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Originally Posted by Ebosu
I'd really prefer to handle my library without Calibre. I just plain don't like the program, and I found it annoying to use when I did try it. Maybe I just didn't give it enough of a chance back then, since I didn't see any point in using it.
My entire file managing process atm is: download book, check the name is correct, move it to the correct folder, delete books I don't want to keep after reading. That's it, so all the extra stuff in Calibre was totally useless to me. Using it just felt like bloating a quick and simple process for no reason and honestly, it still feels like that. I'd much rather get a device that just let's me do tags directly as I read or go without than add extra annoyances to such a simple and common process.
I hope I'm not offending any Calibre fans here. I'm sure it can be a great help with lots of useful features, but I just don't need any of that stuff aside from this one specific thing.
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No sweat. Whatever works for you. I'm pretty amazed you can keep track of 2,000 books based on just folders. I had something similar but finding specific fanfics for rereading became too much of a pain when I had 300+ fics in one "category" folder (just a single ship tag). I need the blurb for browsing/search hence I eventually dumped my fanfics into Calibre.
One thing to consider/research, if you do all the tagging directly on whatever device you purchase, is it possible to backup the tags/collections/shelves for your sideloaded fics? Eventually, you'll probably replace the device and without the ability to backup and restore, then you've lost all that work you've done tagging.