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Originally Posted by citac
Apologies if this has already been addressed, I haven't yet reached the end of this thread but I felt the need to respond to #68.
I read my ebooks on my PC, don't keep several formats of a single ebook, and have them organized by...
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With respect, I'd say you're therefore not the target audience. The software is quite obviously for people who want to manage their ebooks in conjunction with using a portable reader. Or even several portable readers, some of which might be better at using a format particular to them.
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Originally Posted by citac
The one thing that bothers me is this line in the FAQ, which, with all due respect, I simply find arrogant:
The whole point of calibre‘s library management features is that they provide an interface for locating books that is much more efficient than any possible directory scheme you could come up with for your collection.
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I doubt that's the intention, though if it said something along the lines of "much more efficient for CALIBRE to look up" that might clarify things for you somewhat. It does not touch or modify your existing collection, possibly for the reason you've just described, i.e. you have your own ideas how you'd like your books organised. It has its own ideas. So it makes its own database.
Without touching yours.
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Originally Posted by citac
I already know where my ebooks are, thank you. I don't really need a library management program, but I wouldn't mind having one that would suit my idea of a properly organized collection.
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well blimey if that's not snarky then I don't know what is. If the software does not suit your idea of what it should do, you are under no compulsion to use it.