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Old 02-10-2014, 03:02 AM   #1
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Hello all,

How does Calibre work if I want to have library's location to be set in either Dropbox or Google Drive? I have two computers located at different places and want to manage the same library from both. Is Calibre capable of working with shared library?
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@artug - you might want forget about using Google Drive see ===>>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=205581

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Make sure you have sync turned off before you start calibre, and while you use calibre, and sync completely before you start calibre on another computer.

Calibre is a single user program and is only intended to be used on a local filesystem that isn't shared. But it seems that some successfully use calibre along with Dropbox and some other cloud sharing software.
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I've been using Dropbox for over twelve months as the repository of my Calibre Library without any problems, accessing from three different laptops and a tablet.

I have everything converted to epubs

I use Bluefire on the tablet to access the library.
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Make sure you have sync turned off before you start calibre, and while you use calibre, and sync completely before you start calibre on another computer.

Calibre is a single user program and is only intended to be used on a local filesystem that isn't shared. But it seems that some successfully use calibre along with Dropbox and some other cloud sharing software.
I use Dropbox, and while I don't turn sync on and off as Adoby recommends, I am very careful to only have one computer running calibre at a time. It's been working for a couple of years now with no problems.
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In addition i have found that the sky Drive is much slower in syncing between the machines, but no problems whatsoever with dropbox
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i send a backup my my library to dropbox - that in turn sends it to another PC when that is on

the worry that have with dropbox type programs , is that one wrong move e.g. deleting stuff when removing it from some other computer, or even jsut a server side glitch could lead to a loss of the cloud files.
So I would never trust it with my only copy of my books
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I prefer to sync copies of the library using a sync utility, instead of using a cloud service. Very fast if all the computers are in the same LAN.
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I prefer to sync copies of the library using a sync utility, instead of using a cloud service. Very fast if all the computers are in the same LAN.
i use a sync program to copy to/update the local dropbox folder, then dropbox can upload to cloud, in its own time, for a final backup.

in theory, I think I could access dropbox mobile direct from my e-reader browser via wifi- & download a book from anywhere, but I've not tried that
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