For files downloaded from Dropbox does progress or annotations sync back to cloud?

bwinko · 12-23-2025, 06:15 PM

Shopping for an Ereader and the ability to have my progress on titles (and ideally highlights as well) sync automatically across my devices is important to me.

I will be using my personal library which will not sync across kobo's servers so I'm trying to find a solution.

I know certain models like the Libra allow you to integrate third party cloud services (and you can use NM to put it on the others), but all the tutorials I've seen just demonstrate how to use them as file directories to pull epubs and pdfs from.

Do these files just get transferred to the local file system and stay there, or would any file on this drive have progress and annotations synced back to its cloud provider?

Thanks! Apologies if it's been asked before.

Sirtel · 12-23-2025, 06:21 PM

No, no syncing back. Just pulling the files.

bwinko · 12-23-2025, 07:09 PM

Appreciate the confirmation, ty

12-23-2025, 06:15 PM	#1
bwinko Tripping over the ropes Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2024 Location: US Device: Kindle 3/Keyboard (2010)	For files downloaded from Dropbox does progress or annotations sync back to cloud? Shopping for an Ereader and the ability to have my progress on titles (and ideally highlights as well) sync automatically across my devices is important to me. I will be using my personal library which will not sync across kobo's servers so I'm trying to find a solution. I know certain models like the Libra allow you to integrate third party cloud services (and you can use NM to put it on the others), but all the tutorials I've seen just demonstrate how to use them as file directories to pull epubs and pdfs from. Do these files just get transferred to the local file system and stay there, or would any file on this drive have progress and annotations synced back to its cloud provider? Thanks! Apologies if it's been asked before.

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12-23-2025, 06:21 PM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 14,276 Karma: 244417483 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	No, no syncing back. Just pulling the files.

12-23-2025, 07:09 PM	#3
bwinko Tripping over the ropes Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2024 Location: US Device: Kindle 3/Keyboard (2010)	Appreciate the confirmation, ty

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