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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu
I use calibre to make my own ePubs from various sources. Once the ePub is finished, I remove it from calibre, and manually copy to the eReaders and to a location I use for archival purposes.
This way I have a full control of what's happening and if something goes wrong there is only one solution (copy back from archival media) and one offender, ME and only ME.
I don't know calibre, but my lifetime experience with software told me that almost every software has issues with long lists, and also make my life difficult in finding a certain book among 2000 others, even with filters and selections and stuff.
Keeping the things simple is one of my life commandments.
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There should be absolutely no issue with Calibre provided that you don't panic. Whilst Calibre uses a database, the books and metadata are themselves stored in a folder structure. Even if the database is totally corrupted, it can be rebuilt from the folder structure. I understand your caution, but have difficulty in seeing how it is easier to find a certain book amongst thousands using your system than the Calibre Database or even in the folder structure itself, which is arranged by authors name.