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Originally Posted by theducks
You don't normally need to ever go into the library folder. Calibre will export books, making updates as it is sent.
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I disagree. I collect a lot of sci-fi stories which were originally published in magazines. I also like to use the original magazine covers.
Now suppose I want to re-use that cover collection for different purposes...
Since calibre (as far as I know) is not capable of generating a gallery type collection of html files strictly for cover images, I would need to create this myself.
It would then be useful if I could just go into my library top folder. Do a search for .jpg and copy all the found files to a different location so that it would be much easier to generate such a gallery using other tools.
Alas, because all files have the same name, this won't ever fly...
Now, not saying I am wanting to do this, just pointing out that such a collection of covers could be used for more than one purpose...
Or suppose a friend comes over and sees my collection and wants to have copies of some covers (e.g. hard to find ones). No easy way to gather and zip them up without creating a (for my friend) totally useless folder structure in the zip archive. Not to mention the fact that after unpacking my friend would need to spend a lost weekend (or two) to rename all the files to more sensible names so they can be safely moved to a central repository...
Just some examples of the top of my head to indicate that it could be useful to have the option...Granted, Windows itself and most multimedia library programs use the same method of naming folder/cover images always the same. But still... maybe an idea for a plugin writer?