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songsofexperienc · 08-13-2011, 11:12 AM

I'm new to Calibre (version 0.8.14), have a Nook Color, and also use Kindle for Mac. When I try to add books to Calibre from the Kindle for Mac I get the following error:

WARNING: Failed to read metadata: Failed to read metadata from the following:

Kindle.app
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 129, in start
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 223, in add
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 234, in add_formats
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/Applications/Kindle.app'

I had assumed I could just put all my Kindle books into Calibre and convert them for my Nook (assuming no DRM). Am I doing something ridiculously wrong?

Thanks.

08-13-2011, 11:12 AM	#1
songsofexperienc Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Nook Color	Problems Importing from Kindle for Mac I'm new to Calibre (version 0.8.14), have a Nook Color, and also use Kindle for Mac. When I try to add books to Calibre from the Kindle for Mac I get the following error: WARNING: Failed to read metadata: Failed to read metadata from the following: Kindle.app Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 129, in start File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 223, in add File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 234, in add_formats IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/Applications/Kindle.app' I had assumed I could just put all my Kindle books into Calibre and convert them for my Nook (assuming no DRM). Am I doing something ridiculously wrong? Thanks.