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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
Having to keep a "clean" copy in addition of the calibre copy, defeat the point of using calibre.
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I agree. In part. I mainly use Calibre to organize the files on my devices, not on my drive. Which means I have 6 copies of every book I have. 2 of each format. One is in Calibre, the other, the "clean" copy somewhere away from Calibre.
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Originally Posted by Starson17
It seems like you want to access your ebooks directly through the file system. Many people think they want to do that, but after they've used Calibre for a while they realize they don't need to. Others really do need that feature. If you're really in the latter category, then Calibre is not for you. It's as simple as that.
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I would love to access my books through both Calibre
and the file system. Which is why I now have a shadow copy of all my books. And I often access my files by way of the file system. Actually, always, unless I transfer books to my devices. And not even then, always. As Calibre doesn't connect through ActiveSync, when I add books (on the fly) to my JE100 or PDA, I have to find the files manually and copy those.
Also, on my JE100 and PDA, if I would let Calibre do its default thing, both will crash as they can't handle that many subfolders in one folder... (thankfully, the custom columns made it possible for me to add to specific sub folders...)
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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
That what I'm doing currently. But, if I have to keep and maintain a clean copy, there is just no point in using a management software, if I still have to do the work.
Worse, I would have to handle synchronizing the external copies. More work, when the point of using a software is making my life easier.
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Whenever I update my sources, I copy it to Calibre and to the "clean" copy location. It only takes about 5 seconds longer...