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Fitzwaryn · 07-31-2007, 08:47 AM

I use a structured naming scheme for mine and keep several hundred on the Reader at any given time with a constant feed of new ones going onto it and old one's coming. A lot of them are reference books, (history texts) of which I might read only parts to compare information of follow up a reference from another book.

For instance:
NMHWWII- (title)

N NonFiction
MH Military History
WWII World War 2

FSFFNT-(title)
Fiction - Science Fiction - Fantasy

FMY-(title)
Fiction- Mystery

The first char is fiction/nonfiction

The second is a 2 char general category within the broader fiction/nonfiction

That's followed by up to 3 chars to further narrow the category followed by a - and the title.

So when i drop a new book in I don't have to search or it much. Just by glancing at the first 6 chars of the titles I can rapidly flip to where that book has to fall and find it.

07-31-2007, 08:47 AM	#20
Fitzwaryn Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 395 Join Date: Jul 2006	I use a structured naming scheme for mine and keep several hundred on the Reader at any given time with a constant feed of new ones going onto it and old one's coming. A lot of them are reference books, (history texts) of which I might read only parts to compare information of follow up a reference from another book. For instance: NMHWWII- (title) N NonFiction MH Military History WWII World War 2 FSFFNT-(title) Fiction - Science Fiction - Fantasy FMY-(title) Fiction- Mystery The first char is fiction/nonfiction The second is a 2 char general category within the broader fiction/nonfiction That's followed by up to 3 chars to further narrow the category followed by a - and the title. So when i drop a new book in I don't have to search or it much. Just by glancing at the first 6 chars of the titles I can rapidly flip to where that book has to fall and find it.