Calibre azw plugin crashes

ghostwolf59 · 01-26-2013, 06:23 AM

Hi,
Haven't had a lot of time sifting through all threads here and there - The one I followed suggested downloading azwplugin v104 but after importing it into calibre following my attempts to convert an epub to azw calibre crashes.

I have tried the azw3 and that seem to work, however I believe azw is what Amazon (Kindle White WiFi + 3G) supports best.

The pc version of kindle don't seem to be able to resolve book covers when converting to mobi, azw3 hence me trying other plugins...

Is there a working azw plugin available for download ?

This is the error Calibre throws when using azwplugin v104...

Spoiler:

HarryT · 01-26-2013, 06:46 AM

I'm a little puzzled. You don't need to use a plugin to convert books to AZW3 format - just use the normal Calibre conversion options.

DoctorOhh · 01-26-2013, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostwolf59

Haven't had a lot of time sifting through all threads here and there - The one I followed suggested downloading azwplugin v104 but after importing it into calibre following my attempts to convert an epub to azw calibre crashes.

Remove the plugin and restart calibre.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tylau0

This plugin overrides the default mobi periodical generation routine with another that makes use of the kindlegen program available at Amazon.com here.

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Latest news (2011/09/08):
There is already a native solution to the problem. Please check here for details.

As seen in the quote above, the plugin was limited to fixing one small item that had nothing to do with the basic book format and since then even the plugin developer updated the post with the plugin explaining it is no longer needed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostwolf59

I have tried the azw3 and that seem to work, however I believe azw is what Amazon (Kindle White WiFi + 3G) supports best.

It is easy to be confused. AZW3 is the format you're looking for.

ghostwolf59 · 02-03-2013, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm a little puzzled. You don't need to use a plugin to convert books to AZW3 format - just use the normal Calibre conversion options.

I know azw3 works, but it seem that azw is what kindle supports best.
One reason for trying the azw plugin was to see if the book cover could be resolved (which isn't the case when opting for azw3.

ghostwolf59 · 02-03-2013, 01:10 AM

One reason for trying the azw plugin was to see if the book cover could be resolved (which isn't the case when opting for azw3.

HarryT · 02-03-2013, 03:25 AM

What do you mean by "resolved"? What problem are you having with the book cover?

AZW, by the way, is simply another name for Mobi, so convert to Mobi if that's your preferred format, but AZW3 is much better - it supports more complex formatting and all modern Kindles work just fine with it.

ghostwolf59 · 02-03-2013, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

What do you mean by "resolved"? What problem are you having with the book cover?

AZW, by the way, is simply another name for Mobi, so convert to Mobi if that's your preferred format, but AZW3 is much better - it supports more complex formatting and all modern Kindles work just fine with it.

Sorry if this was unclear...
Resolved as in "bug fixed so converted content also embed the book cover"

epub's converted to mobi and/or azw3 all loose the book covers i.e covers used by kindle when in Cover view mode.

The few azw books I got with the kindle all have valid covers. Content that is converted to mobi and azw3 don't.

Sabardeyn · 02-03-2013, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostwolf59

The few azw books I got with the kindle all have valid covers. Content that is converted to mobi and azw3 don't.

I thought including a cover was a conversion (output?) option?

01-26-2013, 06:23 AM	#1
ghostwolf59 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: mini me	Calibre azw plugin crashes Hi, Haven't had a lot of time sifting through all threads here and there - The one I followed suggested downloading azwplugin v104 but after importing it into calibre following my attempts to convert an epub to azw calibre crashes. I have tried the azw3 and that seem to work, however I believe azw is what Amazon (Kindle White WiFi + 3G) supports best. The pc version of kindle don't seem to be able to resolve book covers when converting to mobi, azw3 hence me trying other plugins... Is there a working azw plugin available for download ? This is the error Calibre throws when using azwplugin v104... Spoiler: Convert book 1 of 1 (Vårfrost) Resolved conversion options calibre version: 0.9.15 {'asciiize': False, 'author_sort': None, 'authors': None, 'base_font_size': 0.0, 'book_producer': None, 'change_justification': u'original', 'chapter': u"//[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|pr ologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': u'C:\\Users\\spap-1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_0.9.15_tmp_cyxga9 \\8yarx1.jpeg', 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'dont_compress': False, 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'embed_font_family': None, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'extra_css': None, 'filter_css': u'', 'fix_indents': True, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x042B1AB0>, 'insert_blank_line': False, 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5, 'insert_metadata': False, 'isbn': None, 'italicize_common_cases': True, 'keep_ligatures': False, 'language': None, 'level1_toc': None, 'level2_toc': None, 'level3_toc': None, 'line_height': 0.0, 'linearize_tables': False, 'margin_bottom': 5.0, 'margin_left': 5.0, 'margin_right': 5.0, 'margin_top': 5.0, 'markup_chapter_headings': True, 'max_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'mobi_ignore_margins': False, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'no_inline_toc': False, 'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x042B1DF0>, 'page_breaks_before': u'/', 'personal_doc': '[PDOC]', 'prefer_author_sort': False, 'prefer_metadata_cover': True, 'pretty_print': True, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\Users\\spap-1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_0.9.15_tmp_cyxga9 \\_fnr39.opf', 'remove_fake_margins': True, 'remove_first_image': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5, 'renumber_headings': True, 'replace_scene_breaks': u'', 'rescale_images': False, 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'start_reading_at': None, 'subset_embedded_fonts': False, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'toc_title': None, 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'verbose': 2} InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running on C:\Users\spap-1\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_0.9.15_tmp_cyxga9\qqt 62c.epub Found HTML cover OEBPS/Text/Section0001.xhtml Parsing all content... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0024.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0006.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0007.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0008.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0009.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0046.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0001.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0011.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0012.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0013.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0014.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0051.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0019.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0052.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0018.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0047.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0020.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0017.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0022.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0026.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0016.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0027.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0028.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0005.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0030.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0033.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0010.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0035.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0037.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0043.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0039.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0044.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0040.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0045.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0049.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0048.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0002.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0004.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0003.xhtml ... Parsing OEBPS/Text/Section0050.xhtml ... Reading TOC from NCX... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Found 2 items of level: div_1 Found 74 items of level: p_1 div_1 left margin stats: Counter() div_1 right margin stats: Counter() p_1 left margin stats: Counter({u'0': 74}) p_1 right margin stats: Counter({u'0': 74}) Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Creating AZW Output... Python function terminated unexpectedly No module named writer (Error Code: 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "site.py", line 132, in main File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 186, in main File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1156, in run File "calibre_plugins.dummy1.__init__", line 241, in convert ImportError: No module named writer Last edited by theducks; 01-26-2013 at 07:01 AM. Reason: Wrapped long paste in Spoiler

01-26-2013, 06:46 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,663 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	I'm a little puzzled. You don't need to use a plugin to convert books to AZW3 format - just use the normal Calibre conversion options. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

02-03-2013, 03:25 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,663 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	What do you mean by "resolved"? What problem are you having with the book cover? AZW, by the way, is simply another name for Mobi, so convert to Mobi if that's your preferred format, but AZW3 is much better - it supports more complex formatting and all modern Kindles work just fine with it. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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ghostwolf59 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: mini me	One reason for trying the azw plugin was to see if the book cover could be resolved (which isn't the case when opting for azw3.


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