How do you place your books on your shelf?

thebookworm4ever · Post by **thebookworm4ever** » 12 Apr 2014, 09:52

Do you place your books horizontally or vertically on your shelf?

I see people that have their books placed on the shelf horizontally so they have more room for books. I get that but I find it kind of messy so I place mine vertically on my shelf. I find it easier to organize and it doesn't look cluttered.

erasmus · Post by **erasmus** » 13 Apr 2014, 07:35

The books on my shelf are all vertical too. Since the size of the books are the same, I think placing books horizontally doesn't create more space for books. However, since I haven't tried it before, I can't say for sure.

gali · Post by **gali** » 13 Apr 2014, 07:46

I place them vertically as well.

catolle · Post by **catolle** » 13 Apr 2014, 09:33

Ours are placed vertically. Sometimes we even place them in alphabetical order or by genre.

WriterBLAlley · Post by **WriterBLAlley** » 13 Apr 2014, 10:18

Vertical, by genre, then alphabetical within the genre.

fari30 · Post by **fari30** » 13 Apr 2014, 13:52

Vertically. Each shelf has a different genre, those are organized alphabetically.

Beomatic · Post by **Beomatic** » 13 Apr 2014, 17:08

I prefer to put them vertically, and have them be color coded. It just looks nice

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Alanna636 · Post by **Alanna636** » 13 Apr 2014, 18:45

I have both, pne shelf is for my smaller paperbacks and I have so many they have to be horizontal. Then I have my taller paperbacks on the next shelf and they are vertical with the extras horizontal on top. Then my hard covers are all vertical since I dont have too many.

Winter · Post by **Winter** » 14 Apr 2014, 10:44

Vertically, but with a few placed horizontally to serve as bookends. I wish I had bookends....

S dot Lennon · Post by **S dot Lennon** » 14 Apr 2014, 10:49

I have mine all vertically, organized alphabetically by author. It looks better to me to have them vertically.

lera_elizabeth · Post by **lera_elizabeth** » 14 Apr 2014, 13:41

I place my books vertically, because I find it neater that way. Also, its easier when deciding what book I want to read.

sadya · Post by **sadya** » 15 Apr 2014, 07:00

Most of mine are placed horizontal, just a few vertical. I'm surprised to read many people in this thread so far have placed theirs in a vertical position. Interesting.

ACanadianWriter · Post by **ACanadianWriter** » 15 Apr 2014, 07:09

Well Vertically of course, and by author

erasmus · Post by **erasmus** » 15 Apr 2014, 08:02

sadya wrote:Most of mine are placed horizontal, just a few vertical. I'm surprised to read many people in this thread so far have placed theirs in a vertical position. Interesting.

Why horizontally? Does it really save space, or is there some other reason?