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mst · 12-18-2010, 09:59 AM

Status quo: I have a large collection of about 800 pdf and chm files about various topics. These are currently organized in a main library folder in subfolders by topic, e.g. "Finance and Economics", "History and Religion", etc. Outside of the main library folder are additional pdf files that I use for studying, e.g. "LSE Year 3 curriculum" contains 10 pdf files that I use this year at the unviersity.

Goal: I am now looking for a general solution of catalogueing all these pdfs, without necessarily moving them outside of their folders. Similar to iTunes, where you have the option to leave audio files where they are but rename them and organize them in playlists at will within the software. I would also like to assign priorities to the files, e.g. "read first" etc. without changing the file name or location of the files.

I think Calibre is terriffic as far as tagging and display of the files in e-book viewer is concerned, but I do not like the fact that it imposes its own folder structure.

Has anyone had a similar problem and found an answer?

12-18-2010, 09:59 AM	#1
mst Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Blueprint for managing e-book collection Status quo: I have a large collection of about 800 pdf and chm files about various topics. These are currently organized in a main library folder in subfolders by topic, e.g. "Finance and Economics", "History and Religion", etc. Outside of the main library folder are additional pdf files that I use for studying, e.g. "LSE Year 3 curriculum" contains 10 pdf files that I use this year at the unviersity. Goal: I am now looking for a general solution of catalogueing all these pdfs, without necessarily moving them outside of their folders. Similar to iTunes, where you have the option to leave audio files where they are but rename them and organize them in playlists at will within the software. I would also like to assign priorities to the files, e.g. "read first" etc. without changing the file name or location of the files. I think Calibre is terriffic as far as tagging and display of the files in e-book viewer is concerned, but I do not like the fact that it imposes its own folder structure. Has anyone had a similar problem and found an answer?