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Old 01-23-2024, 09:07 PM   #12
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Add in the people who want to be able to use series, multiple tags, genre, etc. as part of the file name/path. People whom, IMHO, are stuck back in the 1980s.

A few years back, one person was complaining that they had a very carefully crafted directory structure and they could not send it to their Kobo and that when they tried calibre, it turned their directory structure into a pile of crap. When I asked why they were so concerned about directory structure on a Kobo or in calibre, the response was how else could they locate a book to read? Evidently using calibre or their Kobo's ability to search on various criteria was not acceptable in their opinion.

After a few more rounds back and forth in PMs about calibre not touching the original directory structure unless you use auto-add which is specific to one directory, I gave up on debating what amounted to a religious dispute about search vs. directory structure.
I don't actually like directory structure based eBook storage. It's too fixed in it's ways. I prefer the calibre way and I can find something much easier. Kobo makes it fairly easy to find something as well.
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