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Originally Posted by chaley
...I would be just as happy it all the books in my library were named with a unique ID, totally opaque...
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I've often wondered why that wasn't done - but I'm pleased that it wasn't - because if I decided to stop using Calibre, say because I wanted to use some obscure OS like RTM or Elixi, then when I migrated my library I could make head and tail of it when it got there
I just scribbled the following in another thread, I think its worth repeating here:-
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Calibre can perform the task of managing & organising your e-book library's metadata, and if you choose it can also manage and organise the storage of your e-books on your computer's disks.
Whereas the music collection organisers I know of only do the metadata part, and you have to figure out and maintain a storage solution.
I suspect the strongly stated objections one sees on this forum to delegating the task of how and where to store e-books to Calibre, stem from a perceived loss of power. No disrespect, but organising a bunch of folders and files on a computer is nothing but boring administrivia, not much different to stacking packets of cereal on supermarket shelves.
My experience is that many (most ?) people end up with multiple copies of their e-books, audio files, photographs etc, scattered all over their computer, and they ain't backups either.
If you can find software to do the administrivia efficiently, then why wouldn't you use it?
However, the genius of Calibre is that you get to choose which bits you want and how you want to use them.
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