I don't have that many books that it really worried me - having said that insatiable curiosity leads me to asking the questions is there a different or more efficient way of doing it.

Chaley's example though did open my eyes to discovering other functions and possibilities of how to go about things within Calibre - I love his signature "Feels like I am providing fish instead of teaching how to fish..." lol in this case he gave me the fish but he also opened up another avenue which I've managed to now explore and build on.. so he has taught me how to fish indirectly.

The thing that really doesn't surprise me is the way the authors are names eg

j b smith you will find as John B smith or John Baldy Smith or as j b smith - which of course leaves you with three directory's and a split of "one" author.

This also becomes annoying when you have in the authors name contributors the j b smith & bill blogs (who may just be the artist) causing another split.

Not to mention the j b smith & bill blogs as a co writer or whatever the person may be particularly when it comes to series or where the primary writer is placed as the secondary bill blogs & j b smith causing more directory's and splits.

Speaking of which how does one search for "&" its obviously a control character I haven't nutted out how to find it by searching..

So I guess with no A.I support its no wonder Calibre is so complex with so many features.

I'm just pedantic about having things in certain folders authors of series regardless of co writers and other contributors to be found in "one" directory.

I also tend to name my books as eg Greg Bear not Bear Greg - I know that might not be convention but I don't think of Bear Greg when talking about his books I use his first name.

It is custom in some European countries to address or introduce oneself by surname first - its a habit I don't have.

Any ways I love Calibre what an awesome product the more I fiddle with it the more it grows on me..

I must say I've seen many programmers take product of much much less quality than this and make a commercial product, my hat goes off the the owners and writers of this program keeping it "free".

Avagoodone all and thanks for the assistance I've received so far.

Cheers