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Originally Posted by Starson17
There is no workaround. .... If you want a different directory structure, you have to keep it separate.
You may have needs that Calibre can't meet. For those who don't understand the advantages of Calibre's design, it's worthwhile explaining them. If you've already "seen the light," but need Calibre to do something that it's not designed to do and can't afford the space for a duplicate set of books that will meet your needs, you probably shouldn't use Calibre.
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11 gigs and growing (lots of PDFs). There's no way I'm doubling that
. But it is also one of the reasons I am keen on calibre's conversion abilities.
Sometimes things do what they are not designed to do--I use screwdrivers in ways that would probably make your hair stand on end. But obviously it depends on what it is you want it to do, and in this case it does appear having two directories (one for syncing, one for not) is a brick wall.
In sum, after reading your response, playing with calibre, and looking at past threads, a fundamental decision in judging whether calibre is useful for me or not is:
- if "black boxing" a book directory is not a problem, and you have only calibre interacting with that directory, then you will find calibre useful.
- If, however, "black boxing" a directory is a problem, because, for example, you have other programs interacting with that directory (or you have an academic's instinctive dislike of other people moving your books around
), then calibre is probably not for you (at least for that directory).
Personally, I will probably end up using calibre to manage my recreational stuff (novels and whatnot), and leave the academic/research directories intact.