Books stored backwards

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by crich70

Funny I thought us men were the porn readers and that women read erotic fiction/Romances.

I stopped reading Laurell K. Hamilton years ago!

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I stopped reading Laurell K. Hamilton years ago!

I think those books need hidden in a dark closet.

[Catlady]

Here's my decor-friendly organizing solution for paperbacks that avoids having to store them backwards.

Buy photo boxes--they usually they cost $2 or so at a crafts store like Michael's and come in a wide variety of patterns and colors. Mass-market paperbacks fit inside perfectly with spines up--usually 15 or so to a box. The boxes have a space for a label, so you can easily categorize the contents. You can stack the boxes two high on a shelf. In this way, you can get about 30 paperbacks or more in the space that otherwise accommodates only maybe 10 and keep them neat, easily accessible, and color-coordinated.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Here's my decor-friendly organizing solution for paperbacks that avoids having to store them backwards.

Buy photo boxes--they usually they cost $2 or so at a crafts store like Michael's and come in a wide variety of patterns and colors. Mass-market paperbacks fit inside perfectly with spines up--usually 15 or so to a box. The boxes have a space for a label, so you can easily categorize the contents. You can stack the boxes two high on a shelf. In this way, you can get about 30 paperbacks or more in the space that otherwise accommodates only maybe 10 and keep them neat, easily accessible, and color-coordinated.

Great idea.

[Dutchbook]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I put this here because I want authors opinions.
What would you think if someone stored your book with the spine towards the wall?
Example here:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/disp...s-trend-252595

Authors’ point of view: I wouldn’t really care. Paint them, annotate them, burn them for all I care. You bought it, so do with it what you like.

Personal point-of-view: My heartrate is going 180 looking at it. But I’m the guy who starts sorting other people’s book and DVD racks when I see it not being alphabetically or topically ordered, see there’s that.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Dutchbook

Authors’ point of view: I wouldn’t really care. Paint them, annotate them, burn them for all I care. You bought it, so do with it what you like.

Personal point-of-view: My heartrate is going 180 looking at it. But I’m the guy who starts sorting other people’s book and DVD racks when I see it not being alphabetically or topically ordered, see there’s that.

On a personal note: you have an open invitation to visit me at anytime.
Oh wait, you might not want to do that. You could wind up singing Hotel California.

[gmw]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

On a personal note: you have an open invitation to visit me at anytime.
Oh wait, you might not want to do that. You could wind up singing Hotel California.

Well, I'd started humming "There's No Way Out of Here" (as sung by David Gilmour, lyrics by Ken Baker) ... but close enough. It continues, "when you come in, you're in for good."

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by gmw

Well, I'd started humming "There's No Way Out of Here" (as sung by David Gilmour, lyrics by Ken Baker) ... but close enough. It continues, "when you come in, you're in for good."

I guess in time you would become comfortably numb.

[latepaul]

One of the joys of bookcases is that your books are on display and someone can say, "Oh, you read that too? What did you think?". And when it comes to decor I'm a fan of eclectic i.e. if the individual items are interesting enough in their own right then they don't need to match per se.

Of course I can't point fingers. I am guilty of a different sin - I have bookcases with books shelved two deep!

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by latepaul

I have bookcases with books shelved two deep!

Um, are there really people out there who don't?

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Um, are there really people out there who don't?

Second shelf back row are older books, front is paperbacks.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Here's my decor-friendly organizing solution for paperbacks that avoids having to store them backwards.

Buy photo boxes--they usually they cost $2 or so at a crafts store like Michael's and come in a wide variety of patterns and colors. Mass-market paperbacks fit inside perfectly with spines up--usually 15 or so to a box. The boxes have a space for a label, so you can easily categorize the contents. You can stack the boxes two high on a shelf. In this way, you can get about 30 paperbacks or more in the space that otherwise accommodates only maybe 10 and keep them neat, easily accessible, and color-coordinated.

What do you mean by "photo boxes"? Can you give a link to an example of one?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I put this here because I want authors opinions.
What would you think if someone stored your book with the spine towards the wall?
Example here:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/disp...s-trend-252595

Said person would not live to see another day,

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by HarryT

What do you mean by "photo boxes"? Can you give a link to an example of one?

They're just cardboard boxes with lids. Here's one at Amazon UK, though the price is ridiculous. In the U.S., crafts stores always have them; I think office supply stores might have them as well.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Catlady

They're just cardboard boxes with lids. Here's one at Amazon UK, though the price is ridiculous. In the U.S., crafts stores always have them; I think office supply stores might have them as well.

Walmart too.