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Originally Posted by transmitthis
It would be better all round, if there was a short explanation as to what Calibre does, on the main Download page.
Lots of people come from the perspective of itunes or Wmplayer, that just index files and does not move them or copy them, its unusual behavair to most people.
It would not work for other files because of their size - imagine a calibre for you videos or game install files - trying to copy over hundreds of GB.
Anyway what I'm saying is - when people install Calibre they don't know the "program" works and what its doing, so they understandably get confused.
Something like that would suit.
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You're right. This is a common question.
Which is why it's (obliquely) in Calibre's FAQ.
And is stickied in Library Management forum. Look, on some some level, I understand where you're coming from, but if a user can't be bothered to read the FAQ or the program's dedicated forums, he or she almost certainly can't be bothered to read the fine print. What you're suggesting is a 3rd source for information that is already intuitively available to all but the most stubborn users.
PS - Also, I think your argument about the impossibility of a comparable indexing system for other media files assumes that calibre is dealing exclusively with small files. But a single PDF can easily climb into the 100+ MB range. And CBR/CBZ files are frequently around 20MB each. That means that even a limited-run comicbook series of 5 or 6 issues is likely going to exceed 100MB. By comparison, most mp3 albums today clock in at around 75-80MB.