--- source_url: "https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=367461" title: "Is there a 'best way' to keep a Calibre library + progress synced in the cloud? - MobileRead Forums" mirrored_at: 2026-08-27T01:00:58.721Z host: www.mobileread.com cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php__q__t_367461" --- > **Original source:** https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=367461 - [Home](https://www.mobileread.com/) - [Forums](https://www.mobileread.com/forums/) - [Wiki](https://wiki.mobileread.com/) - [Chat](https://irc.mr.gd/) - [Submit News!](https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sendmessage.php?s=2a765fd512caa290453cb7d51d316628??s=2a765fd512caa290453cb7d51d316628) - 04-07-2025, 07:13 PM   #[**1**](https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?s=2a765fd512caa290453cb7d51d316628&p=4503663&postcount=1) Junior Member ![mrjohnc began at the beginning.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)   Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kobo Aura HD **Is there a 'best way' to keep a Calibre library + progress synced in the cloud?** * * * Hi all I'm looking at moving my library from Google Play Books to Calibre as long as I can sync across my laptops and a jailbroken Kindle running KOReader. I understand that I can sync my reading history and ebooks between my kindle and my laptop. But I don't know if there is a recognised best way to keep my calibre library and reading progress synced to cloud storage (eg Google Drive). I've looked in this forum but there are a lot of guides and some going back nearly 15 years and I wondered if there is an agreed upon 'best practice' I could follow? Thanks ![](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/smilies/smile.gif "Smilie") ![mrjohnc is offline](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/statusicon/user_offline.gif)   04-07-2025, 10:22 PM   #[**2**](https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?s=2a765fd512caa290453cb7d51d316628&p=4503687&postcount=2) Well trained by Cats ![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![theducks ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)     Posts: 31,936 Karma: 64187770 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A DO NOT put your library on Google Drive. It changes the file names, which breaks linkages internal to Calibre. The only way to use GD is to first ZIP up your Library, THEN put it on GD ![theducks is offline](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/statusicon/user_offline.gif)   Advert 04-07-2025, 10:29 PM   #[**3**](https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?s=2a765fd512caa290453cb7d51d316628&p=4503690&postcount=3) Grand Sorcerer ![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_pos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)![Sirtel ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.](https://www2.mobileread.com/i/mr/reputation/reputation_highpos.gif)     Posts: 15,608 Karma: 249250117 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2 The best way is to keep a copy of your library on a cloud, not your active library. Not on Google Drive, though, as that's incompatible with the library structure. 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