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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
So being unfamiliar with Filetools Gadget, I am in the dark.
What is the end result? Can you convert books stored in nonstandard locations using calibre, or open them, send to device etc. using calibre?
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It is actually very clever trick and goes half way to solution of non-standard file structure.
1. You have a book at a non-standard place, say C:\selected_books\foo\bar\John_Doe_-_How_to_be_a_good_corpse.epub
2. You create a new entry to the Calibre, fill in author, book name, drop in a cover
3. (optional) You also drop in the book file, so Calibre does have file in case you need to do some conversion or access it through standard Calibre tools.
4. You Edit the book data and you enter a description. In the description (that normally holds some blurb and / or info about author, book, ratings you also insert a link to your file C:\selected_books\foo\bar\John_Doe_-_How_to_be_a_good_corpse.epub. Depending on your operating system you might need to use some program, so that when you click on a link a file manager would open with the location of the file or something. Poster BetterRed is using program called Lopes Filetools to make his links work
Now that I think about it, you could also make a custom column.
5. Calibre now manages your book records, but you can use it to access the file stored elsewhere, you just can't use some of the functionality.