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Old 08-18-2018, 09:07 AM   #13
polarwind
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I would like to add my comments to this topic. If it is more appropriate to start a new topic then please let me know.

After being away from the Calibre Scene for about 2 years, I just started to start using the Calibre server again. I have about 4-500 books on the server, mainly epub format.

Devices that are used on the network are Windows PCs (Calibre server), Android tablets and phones, and iPad3.

As like most users I downloaded and installed FBreader, and the FBreader Calibre addon. I connected to the Calibre server and downloaded a book. I used the FBreader build-in feature to sync with the FBreader Book Network (on Google Drive). From what I read the reading position is synced over this network. But then again, I see that Google Drive is not supported. Does this mean that the FBreader Book Network is a big no-no ? Please your comments on this.

I read in this topic that the browser is the best way to sync the reader position. But it looks like I can not zoom in when using my browser. (bad eye sight, to small font on phone screen, or to small cartoon text bubbles ). I can zoom my browser to f.ex. 200%, but scrolling the page is taking to big "steps". Also features like night screen is nice to have. So until then it looks like the browser reader is not very functional for me.

Another issue is that the latest iOS on my iPad3 is 9.3.5. Your browser reader requires 10.x which is not available for me unless I buy a new iPad...

As you can see, I'm struggling to get reader position sync to work for me. What are my options? Bricking my iPad is not one of them

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