I organize by subject - 30's - crazy - etc. I also have all sorts of patterns printed from the computer (both quilt patterns and cross stitch patterns) these are in plastic sleeves and binders of like patterns - I currently have 30 notebooks and growing - I also have so many quilt magazines that I intend to start tearing out patterns to add to the binders - that way I can get rid of stacks of magazines and be able to locate patterns I want without looking through 5 feet of magazines. - I keep most of my books in a floor to ceiling bookcase in my computer room but I also have two metal shelves that is full to the gills also - too many books