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Old 08-13-2016, 05:18 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by docmartn View Post
Just downloaded Calibre. Great tool! From what I can tell when I add a book to Calibre it creates a duplicate file inside the "Calibre folder" thus leaving me with two copies of the book on my hard drive? Is this correct? It seems I should delete the original file once Calibre has indexed the book?

Second question, I've gone to a lot of trouble creating a folder/subfolder hierarchy on my HD to sort my books. It appears that with Calibre this is no longer necessary. Now I can dump the books into a general folder, index them with Calibre and then delete the original file from the general folder. Does that sound right?

Thanks

JC
If you drop the Original files into a (user configured) Auto-add folder, the book will move to the trash after they complete the add.

Personally, I would move (Copy) the originals OFF somewhere... Just in case...
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