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Originally Posted by hidden.platypus
Hmm.
I have a similar issue. Except Calibre runs automatically and 24/7 on the second machine. That way the rest of the family can download books to their devices without disturbing me, or my main machine.
Hadn't thought about using BTSync. What I was doing before was to use FreeFileSync and synchronize the libraries twice a week.
I learned early that I shouldn't sync the database file, otherwise the person on the second machine would open the book to the page I last read, not to the page they last read.
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I am not really too fussed about this problem - nobody in my scenario uses calibre to actually read books from start to finish, just to browse and pick out new ones. So keeping track of the last page read isn't important for me.
I have reached another stumbling block unfortunately. BT Sync seemed ideal initially but the more I investigate it, the less suitable it seems.
It is possible to do a read only sync, so peer changes cannot muck up the library or database on the seed computer. However I have discovered that if the peers modify any files locally, then BTSync stops syncing those files on the peer machine.
My understanding is that Calibre modifies the db every time it is opened so obviously it's not going to be possible to keep the peer databases sync'd to the seed db.