pzbrawl -- since you have shown up again I will assume you are still amenable to further discussion.
Have you seen Worldwalker's highly informative post on the matter?
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?p=934768
If the library structure is still not a good enough solution for your needs, you can probably still make use of the CLI conversion backend,
possibly with scripts/drop targets to automate it. Or use calibre's Save to Disk feature to update a filesystem-based organization.
If you are positive calibre just isn't for you... well, sorry to hear it, and I hope you have a decent alternative. (I am not sure there are any really good conversion alternatives...).
Certainly we are all grateful you didn't try to tell us calibre itself is fundamentally unusable (and yes we have had a few of those cranks
). And I totally understand if your heart is set on maintaining your current workflow, and calibre doesn't help you do that. calibre isn't necessarily for everyone -- although we hope it can be useful to as many people as possible.