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Old 03-28-2010, 12:41 AM   #29
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I was initially upset that Calibre was going to copy my books into its own directory no matter what, but now I see the advantages and am quite happy to have Calibre manage my files. They all go into one directory so it's easy to back everything up, which is the main concern for me given how much I have invested into my collection so far. But I found that everyone who spoke about tags was right, it really does make it easier. For example I have some mysteries which are novels and some which are short story collections, so I can tag them as 'Genre: Mystery' and at the same time as 'Type: Short Story' and then if I want to read a book which is a collection of short mysteries, it is easy to find them, just as it is easy to find mysteries which are NOT short stories---or short stories which are NOT mysteries.

I think the only thing I would add at this point is a separate database field for 'source' because right now I am using tags for that and I have about six devoted to it. A single text-entry field for it would allow me to streamline my tag list by getting rid of that whole section. As far as 'workflow' goes, I never add it to Calibre until I am ready to work on it (e.g. if I download a library book and don't feel in the mood to seek out the summary, cover art or whatever, I leave it on my desktop and don't bring it into Calibre until I am ready).
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