them using the Dewey Decimal System. (en.m.wikipedia.org) (Be sure to make a "card file")

[–] • 2 pts

You really aren't going to organize by subject?

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah wtf

[–] • 2 pts

Might as well organize the books by weight, heaviest to lightest.

[–] • 1 pt

Sort by most to least based.

[–] • 0 pt

They’re all the same subject: hardcore hentai comics.

[–] • 1 pt

Sort them by author name >> title.

[–] • 0 pt

I'm worried because some shelves are not very tall. My tall books go on the bottom where there is more room. What do I do if I cannot fit a book where it needs to go?

[–] • 0 pt

What do I do if I cannot fit a book where it needs to go?

  1. Cut them in half.

  2. Build custom shelves.

[–] • 1 pt

I'm going to drink some caffeine and see how I feel

[–] • 1 pt

Go for it.

Also what are your top book recommendations?

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

I have a scifi bookshelf and I sort them by the author, then by book title, the same way libraries do.

[–] • 0 pt

How does that work? Wouldn't it have to be sorted by one or the other?

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

If there are multiple books by the same author, you sort them by title within that space.

[–] • 1 pt

Rip them with a scanner, and save/share them

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

No, category then alpha-numeric. Then you go to a shelf with lets say history and then find the title.

[–] • 1 pt

Poll will close in 20 minutes because I want to start soon if I'm going to do it.

[–] • 0 pt

Catalog them all and utilize the Dewey decimal system.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

By title or author?

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