[Peppercorn]

Hello everyone,

First I want to apologize because this has probably been answered before, but after searching here, other websites, and in tutorial videos I am still confused.

I just downloaded Calibre (PC version) for the first time today and successfully imported my collection of over 700 ebooks (in various formats) from a folder I had downloaded from my tablet. I was hoping that choosing the "Add Books From Directories, Including Sub Directories (Multiple Books Per Directory, Assumes Every Ebooks File Is A Different Book)" option during set up would mean that the books would stay in different categories, but I now realize this is not how Calibre works.

It seems there are two ways to organize in Calibre, one is with some kind of branching hierarchy and another is by creating "libraries." I am a bit confused by both options, so my question is, what's the best way to organize the books? I have a lot of cookbooks, artbooks, history books, novels, etc, all with different sub categories within (I had them organized in different folders like this in Moon+ Reader Pro on my tablet). Or is there a way to have a folder to click on for different groups and sub-groups?

Once again, I apologize for the very n00b questions, but I am not very tech savvy and completely new to Calibre.

Thank you for any and all help