# So many books!

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**Created:** [August 27, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-many-books/989168 "2023-08-27T01:12:01Z")\
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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> This is absolutely the best way to organize one’s vintage paperback collections.
> 
> A couple thousand of my books are vintage paperbacks and they’re almost all sorted this way.

I didn’t have my database up when I arranged them this way. I had index cards for all my books, not as simple to search through.  
I have over 80 Ace Doubles, arranged separately by price (the letter code) and number. I own an Ace Books checklist I think I got from Dick Witter but I haven’t constructed a want list yet.

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