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Originally Posted by FF2
I am probably in a situation similar to the original poster. I've got free, drm-free and pdf stuff loaded into Calibre. But anything I got directly from Amazon, well, is on my kindle and also backed up separately to a folder on my computer. But I guess I have never thought of loading those KINDLE books into Calibre.
As a matter of fact, I am probably using Calibre wrong. If I download a book or pdf (instruction manuals, recipes), they are in my download folder. I then drag them to calibre and they wind up in the Calibre library but they also still reside in my download folder - duplicating too many titles???
I'll take more organizing suggestions, too.
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Calibre merely takes a copy of any books you add into it. It will never delete or overwrite the original source file which I think is a good idea for people like me who end up making a dog's dinner of things! You can go and delete those original files manually if you're sure you no longer want them.
I store all my books in Calibre. With Kindle books - I make sure to copy the file off my Kindle and place in Calibre. That's because if Amazon accidentally lost any purchase I had made, I'd then have a backup in Calibre which would work on that Kindle. The files for Kindle or Kindle for PC are encrypted to work only within that particular device / app.
My Calibre library is all backed up on dropbox just because I've had PCs die on me before and my book library is more important than most of my files.