Many of the tips will also overlap plenty with the tips for other organization methods. The explanations and reasonings for each tip, though, will differ based on how you're organizing your books.
Let's get started with the tips and benefits of organizing your books by book format!
Tip 1: Decide on how you want to organize your books.
You've decided on organizing by book format: paperback vs. hardback. This is another organization method where I'd recommend using another organization method at the same time. So, for the sake of an example, let's decide on organize by book format and then by the author's last name.
Tip 2: Completely clear off your bookshelf and any space that has books on it.
This way, you're not shuffling books around on your bookshelf. You'll also have plenty of room on your shelf to get your books fully organized.
Tip 3: Set your books into piles based on the color.
Put all of your books into piles of paperback, with piles for letters A-Z (author's last name), and piles of hardback, with piles for letters A-Z (author's last name). Don't worry about specifically alphabetizing each pile just yet. Just get all of your books completely off the shelves.
Tip 4: Once you have your piles set up, start organizing the books on the shelves.
Let's say you've decided to have paperback first and then hardback. Put all the paperbacks, organizing by author's last name A-Z, onto your shelves. And then do the same for your hardbacks.
Benefit 1: It's aesthetically pleasing in its own, unique way.
It's nice to see all your paperbacks together and all of your hardbacks together. And most of the time, your paperbacks are all roughly the same height, and your hardbacks are also all roughly the same height.
Benefit 2: You can keep series together.
Unless you have that one odd book out that's a hardback when all the other books in your series are paperbacks, you can usually keep a series together in one area - either paperback or hardback.
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