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Sir Spot of Borg Moderator Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26586 Australia	Bookshelves Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 5:05am How do you arrange your books? Myself i like alphabetical - my mother did it by subject and some ppl i know its just random Spot
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 55665 Gender:	Re: Bookshelves Reply #1 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 8:52am I usually arrange them back onto other people's bookshelves like at Book Stores for a re-sell of a few dollars or back to Libraries. I don't keep many books.
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rhino Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17179 Gender:	Re: Bookshelves Reply #2 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 9:05am by subject.
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Nom de Plume Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 676	Re: Bookshelves Reply #3 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 10:33am I divide them into fiction and non-fiction.
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Sir Spot of Borg Moderator Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26586 Australia	Re: Bookshelves Reply #4 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 10:45am Nom de Plume wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 10:33am: I divide them into fiction and non-fiction. Yeah i do divide fiction from non-fiction but then alphabetical Spot
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25156 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Bookshelves Reply #5 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 11:30am History, medical, novels, miscellaneous.
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6105 Gender:	Re: Bookshelves Reply #6 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 11:37am Very anarchic. Have a shelf for Australian history and everything else, fiction and non fiction all together to fill the space, although I do keep book series in order-mostly.
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Re: Bookshelves
Reply #7 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 12:22pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 10:45am:

Nom de Plume wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 10:33am:

I divide them into fiction and non-fiction.

Yeah i do divide fiction from non-fiction but then alphabetical

Spot

Obviously I too do more that...
For non-fiction, I divide it into subject matter and I keep related subjects next to each other.
For fiction, I divide it into classical, contemporary and sci-fi.
I keep books yet to be read in the draw in the coffee table... away from prying eyes, so I can read it first.

In my family, we borrow each others books...
I make them sign out the books on a ledger because I am a precious princess who doesn't trust her family... so they say. Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 6:41pm

Having worked as a librarian for some years in my youth I adhere strictly to Mr Dewey’s system. With me it’s almost automatic. Visitors, family members etc know not to remove any books without asking me first. Lord help them if I discover them returning them to the wrong part of the collection.
How I wish the entire internet was somehow classified in a similar manner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification

Oh, and I NEVER lend books. If I learn someone really needs a tome from my library I buy them a copy. (unless it’s something rare and very expensive)

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Reply #9 - Dec 4^th, 2020 at 12:20am

Nom de Plume wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 12:22pm:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 10:45am:

Nom de Plume wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2020 at 10:33am:

I divide them into fiction and non-fiction.

Yeah i do divide fiction from non-fiction but then alphabetical

Spot

Obviously I too do more that...
For non-fiction, I divide it into subject matter and I keep related subjects next to each other.
For fiction, I divide it into classical, contemporary and sci-fi.
I keep books yet to be read in the draw in the coffee table... away from prying eyes, so I can read it first.

In my family, we borrow each others books...
I make them sign out the books on a ledger because I am a precious princess who doesn't trust her family... so they say. Roll Eyes

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AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25156 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Bookshelves Reply #10 - Dec 10^th, 2020 at 10:50pm Doing a clean up of my house and I have found that I have twice as many books that can't be stacked in the bookshelf than I thought. I will have to do the stacking of books into the drawers again.
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Sir Spot of Borg Moderator Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26586 Australia	Re: Bookshelves Reply #11 - Dec 11^th, 2020 at 4:49am UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 10^th, 2020 at 10:50pm: Doing a clean up of my house and I have found that I have twice as many books that can't be stacked in the bookshelf than I thought. I will have to do the stacking of books into the drawers again. Or get more bookshelves - maybe ask santa Spot
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Reply #12 - Dec 11^th, 2020 at 2:42pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Dec 11^th, 2020 at 4:49am:

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 10^th, 2020 at 10:50pm:

Doing a clean up of my house and I have found that I have twice as many books that can't be stacked in the bookshelf than I thought. I will have to do the stacking of books into the drawers again.

Or get more bookshelves - maybe ask santa

When I get my house organised, I should be able to find room to get another bookshelf. But those bookshelves are not cheap.

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Reply #13 - Dec 17^th, 2020 at 5:18pm

Bookshelves are kinda old fashioned. Buying eBooks (e.g. Kindle on Amazon) means you can buy hundreds more virtual books than real books!

Kindle books are WAY cheap! And no need for bookshelves!

I would not be a convert but>:

1. Kindle books are cheap!

2. Kindle books are easy to take on a camping trip—no extra weight!

3. No bookshelves needed!

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Reply #14 - Dec 17^th, 2020 at 5:45pm

I got roped into a Folio Society book-buying club back in the day. I was required to buy a certain amount before I was not longer obligated. But it was okay for me as the books were what I wanted. However, they sent me a booklet on other books I could buy in the future. I did not wish to purchase any more. However, I have discovered that the books I found in the 2009 booklets I could read for free in pdf form online.

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