Hi
Since my Last Post here I have re-jigged the system,:
Now I have Calibre setup at work running on my Desktop PC, but the library itself is stored on a Netgear NAS (our business unit! - my QNap is awaiting larger Disks)
I am not happy about giving the access to my PC at work that this necessitates but until
Calibre can be run safely on a NAS it has to be that way. (our Nas units are all set to simply "mirror", (2 Disks) the work data is copied to USB drive for Backup, and the Data, (Movies / Music) on my QNap is all duplicated onto a D-Link NAS at home)
The Calibre has the Apprentice Alf Plugins for the reasons explained by "Alf". (You can get the plugins here too)
This allows us to convert books to whatever format we like, download to the device of choice, my daughter likes to use google books on her Nexus, I use
Pageturner on Android Tablet and have it on my phone (Not that I read on the phone), and I run it under Bluestacks Android emulator on my Laptop.
This allowed me, for instance to buy a book from Amazon on day of release, install it into Calibre, so my daughter could read it with google books (Google did not have the book available on the day!)
This may be breaking DRM rules, but hey, we are buying the book, putting on the Bookshelf (the physical ones at home are overflowing anyway!), taking it with us when we go out (without the risk of losing/damaging it), so what's different about that to hardcopy?
The advantage I find with e-readers is that you can use them on a tablet at night, without complaints from partners about lights being on. Of course reading in the bath / pool is much more damaging if you drop it!
This works for us, hope it's of help to you!