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Old 11-09-2010, 12:35 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by elemenoP View Post
Once I drag a file (epub, pdb, what have you) into Calibre, Calibre creates its own copy of that file in the proper folders in the Calibre library. So I might as well delete the original file that I dragged in, right? Is there any reason to keep the original file?

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Especially if it's a different format than your device uses and you're using Calibre to convert it to what your reader likes, I'd suggest keeping the originals somewhere as backups or against the possibility that you'll later acquire a reader that likes the original format better (I'd think using the original file would work better than one that's been converted back and forth between formats).

If space is an issue, offline storage of the originals would work nicely.

Last edited by Seanette; 11-09-2010 at 06:26 AM. Reason: correcting typos
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