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Originally Posted by Starson17
Perhaps I'm missing something, but why do you have to duplicate books?
If I want to read a book on the computer that Calibre runs on, I hit "View" and read it. If I want to read it on something else, I send it to that device or other computer and give it whatever name I want. I don't consider a copy on another device as being a duplicate. Do you? What else is there, other than backups?
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It's those backups on my computer that drive me crazy. I have a folder for ebooks. When I import them into calibre, it backs them up - duplicates them - in it's own folder. Right now, since I've got Calibre running from a usb disk, that's not that important. Just knowing there would be an additional copy on my computer bothers me for some reason. I've got a backup on DVDs according to fiction, nonfiction etc., and I'm thinking why should there be another one, especially if it's going to make folders and subfolders for I don't know how many levels? I remember people mentioning problems this causes on Windows machines, so I don't know, maybe there's a fundamental difference in how a Linux and Windows users think and use their computers.
I think I've begun rambling. Does any of this make any sense to you?