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Folder/file name structure for eBooks (sh.itjust.works)
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Howdy self-hosters!

I've got a huge pile of eBooks flying around here: poetry, scientific literature, magazines, comics, teaching materials, RPG rule books - it's a wildly mixed bag. I'm still looking for a self-hosted solution to make it more accessible and get an overview of what I actually have. (Calibre looks promising!)

My question here is not about software, though, but about organisation at the filesystem level: what folder and file name structure have you established for your eBooks? Do you just dump everything into one single folder and let the software do the rest? Do you create sections by genre ("Crime", "Fantasy", "Young adult", like the libraries do it) or application (job-related, hobby-related, cooking, ...)? Does it matter at all?

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[–] 2 points 8 hours ago

Same as I do for music. I use Calibre and do a lot of manual organization. My tree looks like this:

King, Stephen/

Christine/

    Christine.epub

Dark Tower, The - 01 - Gunslinger, The/

    Dark Tower, The - 01 - Gunslinger, The.epub

Dark Tower, The - 02 - Drawing of the Three, The/

    Dark Tower, The - 02 - Drawing of the Three, The.epub

Needful Things/

    Neefdul Things.epub

Of course, most of my books are fiction so I don't use genres, but now I'm rethinking that lol.

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