MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Why would I want to add ebooks to Calibre without copying the source file?

eschwartz · 12-04-2013, 08:24 PM

I believe Kovid was suggesting use "CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH" to store the database in dropbox, and just share that but not the books. Your friend will see what books are listed, and all your metadata etc. but dropbox won't try to store 10's of GBs of books, so your friend will just have to ask you for them. Showing the formats doesn't hurt.

If all you want is to show your friend your library, maybe a better option is a one-way sync that copies the db to dropbox daily, and overwrites the db if necessary. Your friend will just get a copy of the db and that will avoid any clashes. Your real database never gets touched by dropbox, no matter what.

12-04-2013, 08:24 PM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I believe Kovid was suggesting use "CALIBRE_OVERRIDE_DATABASE_PATH" to store the database in dropbox, and just share that but not the books. Your friend will see what books are listed, and all your metadata etc. but dropbox won't try to store 10's of GBs of books, so your friend will just have to ask you for them. Showing the formats doesn't hurt. If all you want is to show your friend your library, maybe a better option is a one-way sync that copies the db to dropbox daily, and overwrites the db if necessary. Your friend will just get a copy of the db and that will avoid any clashes. Your real database never gets touched by dropbox, no matter what.