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VicLavigne · 01-03-2012, 01:09 PM

My initial reaction to calibre was that I didn't like the fact that it copied all my added books to its own folder. It really bothered me that it was duplicating ebooks, although looking back I'm really not sure why. At the time I was in the middle of editing a few books, and so I guess part of the reason was that I wanted a way to separate ebooks that were being edited from ebooks that were fine.

So now I've been using it for about 2 years, and I find that the organization built-in to calibre actually makes things easier for me. I don't have to worry about ebooks scattered in different folders - once added to calibre, I can delete the original version. Also, I can find specific books much faster with a variety of ways to search via calibre. And I have a tag so I can find books that are due for editing.

Vic

01-03-2012, 01:09 PM	#20
VicLavigne e-reading since 2008 Posts: 197 Karma: 112730 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hinesville Georgia Device: Nook STR, Sony PRS-T1	My initial reaction to calibre was that I didn't like the fact that it copied all my added books to its own folder. It really bothered me that it was duplicating ebooks, although looking back I'm really not sure why. At the time I was in the middle of editing a few books, and so I guess part of the reason was that I wanted a way to separate ebooks that were being edited from ebooks that were fine. So now I've been using it for about 2 years, and I find that the organization built-in to calibre actually makes things easier for me. I don't have to worry about ebooks scattered in different folders - once added to calibre, I can delete the original version. Also, I can find specific books much faster with a variety of ways to search via calibre. And I have a tag so I can find books that are due for editing. Vic