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Best way to organize bookshelf Anonymous Tue Oct 29 11:56:11 2019 No.14077796 [Reply] [Original]

How should one organize their bookshelf?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:00:39 2019 No.14077814 >>14077796 as your soul tells you. i just place all books by one author together and group them by theme. matching editions stand next to each other

Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:04:03 2019 No.14077829
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>..aaand done! All organized and catalogued. Man, life sure feels great and easy when you're not a consumerist whore obsessed with hoarding token symbols of your capitalistic obsessions

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:05:48 2019 No.14077833 >>14077829 Imagine getting mad about how somebody else on the internet likes to read books

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:07:16 2019 No.14077839 File: 265 KB, 1311x777, emmma (47).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just like Emmma

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:09:08 2019 No.14077847 >>14077833 Imagine being so sensitive that you assume that everyone who casually criticizes you on the internet must be frothing at the mouth

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:09:59 2019 No.14077852 >>14077839 based, exactly who I was thinking of.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:10:13 2019 No.14077853 >>14077839 why are modern book designs like this? a shelf with classic folios looks solid and important, a shelf full of this looks like a mere decoration

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 12:34:36 2019 No.14077947 >>14077796 I have plants on my bookshelves and just leave books where I read them, it makes for a much cosier environment

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 13:39:37 2019 No.14078281 >>14077847 >Imagine caring about how other people like to read books. Is that better.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 15:01:13 2019 No.14078763 >>14077853 A shelf of classic hardcovers looks dull and monothematic

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 15:43:17 2019 No.14078999 >>14078763 Cringe and bluepilled.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:00:31 2019 No.14079114 >>14077796 I organize mine by publish date. That way I feel as if I'm looking at a timeline.

Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Tue Oct 29 16:04:05 2019 No.14079139
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>>14077796
You should organize them by race and gender. For example, you put all the books by African American women on one shelf, then you put all the books by white men in the trash.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:05:03 2019 No.14079143 When I'm done reading a book I usually just gift it to someone. I got several people into the hobby this way, plus I buy cheapest paperbacks I can find so it's never a big loss

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:06:05 2019 No.14079152 >>14077853 >folio tips

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:06:06 2019 No.14079153 >>14077796 by color and size

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:08:58 2019 No.14079175 >>14079152 in my native language repeating the same word frequently spund retarded, so i use retarded synonyms instead.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:10:03 2019 No.14079180 >>14079175 sounds* this is the punishment you get for phoneposting

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:13:01 2019 No.14079196 >>14077829 >oh shit, my book ran out of battery! I’m lmaoing at your life

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:20:30 2019 No.14079228 >>14079196 >>oh shit, my book ran out of battery! Sorry, can't relate to that sentence since I don't live in a bumfuck third world village, so immediate access to electric outlets was never an issue for me. Perhaps you should try not being poor.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:23:20 2019 No.14079245 >>14079139 fucking based

Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:28:12 2019 No.14079277

Its in three rough categories: paperback and lesser editions, first editions, and antiquarian books.
I was under the impression every shelf was set in more or less the same way. My tolkien is with tolkien, first editions or otherwise, and same with some other authors, but I won't have a penguin copy of grapes of wrath next to my $300 East of Eden first edition

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:44:35 2019 No.14079385 File: 141 KB, 1024x682, _______________.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Like this

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 16:45:31 2019 No.14079395 File: 96 KB, 640x591, 6911BE2D-FB26-4F0A-89F0-2C4E4C662391.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] By color

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 17:11:45 2019 No.14079577 >>14079277 >le rare books fuck off to reddit with that funko pop shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 17:28:23 2019 No.14079678 >>14079577 >implying a book printed in 1882 in France or a book printed during the civil war, and having hallmarks of the shortages caused by the war and other historical artifacts aren't fun and important ton own Stay poor pleb

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 18:25:22 2019 No.14079999 >>14079678 >important to own lmao @ ur life

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 18:56:59 2019 No.14080190 divide in history, philosophy and fiction. history and philosophy chronologically, fiction by author

Anonymous Tue Oct 29 19:01:48 2019 No.14080220

>>14077796
I usually divide it by subject. For example literary fiction goes together, graphic novels, philosophy, non-ficiton. Then from there I do it by Author. Certain publishers have their own shelves. NYRB and Penguin Classics for example, but sorted by Author and type.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 19:16:16 2019 No.14080308 In a vertical way. Tallest on the side shortest in the middle. It disperses the weight and the shelves won't sag

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 19:18:14 2019 No.14080323 >>14077839 I would place something different somewhere else if you catch my etc. upvote pls

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 23:13:46 2019 No.14081359 >>14077796 Type/author last name

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 23:21:06 2019 No.14081390 >>14077829 >token symbols of your capitalistic obsessions What are e-readers?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 29 23:58:20 2019 No.14081524 >>14077839 God damn who this rapemeat??

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:16:42 2019 No.14082758 File: 247 KB, 373x380, cricket 4.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14079395 This but unironically. It's aesthetically superior.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:43:31 2019 No.14082826 File: 1.15 MB, 4608x1602, P_20191026_212356_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14079395 What I did with some of my black books.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:49:09 2019 No.14082837 File: 108 KB, 720x540, 1551953804611.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14082826 why yes, i do like the motley chaotic look my shelves get when i organise by author. different editions truly suit each other.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:55:47 2019 No.14082860 File: 2.61 MB, 2029x3607, P_20190929_224923_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14082837 I did it with some of my Tolkien related books.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:57:45 2019 No.14082865 >>14082860 those're big books.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:58:33 2019 No.14082869 >>14079395 How about instead of organizing by the colour of the spines, you flipped the books around and organized them by the color of the edges of the pages.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:59:28 2019 No.14082876 >>14082865 For you.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 08:59:30 2019 No.14082877 >>14082860 Second from the top shelf, maroon cover and jacket. Where did you get it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:02:15 2019 No.14082885 File: 65 KB, 487x720, 1572440415587.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14082869 i have a pretty big 1978 dictionary and the pages have aged differently. guess it's because paper was from batches with different acid content

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:03:14 2019 No.14082889 File: 1.30 MB, 1467x2608, P_20191030_220148_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14082877 This one? Mercari (Japan), I paid 2000 yens.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:04:32 2019 No.14082897 >>14082889 No no, the one to the right of it with the tolkien estate brand on top.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:07:57 2019 No.14082904 >>14082897 Ah, that one. I found it in a Bookoff in Shibuya, I paid 2000 yens for it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:11:19 2019 No.14082916 >>14082904 Shame, I´ve been trying to find that specific edition.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:13:54 2019 No.14082924 >>14082860 Why do you have so many editions of the same books?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:16:49 2019 No.14082939 File: 2.60 MB, 4608x2076, P_20191029_180301_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14082924 I like to hunt down books and collect them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:22:38 2019 No.14082958 >>14082939 Do you reread it every time you buy a new copy?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:23:15 2019 No.14082960 >>14082939 based easton press

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:25:40 2019 No.14082972 >>14082958 No. I reread them whenever I feel like reading them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:42:29 2019 No.14083048 >>14077829 Is there a website where people aren't mad about other people liking things

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 09:50:53 2019 No.14083079 what do you do with books that are abnormally wide/short? i feel like it throws such a wrench into the organized aesthetic of the bookshelf. it's not even a real book, should i get rid of it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 10:08:15 2019 No.14083157 >he doesn't just throw his books randomly on the shelf then chastise people for being too stupid to see his highly advanced organizational structure. fucking plebs man

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 12:12:20 2019 No.14083615 >>14083048 christianmingle(dot)com

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 16:47:04 2019 No.14084998 >>14079114 Neat!! I don't organize my books, but I like this idea.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 18:25:43 2019 No.14085647 >>14077829 >Capitalist obsessions >A fucking kindle Do you see where you went wrong?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 18:32:43 2019 No.14085686 >>14085647 Ebooks are one of the most practically cheap things ever. It costs like 20 paperbacks, yet allows you to read hundreds, and store thousands. Surely you're not one of these special ed kids who actually pay for bits of data, right?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 23:22:58 2019 No.14087030 >>14077839 She's gay btw.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 30 23:35:34 2019 No.14087097 For the most part I organize by country of origin, all of my American Authors are in one spot, my British Authors, Russians, French, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Surprisingly useful method of organization. Not perfect but useful.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 31 02:50:16 2019 No.14087688 Alphabetically by author surname. After that, break it down into publishing order.

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