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Dal Bhat · 04-01-2024, 03:56 PM

Looking for some confirmation about what seems obvious by looking... But before I delete folders to mitigate duplication, please tell me that I have this right.

I just installed the program and it's working well for my needs. Prior to, when I acquired a new book (AZW3), I would save it to disk and then transfer it via USB. So I have an existing library of saved files.

Now I have Calibre and I see that in its own folders by author, the same files exist with the same file size. So the existing library of files appears to be duplicated there.

I don't need two copies. Have I got this right, that Calibre will always have its own copy and that's where I can download new files to henceforth? --And I can delete the pre-Calibre files?

04-01-2024, 03:56 PM	#1
Dal Bhat Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2024 Device: Kindle 11th Gen	Calibre library has its own copy of an added book? Looking for some confirmation about what seems obvious by looking... But before I delete folders to mitigate duplication, please tell me that I have this right. I just installed the program and it's working well for my needs. Prior to, when I acquired a new book (AZW3), I would save it to disk and then transfer it via USB. So I have an existing library of saved files. Now I have Calibre and I see that in its own folders by author, the same files exist with the same file size. So the existing library of files appears to be duplicated there. I don't need two copies. Have I got this right, that Calibre will always have its own copy and that's where I can download new files to henceforth? --And I can delete the pre-Calibre files?