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Originally Posted by chaley

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=119175 and http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....tory-structure give some explanation for why calibre works the way it does. The latter also says "Finally, if you are irrevocably wedded to the filesystem, feel free to patch your local copy of calibre to use whatever storage scheme you like. But, do not bother me with requests to change the directory structure, they will be ignored." I think that answers your question.

The authors of both of those explanations seem incapable of contemplating the use of a database to store ( ebook meta ) data instead of using a wierd directory structure in a file system - the rest of the world thinks differently.

And, sheesh, if that is an indication of the way Calibre people take on new ( to them ) ideas, I will stay well away !