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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
If you are just wanting to back up your library, an external harddrive would cost less than $99/year for dropbox. If you want an offsite backup, Carbonite ($55/year) and Mozy ($60/year) offer unlimited back up for all of your data. Both are probably more reliable than dropbox (online databases that offer free storeage have had a poor history). Only your computer will be able to interface with Carbonite and Mozy. Having multiple back ups, including at least one local and one off site, is highly recommended. Multiple e-book devices can access the same computer. I would suggest keeping your library on your computer, one back up on an external hardrive, and another back up on Carbonite or Mozy. I see no advantage to dropbox unless you have multiple computers accessing your library.
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Dropbox was my choice because I was downloading and adding books to Calibre from several different computers. However, I have since found that I only download books to my laptop.
i liked the fact that I had a backup on each computer that mirrored my dropbox folder. Of course, if that was junk, I really had nothing. I spent yesterday (about an hour) burning my library to a CD. I don't have a mirror backup (as Lady F suggests) and I think that is a good idea. I spent a lot of time to get my computer set up exactly the way I like it, and I would be devistated if I had to start over.