Hi,
I've just got a new Pocketbook Era after my HD3 is slowly dying. Before I configure it I'd like to review my syncing strategy. I manage all my books with Calibre and use Dropbox to sync books to my HD3. I don't want to use a cable connection.
The set-up works in principle but has a few issues. Some time back I also wanted to use the Pocketbook app on my Android phone. So I set up Pocketbook Cloud for syncing between the app and the HD3. This did not work well in combination with Dropbox and caused books to get duplicated. I have now discovered that I can also connect the app with Dropbox. Only drawback here is that it does not sync reading statuses.
Mostly I use Koreader so not syncing Pocketbook reader status is not such a big issue. But the Koreader has some other problem in connection with Dropbox. The .sdr files saving the reading status get duplicated all the time. When I discovered this I had thousands of .sdr files on my reader and Dropbox. This seems to be some problem with Dropbox syncing with apps. I found this mentioned a couple of times in Google but never found a way around. I moved all the .sdr files in the config central folder (new Koreader option since a couple of months ago) to avoid the duplicating but this now also prevents syncing those files between HD3 and Era.
Long story short: What are others out here doing to sync books between Calibre and multiple Pocketbook devices and app? Is there any best practice way to do it? Any new developments in Calibre I may have missed?
I wonder if using the Koreader Android app instead of the Pocketbook app would help? So far I have not tested the app yet as I was reluctant to sideload.
I've just got a new Pocketbook Era after my HD3 is slowly dying. Before I configure it I'd like to review my syncing strategy. I manage all my books with Calibre and use Dropbox to sync books to my HD3. I don't want to use a cable connection.
The set-up works in principle but has a few issues. Some time back I also wanted to use the Pocketbook app on my Android phone. So I set up Pocketbook Cloud for syncing between the app and the HD3. This did not work well in combination with Dropbox and caused books to get duplicated. I have now discovered that I can also connect the app with Dropbox. Only drawback here is that it does not sync reading statuses.
Mostly I use Koreader so not syncing Pocketbook reader status is not such a big issue. But the Koreader has some other problem in connection with Dropbox. The .sdr files saving the reading status get duplicated all the time. When I discovered this I had thousands of .sdr files on my reader and Dropbox. This seems to be some problem with Dropbox syncing with apps. I found this mentioned a couple of times in Google but never found a way around. I moved all the .sdr files in the config central folder (new Koreader option since a couple of months ago) to avoid the duplicating but this now also prevents syncing those files between HD3 and Era.
Long story short: What are others out here doing to sync books between Calibre and multiple Pocketbook devices and app? Is there any best practice way to do it? Any new developments in Calibre I may have missed?
I wonder if using the Koreader Android app instead of the Pocketbook app would help? So far I have not tested the app yet as I was reluctant to sideload.