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Originally Posted by VicLavigne
I also have to put up a response - not to argue any points but just to let people look at this in a different way.
Calibre truly creates its own database, and this database happens to contain the actual ebooks themselves. So it organizes this database the way it was designed to do, not the way the owner wants.
For any of you who are in the business of accessing databases, you must realize that the big point of the database is you can access it and retrieve data. The point is not that it is organized the way you want, but you have a variety of ways to pull information and can add/edit/delete the data as needed. Calibre lets users do that.
I've heard some users complain that it duplicates the ebooks. Yes it does, and if you like you can delete the ebook from the location that you downloaded it to, since once you add it to Calibre it will keep its own copy. This was a problem for me until I understood that Calibre was better at organizing my ebooks than I was. Now that I've gotten past that point, I can let it do its work the way it needs, and I can focus on the results that I want from it.
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Vic
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As I said - each to their own.
Personally I don't want a database of my eBooks - I get books to read not manipulate information. And IMO I think I can organise my eBook collection far better than Calibre ever could.
So for me Reader Library is the best option. If I could find something else to manage the DRM issue I don't think I would bother with Calibre.
Anyway I can see that I'm the odd one out here so I think it's time to end this discussion.