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Old 02-06-2012, 01:15 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by cybmole View Post
isn't that utterly pointless / no better/quicker than dropping the book directly onto main calibre window ( which is how I currently add books! )

why go via a dedicated intermediate folder at all ?
If you are sitting at your PC there may be no gain. However I can think of a number of scenarios where this might be useful to me:
- working on another machine where the folder is on a shared resource.
- having the folder in Dropbox so I can easily add books even if away from home.
However since both these scenarios mean I will have to have left Calibre running on a PC I am not sure how often they would actually apply.

I think that whether this feature is of any use to you is likely to depend on your workflow. It is obviously not a key requirement for most people or the feature would have arrived much earlier.
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