Shelving books?

[RJK1981]

The only problem I've run into that makes me want to reorganize is when a series of books is produced by different publishers. Take Keene's Levi Stoltzfus series: The Rutting Season (though not an actual part of the Levi series, it is the prequel to the first book, or the first Levi book is the sequel to this book; whatever way you want to look at it) is from Bloodletting, Ghost Walk is from Delirium, A Gathering of Crows is from Thunderstorm (Maelstrom Series I), Is There a Demon In You is from Camelot, and finally Last of the Albatwitches is from Thunderstorm (Maelstrom Series IV). If I stay with publisher then this series is separated, if the I keep the series together, then I separate the two Maelstrom books from their sets. I currently have them grouped together, but it kind of bugs me.

I understand what you mean, as I typically like to keep my small press titles organized by author and series (depending on sizes, of course, not going to have a small book surrounded by large ones just to keep them together by author). Decided early on I was keeping my Maelstrom titles together, by Maelstrom series, and what number each book is in the series. So I have book 3 from the first Maelstrom series, followed by books 1-3 of each of the next Maelstrom series. Still want to get the first 2 Keene books from the initial Maelstrom series, but they are still not at an affordable price for me when I actually have money for books

[Sock Monkey]

I have my my S/L editions separated from my trade HC and paperbacks. They are actually in two different rooms of the house. My trade HC and paperbacks are only sorted by "Read" and "Not Read". My S/L editions are separated first by publisher, then grouped by author and size. I especially like it sorted by publisher when it comes to Thunderstorm books as the all the books in the each individual line match in size and design so they look impressive when shelved together. I also have my lettered editions separated from the rest. I like this set-up so far, but I am running into a room issues and might need a second bookcase soon pfor the S/L editions.

The only problem I've run into that makes me want to reorganize is when a series of books is produced by different publishers. Take Keene's Levi Stoltzfus series: The Rutting Season (though not an actual part of the Levi series, it is the prequel to the first book, or the first Levi book is the sequel to this book; whatever way you want to look at it) is from Bloodletting, Ghost Walk is from Delirium, A Gathering of Crows is from Thunderstorm (Maelstrom Series I), Is There a Demon In You is from Camelot, and finally Last of the Albatwitches is from Thunderstorm (Maelstrom Series IV). If I stay with publisher then this series is separated, if the I keep the series together, then I separate the two Maelstrom books from their sets. I currently have them grouped together, but it kind of bugs me.

[saginawhorror]

My Cemetery Dance, Dark Regions and Bad Moon Titles are kept together. All other Limiteds are sorted by size. I have four bookcases devoted to my limiteds.
1.CD ARC's and unsigned
2.CD Signed
3.All DRP and BMB Titles and random Publisher paperbacks.
4.Random Publisher Hardcovers and some more paperbacks

[RJK1981]

I have been trying to reorganize my bookshelves for almost a year. Never thought it could be so hard. Right now I am going by author but small press together and paperbacks together. Then there's all the multiple author collections. Still not sure about how I am going to organize them. Great topic.

Organize the collections by editor perhaps? Or maybe title?

[Teriw]

All of mine are king except a few which a on a lower shelf organized by size.

My king books are a shelf of fist editions, a shelf of special editions and a shelf of regular editions.

[subie09lega]

I put everything by author and chronologically, except series which are grouped.

[bookworm 1]

I have been trying to reorganize my bookshelves for almost a year. Never thought it could be so hard. Right now I am going by author but small press together and paperbacks together. Then there's all the multiple author collections. Still not sure about how I am going to organize them. Great topic.

[TerryE]

I keep everything by Author. My special editions are mixed in with the regular stuff, unless they are an odd size. The big collectibles are on a different shelf, by author.

[Joe315]

Mine are by author, then release date. Books in a series stay together. Different editions of the same book stay together regardless of release date. Anthologies, of which I only have one or two, are by editor.

[Dave1442397]

I keep all my Stephen King books and related (anthologies, etc) together. That's roughly 25 linear feet of shelf space. I gave up trying to keep anything else organized. Almost every other bookshelf in the house is already stacked two deep, so I can't see over 50% of my books at this point.

[RJK1981]

I have my mass market and limited King's separated myself.

I also tend to store my slipcased books together.

[srboone]

I have all my Kings, both mass and limited editions in one book case. Soon I'll need another.

[Theli]

I have over 100 items in my Ramsey Campbell collection and I like to keep them all together - but, it looks a bit funny having a random Centipede Press book, or Scream Press book, away from the others.

I face the same problem with my collections (not too that extent though), it's a tough call really.

[RJK1981]

I mainly keep my small press and mass market books separate, and from there I keep my similarly sized books organized together and authors together mostly. I don't keep vastly differing sized books together to keep the authors together though, like Douglas Clegg's Wild Things and Neverland. I don't keep them organized alphabetically or anything like that though, so I will keep . I will always keep them ordered by series if they belong in one though, such as the Cemetery Dance Sig. Series and Novella Series and Thunderstorm's Maelstrom books. My books are always being moved around when I get more, so it's easier not too get to bogged down on how I organize them. Learned not to care too much when I tried keeping my movies organized by title when I had a few. Moving things around every time I got a new movie was too much of a hassle after awhile, so I stopped trying, lol.

[Lincoln]

I have over 100 items in my Ramsey Campbell collection and I like to keep them all together - but, it looks a bit funny having a random Centipede Press book, or Scream Press book, away from the others.