I'm sorry to say, but I'm afraid your expectations are not the reality of housing.

1 in terms of how it works - housing in ESO is closer to Fallout 4 then skyrim. it exists to play around creatively with layouts rather then to offer you any kind of added functionality aside from being able to add crafting stations. there is NO added storage of any kind.
2. in order to place books, you need to first unlock the lorebook collections by discovering them out in a world, then go to a mystic npc (usually inside mage's guild), buy the collection you want (you cannot buy lore books individually, only as part of the collection if 8-10 ), click on the item you just bought inside your inventory so that it transforms into individual books and THEN, go into your house, hit whatever hotkey is needed to open decorating UI (on pc its f5 by default, not sure about console) and then follow screen promts to place or move furnishings. again on pc, selecting furniture to place is "R" key, no idea about console, to put it down is "E" you can move it around into position by rotating, moving your character, etc. if you want your lorebooks to be readable, you cannot put them inside bookcases. it has to be top of the table or open shelf or even just floating in the air.

here's a sort of general housing overview to give you an idea of housing can actualy be used for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=743wNJO8Vb8

While totally disappointed, I want to say Thank You both for your help. Maybe things will change. Again, Thanks. Happy Gaming!

elijafire wrote: »

SGT_Wolfe101st wrote: »

Also, almost all bookshelves are too narrow to allow books to fit at all in a natural way, without clipping through the shelf, which is a great design element from our friends at Zeni. I'm guessing the brain storming session went something like this, "Hey, Bob, should books fit on bookshelves with the housing update?" "Nah, why would anyone put books on a shelf?"

Have putting books on shelves become practical yet? If not I'm not gonna buy any lol.

I've been able to place books on the Dark Elf Bookshelf, Sectioned just fine. It takes a bit of work to get the books to align properly and get them inside the shelf, but if you leave them just slightly outside the bookshelf, they are still readable. I've also been successful in placing books in the Hlaalu Bookshelf, Empty. Again, takes some effort to place, and you have to put them just slightly past the edge of the shelf, but I can interact with the books just fine.