Today I have more than one library. Partly for performance reasons and partly because it allows me to have slightly different metadata.
My three main libraries:
Fiction - Novels, almost only epub
Non-fiction - Mix of epub and PDF.
Periodicals - Almost only PDF.
Inside these libraries I have several virtual libraries for different genres and topics.
I don't use calibre to read. Only to organize and send to devices. I then use the functionality of the e-reader software to search and navigate to find what to read.
I have a destination folder structure on a NAS. That is what I maintain as the "device" in calibre. And then I sync the e-book storage folders on the reading devices with the folder structure on the NAS, whenever I add or change something.
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