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Originally Posted by auspex
But you gave us the details for people like me. I also understand that people would want their own directory structures, but really couldn't see the why. Nicely summarized.
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Hm, OK. Glad to help. I tend to ramble or preach to the choir sometimes. Bad habit of mine.
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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
Yes it do presume i want to use one folder per author. Not the case !
Yeah, so ?
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The "deal with it" attitude is annoying. Is it THAT hard to understand that other people have different needs or way to see things ? That what works for you don't necessarily works for everyone else ?
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No, it isn't hard... I like folder structures too, but not for everything. I certainly wouldn't want to keep track of (at least) two different file formats, books that I want to have in different genres, and so on, and keep all stuf synced between the different versions. I'm happy to have Calibre do that, and keep everything together in its own databse.
Still, I *do* like my own folders, and I don't want to trust all of my books to Calibre.
Why don't you do as I do? Keep your own folder structure, but also have Calibre import it, and keep its own database alongside it. E-books are small enough for not having to care about storage space nowadays.
Then you always have a non-Calibre "base library" to browse or fall back on, or use in other programs if you ever want or need to.
If someone is interested in my setup:
Spoiler:
D:\Calibre Library
Main Calibre Library
D:\Calibre FeedBooks
Public Domain books from FeedBooks. This is a "dump" library, where I can browse tag/genre, and year of publication. If I decide to read something, it moves to Calibre Workplace to be reviewed/edited (metadata, mainly), and then it gets exported to my base epub folder. After that, it moves to my main Calibre Library. (Yes, I'm a fan of FeedBooks' PD works.)
D:\Calibre Workspace
This library is used for first import. I edit metadata here, use Modify Epub... essentially I set everything as I want it to. After that, I export the books, run them through Sigil where needed, and stash them into my base folder.
Then the folder structure:
D:\eBooks\_BASE EPUB_
My base folder, which is the basis for my main Calibre Library. Exported from Calibre Workplace, edited with Sigil where necessary. It only contains EPUBs. These will probably never be changed again, and are used to browse as a normal directory structure, as a fallback to create a new library if need be, or as base format in a future program that may be incompatible with Calibre and its tags. These books are completely clean, apart from "Series" and "Series Index" as set by Calibre. (I wanted those in there, in case I ever need to rebuild my library for whatever reason.) If I would need to take them out as well, I'd import this folder into a new Calibre library, remove non-DC metadata using Modify Epub, and export the books again.
D:\eBooks\Dump
This folder contains mainly public domain works and freebees in many formats from many websites (sometimes even complete website dumps) that I may one day want to read. If I want a PD-work, I often look here first, and I often have different versions. If I decide to read something, it goes into Calibre Workplace, and then eventually to the base folder and into the main library.
D:\eBooks\Original EPUB
D:\eBooks\Original AZW3
D:\eBooks\Original MOBI
Unchanged versions of original, bought books (without DRM. Probably they'll never be touched again.