My physical book cataloging system was very simple,
Author, title, fiction/nonfiction, genre, collection/location (Collections that take up more then one bookcase are organized by author, more bookcases have been added and books shifted around as necessary).
I've since transferred the information to calibre and added format and blurb information. My problem has not been keeping my paperbooks organized but rather lack of room for more bookcases, or why I now mostly prefer to buy ebooks.
As for ebooks I've given up on having reasonably sized collections but have contented myself with providing enough information so that I can find the books I want reasonably quickly, adding tags and subdivisions when needed. I try to keep my groupings on my main reading device a reasonable size by not adding too many similar books.
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