[animedude01]

Is still don't understand why people insist on having their own directory structures. I'm not trying to flame you, but invariably someone comes and complains about how Calibre should be saving it's books in this particular way!

The best thing to do is to treat Calibre as a black box. It has a database that keeps track of your books, along with tags and the ability to search on almost any criteria. You can even export your books to disk so you can do anything you want. The books are kept in directories so even if the database gets hosed, the books are still there.

Do you prefer to have your own structure? Fine, do that, but that's not how Calibre is meant to be used, and frankly, I find it much easier to search in Calibre than try to remember who the author was on some books or try to find all the sci-fi books I haven't read yet. I can search on tags, title, author, etc.

If you use the tags feature, you can make it really easy so search on any tags you want. I have a READ tag for books I've already read and can search for books that don't have that tag.

frank, if your own directory structure works best for you, then by all means use it. However, for 99% of users, Calibre should be treated as a black box, with a single library, and tags to manage their books.

Again, I'm really not trying to pick on you specifically, or trying to flame you, but most users should really be using Calibre as it was meant to be used, otherwise it just adds unneeded complexity and confuses them.

my own $0.02.