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Seanette · 10-23-2010, 08:52 AM

Hi, everyone! Honest, I'll try to not be TOO dense while still a newbie here.

I just bought an iPod Touch on eBay, and plan to use Stanza with it (wanted to get all my e-book collection into one reader, and the Calibre/Stanza combo wound up suiting my needs best, so far as I can tell without having the iTouch in my hands). I have an existing e-book collection in Mobi and PDF formats, so I'm working on the conversion. With hundreds of existing titles, it's going to take a while, and I'd like to be ready to welcome my new toy with content for it.

Question is: once I've converted the PDF file (or the PRC) to ePub format, can I delete the PDF out of my Calibre library folders without giving the software a nervous breakdown? When I add the PDF to my library, it copies it over from my Documents folder (where I prefer it), and my hard drive is not exactly huge, so I don't like unnecessary duplication.

Any other advice?

Thanks, and hope everyone's having a great weekend!

10-23-2010, 08:52 AM	#1
Seanette Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 834 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sacramento, CA Device: Samsung Galaxy s3 (Android 4.4.2), iPad 2, Win10 laptop	Organizing my library Hi, everyone! Honest, I'll try to not be TOO dense while still a newbie here. I just bought an iPod Touch on eBay, and plan to use Stanza with it (wanted to get all my e-book collection into one reader, and the Calibre/Stanza combo wound up suiting my needs best, so far as I can tell without having the iTouch in my hands). I have an existing e-book collection in Mobi and PDF formats, so I'm working on the conversion. With hundreds of existing titles, it's going to take a while, and I'd like to be ready to welcome my new toy with content for it. Question is: once I've converted the PDF file (or the PRC) to ePub format, can I delete the PDF out of my Calibre library folders without giving the software a nervous breakdown? When I add the PDF to my library, it copies it over from my Documents folder (where I prefer it), and my hard drive is not exactly huge, so I don't like unnecessary duplication. Any other advice? Thanks, and hope everyone's having a great weekend!