AKICO, bookshelf edition

[oyceter]

So! After half a year, my new apartment is almost (almost!) ready for shelving! I.e. I have gotten nearly all bits of other furniture in place so I can squash shelves into every remaining space.

Anyone have shelving recommendations? Stuff available in the US, especially Bay Area California preferred.

Preferences:

1. I do not like deep shelves or double stacking.
   
2. I am good with separating out trade/HC from mass markets for optimal shelving sizing.
   
3. I have a lot of manga.
   
4. I do not like shelves with doors, windows, glass panes, or anything that gets between me and my books.
   
5. I do not like shelves that waste vertical space.
   
6. I like longer horizontal spaces. I.e. I don't like really really really short shelves, a la Ikea's Expedit or those skinny DVD shelving towers.
   

Comments

[lnhammer]

#1 means I've got nothing for ya. (We're in the process of replacing our last couple of non-Billy bookcases with the real thing, the next chance we have to drive 90 miles to the nearest IKEA, in no small part because they double-stack so well.)

---L.

[oyceter]

Hrm, okay. How do you guys manage your double stacking?

[telophase]

Im not lnhammer, but when I was double-stacking, I got styrofoam from the craft store and made risers for the back row. It was still annoying to have to pull the front row out to access the back, but at least I could see what was there. (Also, I ended up putting the finished manga series back there and left the unfinished series I was actively collecting, and any series I was using for art reference, in the front.)

[oyceter]

Risers! That is awesome! It's annoying pulling stuff out, but my biggest problem with double stacking is how much it slows down me scanning the shelves looking for something I'm in the mood to read...

[lnhammer]

It varies by section and need. Where a section has books of highly variable size, such as poetry, smaller ones stack horizontally in back while large ones are vertical in front. Where there's a lot of the same size, such as YA trade pb, it's more typically both inner and outer in the same orientation, with the most likely wanted books in front (such as DWJ).

(Dang it, I kleep clicking the wrong button.)

---L.