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Originally Posted by PeterT
If Calibre were to utilize BLOBs (Binary Large Objects) in a database to store the eBooks no one would have any access to them at all. Yes, the databases would be larger than many people are accustomed too, but then there would be no question at all about path names et al.
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The earliest version of calibre (before it even got that name) did exactly this - stored the ebooks inside the DB, not in the file system. EowynCarter is unhappy with a design decision made early on and seems to enjoy popping in regularly to complain about it.
