Comments on: Video – How to Organize Your Book Collection http://www.blisstree.com/articles/video-how-to-organize-your-book-collection-207/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:59:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ~Amy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/video-how-to-organize-your-book-collection-207/comment-page-1/#comment-95934 ~Amy Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:12:31 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/video-how-to-organize-your-book-collection#comment-95934 interesting concept. I always do mine by genre. Never thought to make a spread sheet of the books we own. Might be a new project. hee hee ~Amy interesting concept.
I always do mine by genre.
Never thought to make a spread sheet of the books we own. Might be a new project. hee hee
~Amy

]]> By: Peggy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/video-how-to-organize-your-book-collection-207/comment-page-1/#comment-95996 Peggy Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:28:29 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/video-how-to-organize-your-book-collection#comment-95996 I don't want to think about what I'm going to do when I move away from my apartment with built-in bookcases! PaperBackSwap can be great, but for each book you get rid of, you have a credit for another book. Not sure it helps with clutter! I don’t want to think about what I’m going to do when I move away from my apartment with built-in bookcases!

PaperBackSwap can be great, but for each book you get rid of, you have a credit for another book. Not sure it helps with clutter!

]]> By: Raven http://www.blisstree.com/articles/video-how-to-organize-your-book-collection-207/comment-page-1/#comment-95966 Raven Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:40:08 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/video-how-to-organize-your-book-collection#comment-95966 My collection of books has fluctuated over the years from over 10,000 volumes to my current amount of about 1,000 (moving 5 times in as many years forces you to learn the value of purging!). I've tried all sorts of applications to sort and categorize them, and different configurations on my bookshelves to find them. I've finally, finally, finally come up with a system that works. In terms of application, Book Collector (for OSX) is unbeatable. I was able to computerize my 99% of my collection by simply entering the ISBN. Now, I know what I have. For the bookshelves, I came up with a system that is brilliant in its simplicity (if I do say so myself *g*). I sort books into two piles: paperback size or oversize. Then, I alphabetize by... title. No more sorting fiction or non-fiction, and then sub-dividing the non-fiction. I can now find anything I want without having to pull up Book Collector to find out the author of some obscure book I only pull out once a year. My collection of books has fluctuated over the years from over 10,000 volumes to my current amount of about 1,000 (moving 5 times in as many years forces you to learn the value of purging!).

I’ve tried all sorts of applications to sort and categorize them, and different configurations on my bookshelves to find them. I’ve finally, finally, finally come up with a system that works.

In terms of application, Book Collector (for OSX) is unbeatable. I was able to computerize my 99% of my collection by simply entering the ISBN. Now, I know what I have.

For the bookshelves, I came up with a system that is brilliant in its simplicity (if I do say so myself *g*). I sort books into two piles: paperback size or oversize. Then, I alphabetize by… title. No more sorting fiction or non-fiction, and then sub-dividing the non-fiction. I can now find anything I want without having to pull up Book Collector to find out the author of some obscure book I only pull out once a year.

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