How to import boook without copy files to library folder?

fpaulon · 07-17-2024, 02:22 PM

Hi team,

How can I set few paths to import only books but does not copy to calibre library folder (avoiding duplicate files in hard disk)?

If there is no feature, how can I suggest this idea?

jhowell · 07-17-2024, 02:36 PM

See Why doesn’t calibre let me store books in my own folder structure?

Sirtel · 07-17-2024, 02:43 PM

What you want is not possible and is never going to be. If that's something you can't do without, then Calibre is not for you.

Quoth · 07-17-2024, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fpaulon

How can I set few paths to import only books but does not copy to calibre library folder (avoiding duplicate files in hard disk)?

1. It's by design. The imports are in a database and only exist as visible ebook files because that is currently the best way to do it, and that's been true for databases since they were invented.

2. It's a good feature to have a copy.

3. A very basic laptop or computer might have 256 G of SSD or HDD. Some cheap laptops 768 G to 2T. About 5,000 ebooks is only a few 4K videos. A full text search database might a big proportion of the Calibre storage.

4. Forget that Calibre is storing visible copies. Treat the entiire calibre storage as local "black box" and don't look inside the library folder / directory.

07-17-2024, 02:22 PM	#1
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jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,069 Karma: 91577715 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	See Why doesn’t calibre let me store books in my own folder structure?

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Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,461 Karma: 239219453 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	What you want is not possible and is never going to be. If that's something you can't do without, then Calibre is not for you.

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