I use the "Save to Disk" option to save the stories to another folder on my computer.
I'm a bit confused by your question, "Would that still be true if I had a separate folder for converted fics?" If you delete the file from Calibre all conversions and the file you imported to calibre are deleted and sent to the recycle bin. Your originals (not converted file) and anything you saved to disk should be okay, assuming they have their own folder not related to or connected to the calibre library.
If you delete it from the Calibre library it's gone. You may want to go to the Calibre forums to get more information on how deletions work or read the manual? Not long ago a guy accidentally deleted his entire desktop folder using Calibre. So on mass deletions I recommend caution.
Your converted fics are supposed to be in the same folders as your imported fics because Calibre creates a folder when an item is imported. Then it saves all conversions of that file into the same folder. It's actually a rather neat piece of programing. It's probably not as useful if you're only making one conversion but I'm making 3 files types for each story I import into Calibre. However, I don't actually want two copies of the mobi or LRF on my computer so I only save the epub to a completely separate folder not anywhere near my calibre library.
I don't delete anything from Calibre because I don't fancy re-converting if something happened to the epubs/lrf/mobi versions of the stories I've saved to my computer. Plus now that I can 'tweak' the epubs I've found it much faster to edit ebooks on Calibre than in any other program. So for me it manages my fan fiction and pro ebook collection.
Now as for hiding your Calibre Library have you tried adding it about 7 directories deep on your computer??? Because I think if you moved that library really deep you'll never run across it by accident and you may actually forget where it's at if you find a weird enough place to hide it. You may even want to add it to hidden directory? Then re-hide your folders. Then only use Calibre program to access the files in that folder.
I mean do you really know what's happening in your Windows folder or what happens when you install new programs? You don't organize your operating system files or your program directory files. There are hundreds of folders that the operating system creates that you don't organize yourself because if you did you'd break your computer. It may not hurt to try thinking of the calibre library directory as an operating system folder and treat it as such.
I think that's why I'm able to handle the fact that there is a folder on my computer that I don't touch beyond creating a backup periodically. I don't touch many folders on my system because if I go in there and move things around it'll fuck up my operating system. I don't mess with my System32 folder, I rarely look in my Program Files folder, and I sure as hell don't mess around with my drivers folders. You have thousands of folders on your computer that you ignore every time you use your computer. The Calibre Library is just one more of those types of folders.
I know with Windows 7 you can hide folders on your computer and pretty much turn them invisible. This may not be a bad option to explore if you have that capability. At least until you're done using Calibre to make your conversions.
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I'm a bit confused by your question, "Would that still be true if I had a separate folder for converted fics?" If you delete the file from Calibre all conversions and the file you imported to calibre are deleted and sent to the recycle bin. Your originals (not converted file) and anything you saved to disk should be okay, assuming they have their own folder not related to or connected to the calibre library.
If you delete it from the Calibre library it's gone. You may want to go to the Calibre forums to get more information on how deletions work or read the manual? Not long ago a guy accidentally deleted his entire desktop folder using Calibre. So on mass deletions I recommend caution.
Your converted fics are supposed to be in the same folders as your imported fics because Calibre creates a folder when an item is imported. Then it saves all conversions of that file into the same folder. It's actually a rather neat piece of programing. It's probably not as useful if you're only making one conversion but I'm making 3 files types for each story I import into Calibre. However, I don't actually want two copies of the mobi or LRF on my computer so I only save the epub to a completely separate folder not anywhere near my calibre library.
I don't delete anything from Calibre because I don't fancy re-converting if something happened to the epubs/lrf/mobi versions of the stories I've saved to my computer. Plus now that I can 'tweak' the epubs I've found it much faster to edit ebooks on Calibre than in any other program. So for me it manages my fan fiction and pro ebook collection.
Now as for hiding your Calibre Library have you tried adding it about 7 directories deep on your computer??? Because I think if you moved that library really deep you'll never run across it by accident and you may actually forget where it's at if you find a weird enough place to hide it. You may even want to add it to hidden directory? Then re-hide your folders. Then only use Calibre program to access the files in that folder.
I mean do you really know what's happening in your Windows folder or what happens when you install new programs? You don't organize your operating system files or your program directory files. There are hundreds of folders that the operating system creates that you don't organize yourself because if you did you'd break your computer. It may not hurt to try thinking of the calibre library directory as an operating system folder and treat it as such.
I think that's why I'm able to handle the fact that there is a folder on my computer that I don't touch beyond creating a backup periodically. I don't touch many folders on my system because if I go in there and move things around it'll fuck up my operating system. I don't mess with my System32 folder, I rarely look in my Program Files folder, and I sure as hell don't mess around with my drivers folders. You have thousands of folders on your computer that you ignore every time you use your computer. The Calibre Library is just one more of those types of folders.
I know with Windows 7 you can hide folders on your computer and pretty much turn them invisible. This may not be a bad option to explore if you have that capability. At least until you're done using Calibre to make your conversions.