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Originally Posted by un_pogaz

Wut

I say exactly the opposite.
The management of Author names, serial names and their numbering (via Serie Managere), Tags, Publishers, Duplicate (via Find Duplicate) in mass, with dedicated modules, is very easy .

Is also capable of importing Metadata online (Metadata Source Plugins) it may be slower than a fully automatic script, but is here.

You wanted to send books not present on the e-reader => Virtual library with "ondevice:false", Ctrl+A, D send on the devices.
The Virtual library is one of the most powerful tools of Calibre, there are so many possibilities.

Not to mention the custom columns, gold mine and ultimate customization and filing tool.

And all this in a very complete and pleasant graphical interface, make all options, even the most advanced, accessible for the neophyte.
Don't forget that the main purpose of a software like Calibre is to make life easier for the uninitiated.

But one of the big things that Calibre makes very easy is the uniformity of the metadata.
And when you've tasted this (I tell you, I've experienced it), Calibre becomes irreplaceable.

Calibre is thus on the contrary, overpowerfull and he succeeds more than his role.

I appriciate your well thought out response, truly. However, I'm not a newbie with Calibre. I've been using it since at least 2008. I chose to move off of it for a better, scripted, automated metadata lookup file name renaming solution.

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

Your judgment of Calibre's abilities may come from the fact that you had used for a very long time a homemade/personal creation method that worked very well.
Learning a new tool is never easy at first, but if you do it right, you don't even realize you're using it every day anymore, and it's proof that it's done well.

If you would prefer search your books by their file name, chek the Calibre template language.
And nothing prevents you from always using your scripts before sending them in Calibre.

It's not a new tool. It's just not a tool that I need in any way. I'm not alone, the others who feel this way just aren't on this forum.

Following text even no more valid, because argument retracted

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By the way, I laugh. You wanted to discuss the drawbacks of the GUI, but what was the only one you had raised: that the initiation time is long?
You say 15 min (I hope you exaggerated), but you seem to be the only one in this case

You are not running Windows, so I can't say XP/ME/Vista. Only possibilities :
1) Your PC is made of cardboard
2) Your Library has settings that slow it down
3) Remote access to your Library is slow
4) You are impatient
In any case, it doesn't come directly from Calibre, but probaly from your side.
Talked of inconvenience is therefore a bit inappropriate and exaggerating for my taste.

Perhaps. We'll see. This was some time ago on a different computer. This isn't the fastest but should be good enough. Once I'm at .5 mil, we'll see what's what.

edit: Actually I'm pretty sure it was this one so strike that "different computer" comment.