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My Calibre library is in Dropbox and I use it with my laptop and my Surface tablet. BUT there are several caveats with this scenario.
NEVER have the Dropbox running while Calibre is open (pause syncing before you open Calibre). NEVER have Calibre open on both computers at once. Run the Library Maintenance regularly. Conflicted copies do creep in.
You should do things in the following order:
Pause Dropbox
Open Calibre
Do what you need
Close Calibre
Resume syncing
When syncing is done, quit Dropbox
Start Dropbox on the other computer
When syncing is done, pause it
Open Calibre
Do what you need
Close Calibre
Resume syncing
Quit Dropbox
If you ignore those steps, you'll end up with a corrupted library. The same goes for Google Drive and OneDrive. Don't use them. They don't work well with Calibre.
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