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Several of us here on this forum have been repeatedly trying to get across to people that the calibre libraries are not intended to have their files directly accessed by the users. Instead, books are supposed to be accessed through calibre. Personally, I feel Kovid could have written calibre in such a way that it could just point to an existing file in a user's own folder/filename tree instead of copying it over to a new library, especially since the added metadata is stored in it's own file. But, that was not the route Kovid chose. Apparently, it would take a major rewrite to accomplish that and Kovid would prefer to concentrate on adding new features than spending time he doesn't have on a major rewrite (either that or he doesn't feel it's important enough). Frankly, most of the rest of us prefer the new features we have been getting over something that really isn't that big a deal. Calibre does what it does so well, I'm not going to loose any sleep over it using its own file sytem to store books.
It's hard to let go of the old ways, in this case, if I understand the OP correctly, not trusting calibre to manage one's books in its own way instead of more the more tradition folder/filename hierarchy. I can understand one wanting to still have the old system in place should one decide to abandon calibre for something that better suits one's needs. I keep my original files in a folder just for that reason even though I trust calibre. Kovid's young enough he isn't likely to retire before I die and abandon calibre, and, if for some odd reason Kovid does have to abandon calibre, there have been enough other people involved in calibre's development that it's likely someone will pick up the ball and run with it so calibre is not likely to go away in my lifetime (what's left of it). But if it does manage to become abandonware, I'll still have my original files. I don't really need them, though, since before calibre could become inoperable due to an OS change, all I would need to do is just save everything to a folder of my own with whatever filename structure I wanted but then, I'm an old lady who is set in her ways.
Calibre has ways in place to put copies of your files wherever you may want them named however you want them. You just need to let calibre do it and not try to do it yourself. Worldwalker (has anyone heard anything from him lately?) likens calibre's library folders to a black box that you don't ever need to open (nor should). I personally hide the calibre library folders so I (or someone else) won't accidentally (or otherwise) mess with them.
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