[rraod]

David,

Every person is different and works differently. I agree with your method. But I manage my library as follows.

Sometimes I start with a book on device, and notices lots of imperfections like spelling mistakes, formatting errors etc. which rob the pleasure in reading. So I get on my laptop, load the file on Sigil and proofread it to my satisfaction, create a proper TOC and make it a well organised book. Sometimes I do it fast and load it in the device and read it afterwards or I read the entire book in Sigil itself while proofreading.

I am a avid book collector and even-though I finish the book I would like to retain it in my library as a collection both in Calibre and on the eBook reader. That was one of the reason I preferred a H2O over a Kindle.

I constantly revise my library on Calibre to make it complete with proper covers and metadata. I use "Edit Metadata Individually" command periodically to download the missing metadata and the covers. Then I use the Resize Cover plugin to have a uniform size (900 x 1200) of covers, as the downloaded covers come in different sizes and aspect ratios. Then use Polish Books command on my library as explained above to embed the metadata and covers. My books contain the cover in the first page and the jacket in the second page and so on. The book title page and rest of the book comes after the jacket file. I got habituated to this method and I am happy with it.

I will remove the old books from the device and replace them with these improved files on Calibre.

My library contains the metadata.opf and cover.jpg files with each individual book, but on my device I have only the epub files. I organize them in tags/author - title.epub format and create the colections in similar structure. The device reads the cover and metadata directly from the book.

Once again thanks for your help.