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ownedbycats · 07-21-2020, 06:23 PM

If you're on Windows, run WinDirStat on your library folder. It can be a little slow but it'll show you where the space is going.

I'd put money on the PDF files you mentioned.

For ePubs, you can run Polish > Losslessly compress images and see if that helps.

07-21-2020, 06:23 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,099 Karma: 76037135 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	If you're on Windows, run WinDirStat on your library folder. It can be a little slow but it'll show you where the space is going. I'd put money on the PDF files you mentioned. For ePubs, you can run Polish > Losslessly compress images and see if that helps.