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Originally Posted by Sabardeyn
 The horrible directory structure is totally correct. Not in the sense that it doesn't work; nor that some kind of standardized structure has to be used. These points I understand and accept.  However, when was the last time that you looked for a book in a (real) Library or Bookstore and found anything listed under the author's first name? Most of us try to remember an author's surname so we can find their work. So calibre's usage is counter-intuitive. However it is exactly the same arrangement used by most media players - despite the music industry grouping by genre and then surname. Ultimately the issue here is one of familiarity vs computer processing limitations.
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Actually it isnt correct and your analogy is off, this is more in the way of a car park with a parking attendant, you dont care (or are not supposed to) where in the structure you car is parked you just give the attendant your keys and ask him to fetch your car. Calibre is set up to store books and provide an interface for you to read and retrieve them, the directory structure isnt used for searching, its simply a convenient method of storing books that doesnt get too wide and is at least fairly simple to read if you absolutely must, Kovid could just have easily used <root>/<bookid>/<format>.book
The system isnt set up for you to search for books by browsing the storage structure it is set up to find a book for you using either the GUI of the command-line options. Hence people talking about the "black box".
Mark