However, it didn’t work the first time I tried to connect from Calibre on my PC. Eventually, I realized my firewall was blocking Calibre from making the connection. In my firewall program I had to find Calibre.exe, which was listed as “The main Calibre program” in the “T” portion of the list, not in the “C’s” where I expected it. Once I set it to “Allowed” all worked as advertised. You will see the following screenshot.Inside Calibre on my computer, I added the “Connect/share” choice to the main toolbar.

Refer to the screenshot below, select the menu item ' Library Books ' > ' Switch/create library '. In the 'Apps' folder, create a folder ' Calibre-demo'.In the Dropbox, create an ' Apps' folder.If you want to follow my demo closely, create the folders as follows. You need to create a folder in the Dropbox which will be used for storing the Calibre Library (e.g ePub files). On your Windows-based PC or Mac, download and install the Calibre (free software).Īfter installation, create a library by following the following steps. Dropbox is required when you install Calibre. On your PC or Mac, download and install Dropbox. On your android mobile device, install Dropbox.Ĭ. Reference: CC Dropbox broken connection *WORKAROUND*ī. How to search the Calibre and retrieve a book?' For detailed instructions, refer to ' Step 5.

The workaround is: use a gmail account to sign up for the Dropbox. Calibre Companion (CC) can no longer connect to Dropbox with a email account. ***Important: You must use a gmail account to sign up for the Dropbox.Ģ019-03 Due to a change in Dropbox authentication method.

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