Solid Folder Structure and Naming Scheme for Book Projects

As a graphic designer I have struggled with making sure my folders were easy to navigate and weren't a clustered mess of files... don't dare take a peek at my desktop!

Well here is a solid folder structure I use to keep everything organized in the Affinity Publisher (now Affinity Studio) with .af files. This of course can work with Adobe InDesign or Scribus if you're stuck in the early 2000's.

BookTitle_AffinityProject/
├── 📁 Affinity_Files/
│   ├── 📁 Working_Files/
│   │   ├── BookTitle_Master.afpub
│   │   ├── BookTitle_Chapter01.afpub
│   │   └── BookTitle_Cover.afpub
│   ├── 📁 Templates/
│   │   ├── Master_Page_Template.afpub
│   │   └── Character_Styles.afpub
│   └── 📁 Linked_Resources/
│       ├── resources_links.txt (Auto-generated, but good to keep)
│       └── resource_locations.log (Backup of link paths)
│
├── 📁 Assets_For_Affinity/
│   ├── 📁 Images_Placed/
│   │   ├── 📁 Chapter_01/
│   │   │   ├── Fig_1.1_Description.afphoto
│   │   │   └── Fig_1.1_Description.jpg (for placement)
│   │   └── 📁 Cover_Art/
│   │       ├── Cover_Full_Wrap.afphoto
│   │       ├── Cover_Front_HighRes.tif
│   │       └── Cover_Spine.afdesign
│   ├── 📁 Graphics_Vector/
│   │   ├── Chapter_Decoration.afdesign
│   │   ├── Author_Logo.afdesign
│   │   └── Map_Illustration.afdesign
│   └── 📁 Linked_Documents/
│       ├── Manuscript_Final.afpub (for text flow)
│       └── Captions_Styled.afpub
│
├── 📁 Source_Materials/
│   ├── 📁 Manuscript_Text/
│   │   ├── 📁 Drafts/
│   │   │   ├── BookTitle_Draft_v0.1.docx
│   │   │   └── BookTitle_Draft_v1.0_Final.docx
│   │   ├── 📁 Text_Exports/
│   │   │   ├── Chapter_01_RawText.txt
│   │   │   └── All_Chapters_Merged.txt
│   │   └── BookTitle_FinalManuscript.docx
│   ├── 📁 Image_Sources/
│   │   ├── 📁 Photos_Raw/
│   │   │   ├── Photo_001.cr2
│   │   │   └── Photo_002.cr2
│   │   └── 📁 Scans_HighRes/
│   │       ├── Scan_001.tif
│   │       └── Scan_002.tif
│   └── 📁 Fonts/
│       ├── FontFamily_Regular.otf
│       ├── FontFamily_Bold.otf
│       └── FontFamily_Italic.otf
│
├── 📁 Exports/
│   ├── 📁 Print_PDF/
│   │   ├── BookTitle_Interior_Print.pdf
│   │   ├── BookTitle_Cover_Print.pdf
│   │   └── BookTitle_Spreads_Proof.pdf
│   ├── 📁 Digital_PDF/
│   │   ├── BookTitle_ForScreen.pdf
│   │   └── BookTitle_ForPrintOnDemand.pdf
│   ├── 📁 Proofs/
│   │   ├── Proof_Chapter01_LowRes.jpg
│   │   └── Proof_Cover_HighRes.jpg
│   └── 📁 eBook_Assets/
│       ├── Cover_Thumbnail.jpg
│       └── Chapter_Images_Web/
│           ├── Fig_1.1_Description.png
│           └── Fig_1.2_Description.png
│
└── 📁 Admin_Documents/
    ├── 📁 Contracts/
    │   ├── Publishing_Contract_Signed.pdf
    │   └ ISBN_Registration.pdf
    ├── 📁 Marketing/
    │   ├── Book_Blurb_Final.txt
    │   ├── Author_Bio_Final.txt
    │   └── Metadata_Keywords.txt
    └── Project_Notes.afpub (or .txt)

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Feel free to comment your ideal folder structures!