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Originally Posted by HippieWiccan
Thank you for your reply!
The problem with syncing the books to my device is it's a 8.700+, 200 Gb catalog of cookbooks! There is just no way to have them on the device...to upload them to a cloud like DropBox would be expensive and way too time consuming! It wouldn't be a problem, but my laptop is shared with my wife and I can't always have calibre up and connected.
I understand that every cloud does it differently and it makes sense why this is not supported.
If you ever do sort it out, please let me know! Thank you again :c)
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One thing you might consider -- installing a 24/7 calibre content server on your network. The cheapest way to do that is to scavenge a PC that won't run modern windows, for example a older computer running XP. Such computers can often be had for free. I know, as I have given away many of them. Sometimes charity shops just give them away. Sometimes your friends will have one in a closet. Perhaps you have one in a closet.
Most of these computers will happily run linux and calibre, and they can connect to your WD cloud ("nfs mount") so you don't need large disks. Because the content server is read-only you don't need to worry about simultaneous changes to the database.
Some people have done something similar using Raspberry PI machines, which are very cheap and very energy efficient. I don't know how hard it would be to set one up.
I did it by spending some money and getting an Intel NUC, which is a tiny box that sits in the corner. I got one to connect my TV to the network for streaming (e.g., netflix), and as a side benefit it runs a content server.
Lots of options, unfortunately not exactly turnkey.
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I will go back an change my review if you'd like :c)
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Thanks for asking, but I leave that decision to you.