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Originally Posted by theducks
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I think he means: Running Library Maintenance and clearing errors (extra files)
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Exactly, this...
...and anytime you alter the title or author name which triggers calibre's altering the file structure (new folder names).
Keeping an extra book, the omnibus, in the Library is the easiest way to
keep the original covers unaltered. It does not provide the easiest way to extract the originals for other use, perhaps.
What approach is best for an individual user depends largely on the frequency and likelihood that they need to access the originals. If access is either very infrequent or unlikely, then the easiest "archive" method would be best. Only if access will be frequent would it be worth the effort to extract each, store them in some reuseable form, and manage these is some reliable way with appropriate backups. Storing them as extra files in a calibre Library is not particularily reliable unless calibre is aware of the files and thinks that they are simply different formats of the same book.