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Originally Posted by stjoe
Hi,
Want to know if Freda Android makes a copy of book when I use local folder as source?
If yes, then it will take up double space for book that I already have in local folder.
Thank you
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Yes, it does. It's hard to avoid doing this, because of the way that Android deals with file permissions - generally, Android only gives an app like Freda a temporary permission to read a file when the user chooses that file via a file-picker popup window. That means Freda has to copy the file, because otherwise when Freda needs to access it again (the next time you open the book) it won't be allowed to.
Google allows for certain special app types (media players, photo editors) to be given permanent permission to access certain special folders (your music folder, your photos folder), but Freda is not that kind of app (and Google doesn't provide a special folder for ebooks).