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Originally Posted by Hired Goon
I'm with Gremlin. I like folders - my brain is used to it and it works for me. I don't need improved cataloging, and I also don't like extra copies of files no matter how small they may be on my drive.
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For me, it isn't just the dry cataloguing that I appreciate, but the way Calibre makes my interactions with my eBook collection much more tangible.
With just two clicks I can go from the opening screen of Calibre to my list of unread novels (or any other saved search) sorted by Author and Series. I can then flick through the covers, as though I was leafing through a bookshelf, and see the jacket blurb on each book as I go.
This gives the collection an almost physical presence which I didn't used to get when I managed my files in a fixed folder structure. It puts back a pleasurable element of browsing through books to decide what to read next, or to get a nostalgic glow, which I'd lost when switching to simple lists of filenames.
I can imagine that it would be possible for someone to write a book library program that operated on a user-defined folder structure, and to provide the same tangible feel to the collection as Calibre, but if this doesn't yet exist I think there's more lost by not using Calibre than just basic cataloguing.
Graham