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@jecilop - an easier way for single books, and with Windows and NTFS at least, is to add and rename the BIG file to the book folder as you're doing, then open the book folder (press 'O' key) and drag 'n' drop the BIG file into the Book Details panel (right sidebar).
I just tested it with a 2.5GB file, it was 'registered' immediately, so Windows and/or calibre must have worked out that there was no need to do any copying.
I use the 'trick' in a different context every day. I know its breaks the 'calibre libraries are black boxes' rule, and if it stopped working I'd have consider my options. But, there's usually another way to skin a cat.
I run Check Library on my libraries weekly - very rare that anything is reported, usually something I inadvertently left behind (eg an unpacked CBZ), and I have never needed to use Restore Database in anger.
IMO 'copying the files and then rebuilding the database' is pushing the envelope, and on large libraries I believe rebuilding the database can take a quite a long time.
If you're on Windows you could drop a shortcut (.LNK File) to the BIG file into the Book Details panel and leave the BIG file where it is. LNK files are less than 4K.
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