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Originally Posted by rixte
...But in terms of your friend, and this is a bit off topic, but it's what struck me about the 20,000 remark. There has to be sorting and choosing done at SOME stage, unless there's absolutely no interest in actually reading, only possessing...
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I couldn't live with that kind of chaos myself.
That's why I stopped using calibre.
Once I started touching a book, I couldn't stop.
First I brought structure into all author's names (I hate the inconsistencies you find even within a series: John Katzenbach / Katzenbach, John / JOHN KATZENBACH).
Then I modified metadata.
Then I added standardized covers.
Then I corrected errors.
Eventually, I decided: Either I change it all and spend significant time. Or I don't change anything at all, don't focus on it and start reading right ahead.
On my Kindle Voyage I have about 800 eBooks (originals from Amazon, downloaded directly on the reader without modification).
I find what I'm looking for easy enough.
On the other readers I have even fewer books, about 300 each on Kobo Aura H2O and Nook Glowlight.
No need to set tags or any other calibre features. But granted: It can be annoying and a bit disturbing, to see the flaws in those libraries. But when I strictly focus on reading, I can live with it.
Having the kind of chaos of my friend would be too ghastly, though, for me.
I've had a simple folder structure on my (back then beloved) iRex iLiad.
But only a few dozen titles per folder. And each file carefully processed and correctly labelled.
Anyway...
He states, the library would be processable without much problems.
Quality of the content would be good, sometimes he even gets re-worked files someone has processed and corrected in calibre.
My arguments against their approach are simple enough:
I've been working in hard- and software myself.
Pirating would have cut into my income back then, so I can't support it.
I'm not talking about ethics or morale there, but simple economics as a whole.
But of course they use the well known argument:
I never would buy it. So I'm not harming any potential sales...