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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Dropbox works fine when you only edit and make changes on one computer, and pause syncing while calibre is open (I've had one of my libraries in Dropbox for more than a decade without any issues. I only work with it on my main PC and Dropbox is not running in the background). Problems arise when you make changes on multiple devices and/or have Dropbox continously running - both will corrupt your database.
As folks do forget to pause Dropbox or make changes strictly on one specific device only, it's best to not keep your active library in Dropbox.
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Yeah my library has also been in dropbox for over a decade. I'm careful to never open calibre on more than on PC at a time but I've never paused syncing.
I suppose I may have to reimport all my books into a new library, which isn't the end of the world, but still a PITA.