Because I apparently don't have enough projects I decided to add a new series column to my Calibre libraries for parent or sub series. I didn't want it to have numbers as I am happy with the way the crossover/spin-off series are numbered in the main series column. I just wanted to notate connected series (like Cindy Gerard's Bodyguards, Black Ops Inc, and One-Eyed Jacks are together, Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters, Sisters of the Heart, and Torpedo Ink are all set in Sea Haven, et.c and then conversely how Julie Miller has mini-series within her The Precinct series. Plus address multi-author series such as Fortune's Children and The Coltons where they are their gazillionth spin-off. )
Somehow this led me to me copying my entire main library and renaming it. And deleting all the books off my tablets/phone so that the new folder numbers will match. I
KNOW this was totally unnecessary. But I make poorly thought out decisions at 3am when I have insomnia. And it has bothered me for the years that I didn't have any single digit numbered folders in my main Calibre library because I didn't know what I was doing when I first installed Calibre so deleted all of books multiple times wyu back when before I settled on a system I liked (I know that seems silly. Did I mention my poor decisions when I am sleep deprived?)
Anyway I know I will be happy once I finish redoing it all. And backing the new versions up in multiple spots. I am just freaking out as I love my Calibre and Calibre Companion and why did I create so much work for myself?
Isn't there a word in Japanese (or maybe it's in German) for obsessively organizing one's library?
Oh well. It could be worse. This is at least a "virtual" mess. I didn't pull off all of the print books on my shelve and literally box myself into a corner of my room. Been there, done that, have the T-shirt
