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Originally Posted by Starson17
You have the mindset that the books are in the directory and you might want to directly interact with them. For example, you probably think of the books in Calibre's library folder as having a name.
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I think I may not have been clear--it's not so much that *I* interact with the files in the directory (i.e. the books) as much as other computer programs do. For me, certain files get synced by a program based on their directory. Another program, a reference manager, ties its information to the books using hyperlinks. These links would be lost if the directory were rearranged. Computer programs can be very fussy.
The fact that I am not going to put ALL my ebooks in to calibre is not a result of benightedness, but that I would, based on what you have told me, lose a rather specialized functionality that I need for a certain class of books.
Thanks for your help. No one program does everything, and although trying to establish what a program
can't do always seems like criticism, it's just trying to figure out if works with one's particular circumstances. Some cars are Porsches and some are Landrovers, and you don't want to get the two confused, especially if you live in the woods.
