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Originally Posted by mgmueller
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....
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I agree it's a huge task initially if you're just starting out with Calibre. I only had maybe 700 books at that time if I remember, but I made it a point to do xx number of books/day to get through them. And whenever I purchase a new book and add it into Calibre, I clean up the metadata, author's name, series name, etc. for consistency immediately. Different variations as mgmueller said drive me nuts as well. I like things neat and orderly, and Calibre helps me maintain that.
Edit: And btw, you can download an .iso file from Project Gutenberg that has something like 30,000 public domain books on it, there's probably a more recent one with even more than that. So having an unusually high number of ebooks doesn't necessarily mean they pirated them. And I've been digging through pay sites as well to take advantage of freebies they offer on certain days. Even those add up to a substantial number of books.