Hi I am new here and I have a question.

ingenue · 01-03-2011, 06:04 PM

I have downloaded a number of books on my pc and added it to calibre. Once the books have been downloaded to calibre, can I delete the books on hard drive on the pc? I just don't want to delete what is on the hard drive and discover it won't be on calibre anymore. Does it depend on the extension of the book like epub or mobi or pdf? I really like the way it organizes all the books and saves space.

CazMar · 01-03-2011, 06:17 PM

You probably need to look at where you have set up your Calibre library. Are you using a Mac or Windows? If you use Windows go into the file Explorer and see if you have the downloaded books in "My Downloads" and another directory where Calibre stores its library. If there is a separate Calibre directory and duplicate copies of all the books you can delete the ones in My Downloads. If this is too technical do you have someone who could look at this on your computer?

happy_terd · 01-03-2011, 07:18 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!!!

MickeyC · 01-03-2011, 07:52 PM

Hi ingenue and welcome to MobileRead

desertgrandma · 01-03-2011, 08:13 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, ingenue

Try asking your question in the Calibre forum for more detailed help.

ImogenRose · 01-03-2011, 10:15 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

GraceKrispy · 01-03-2011, 10:18 PM

Welcome to MR. I have a mac, and I notice that if I delete the books from my download folder before I save it somewhere else, I've lost it. On my computer, calibre makes a folder that is on my computer where it stores the books, then I can delete from downloads. All my saved files on my computer are on my hard drive, so I'm not sure why you'd want to delete from the hard drive... I just delete from certain folders. (I'm not known for being super tech-savvy, so perhaps I don't know what I'm talking about, but welcome anyway!

)

neilmarr · 01-04-2011, 05:16 AM

Good to have your company, Ingnue. Best wishes. Neil

Iridal · 01-04-2011, 06:00 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!

GeoffC · 01-04-2011, 06:38 AM

Welcome to mobileread....

Don't worry too much, ebooks are generally 'small' files and shouldn't fill up a HDD too quickly....[fer most folks]

Valmore Daniels · 01-04-2011, 09:12 AM

welcome

Sandra Edwards · 01-04-2011, 04:44 PM

Welcome to MR!

Sandy

jlt-1710 · 01-04-2011, 10:40 PM

Hi! I'm new as well. I've only used Calibre for a couple of months, but it seems to make a copy of the ebook file and place it it its own directory system. I still keep the copy on my external hard drive as a backup. The files are not that large, usually.

01-03-2011, 06:04 PM	#1
ingenue Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	Hi I am new here and I have a question. I have downloaded a number of books on my pc and added it to calibre. Once the books have been downloaded to calibre, can I delete the books on hard drive on the pc? I just don't want to delete what is on the hard drive and discover it won't be on calibre anymore. Does it depend on the extension of the book like epub or mobi or pdf? I really like the way it organizes all the books and saves space.

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CazMar Book Geek Posts: 596 Karma: 1499085 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Asus MemPad 7" tablet, Nexus 5, Asus 10" tablet	You probably need to look at where you have set up your Calibre library. Are you using a Mac or Windows? If you use Windows go into the file Explorer and see if you have the downloaded books in "My Downloads" and another directory where Calibre stores its library. If there is a separate Calibre directory and duplicate copies of all the books you can delete the ones in My Downloads. If this is too technical do you have someone who could look at this on your computer?

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GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	Welcome to MR. I have a mac, and I notice that if I delete the books from my download folder before I save it somewhere else, I've lost it. On my computer, calibre makes a folder that is on my computer where it stores the books, then I can delete from downloads. All my saved files on my computer are on my hard drive, so I'm not sure why you'd want to delete from the hard drive... I just delete from certain folders. (I'm not known for being super tech-savvy, so perhaps I don't know what I'm talking about, but welcome anyway! )

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Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	welcome

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