[eschwartz]

Of course it is so much easier on linux computers. Just right click on the library folder and click create shortcut, move the shortcut to your Dropbox, and it syncs. But those are symlinks, which Unix/Linux created, and Windows XP can't make them Windows Vista and on can create them, but only in the command line.

Here's the command:

mklink /D C:\Users\my name\Documents\My Dropbox\Calibre Library C:\Users\my name\Documents\Calibre Library

What this does is creates a fake folder in your Dropbox which looks like a shortcut, but when Dropbox reads it, it thinks it is the real folder. This is different from a shortcut which is really just a file which is run as a program to open the folder it is a shortcut to.

Here is a program to create a GUI for the process: Link Shell Extension

This may be a little too technical for you, in which case just ignore this. This is just an alternative way to do things and I only said this for completeness' sake.