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Originally Posted by SusanReads
I don't have my books in Calibre. I only use Calibre per book, mostly to convert (or make a pretty cover for fanfic books). And then I delete the book from Calibre.
But I have all my books in separate folders on my computer and on my Kobo/Kindle. I have a To Read folder, and then folders pers genre (YA, fanfic, horror, like those). How else would I be able to see which books I haven't read on my e-reader? Now I just open my To Read Library.
I guess this isn't a good use of Calibre, but I'm not really feeling like I'm missing anything right now.
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You create a custom column for eBooks you've read or not read. Then when you want to see what you've read or not, you do a simple search using that column. There are things you can do in Calibre that you cannot do in your directory structure. You can see both read and unread books. You can see what books you've read by a specific author and if you have any unread book by that author. You will have all your books together so you can see them as you like. When you plug in your Reader to the computer you'd be able to see what book you have on your reader.
There is a lot you can do with Calibre that a directory structure cannot do. I had a directory setup similar to what you have and since switching to Calibre, I would never go back. It just doesn't work as well.
One thing you can do that no directory structure can do is manage collections on your Kobo. And you can have all book in a series labeled as such.
I suggest giving Calibre a proper try and see how you get on. You may find you like it.