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Have a look at the responses in this recent thread ==>> Problems Getting Desired FileName Format

Originally Posted by Quoth

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…pretend the Calibre files don't exist. They only exist at all because it's never worked well for any database to import that sort of thing [covers and format files] inside a database.

That's why there is an Export to Disk File command and also why Calibre creates a copy of any file imported (as if it was really inside a database).

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