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Old 10-08-2009, 05:22 PM   #1
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Problem converting an Ebook
Hi folks,

I have the latext version of caliber (6.16) and I am having a problem converting an .lit ebook to .epub. The book is Exiles at the well of souls by Jack Chalker. Published by Baen. When I run it through caliber to convert, I get the following error:

ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Exiles at the Well of Souls)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Exiles at the Well of Souls)
InputFormatPlugin: LIT Input running on C:\Users\Dave\Documents\My Ebooks\Jack L. Chalker\Exiles at the Well of Souls (10)\Exiles at the Well of Souls - Jack L. Chalker.lit
Parsing all content...
LZX decompression error; skipping chunk
Failed to parse content in Chalker%2c%20Jack%20L.%20-%20Well%20Of%20Souls%2002%20-%20Exiles%20At%20The%20Well%20Of%20Souls.htm
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\reader.pyo", line 158, in _manifest_prune_invalid
File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\base.pyo", line 1000, in fget
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 867, in read
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 133, in __init__
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 238, in binary_to_text
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 238, in binary_to_text
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 238, in binary_to_text
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 238, in binary_to_text
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 238, in binary_to_text
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 176, in binary_to_text
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\reader.pyo", line 90, in read_utf8_char
LitError: Invalid UTF8 character: '\xa0'

Spine item 'Chalker,_Jack_L._-_Well_Of_Souls_02_-_Exiles_At_The_Well_Of_Souls' not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "worker.py", line 103, in <module>
File "worker.py", line 90, in main
File "calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.pyo", line 19, in gui_convert
File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.pyo", line 717, in run
File "calibre\customize\conversion.pyo", line 208, in __call__
File "calibre\ebooks\lit\input.pyo", line 22, in convert
File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.pyo", line 846, in create_oebbook
File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\reader.pyo", line 72, in __call__
File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\reader.pyo", line 589, in _all_from_opf
File "calibre\ebooks\oeb\reader.pyo", line 289, in _spine_from_opf
calibre.ebooks.oeb.base.OEBError: Spine is empty


I have no clue as to what the program is telling me. Can someone please enlighten me, and if there is a way to successfully convert the book, please tell me.

Thanks.
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Old 10-08-2009, 05:25 PM   #2
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One thing you could do is go back to Webscriptions and redownload in ePub.
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Old 10-09-2009, 08:57 AM   #3
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One thing you could do is go back to Webscriptions and redownload in ePub.
That is true. However, I thought the caliber folks might want to see this in case it is a software problem, or if it is a problem that may come up on another book that may not have that option so the owner of the book may find a way to convert the book to a format supported on a different reader.
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Old 10-09-2009, 12:00 PM   #4
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Open a ticket and attach the lit file. However, since the developer that write the LIT input plugin is no longer active, I doubt anything will happen on it.
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Old 10-09-2009, 01:06 PM   #5
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Open a ticket and attach the lit file. However, since the developer that write the LIT input plugin is no longer active, I doubt anything will happen on it.
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