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tyler88 · 10-23-2016, 04:16 PM

In the US & it failed instantly at first for me. Tried again a couple days later & it worked. I noticed The Economist made changes to their website, and I'd seen they were A-B testing a new site design a couple months ago. So probably what we're seeing is that some Calibre downloads are getting served a new version of the site while others are getting the old version, likely determined at random.

For now: retry several times (3-5) and see if you get lucky. Eventually, The Economist will probably switch over to a new design which may break the recipe. At that point someone will have to update the recipe (I can try but python isn't my strong suit).

10-23-2016, 04:16 PM	#33
tyler88 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Kindle 2	In the US & it failed instantly at first for me. Tried again a couple days later & it worked. I noticed The Economist made changes to their website, and I'd seen they were A-B testing a new site design a couple months ago. So probably what we're seeing is that some Calibre downloads are getting served a new version of the site while others are getting the old version, likely determined at random. For now: retry several times (3-5) and see if you get lucky. Eventually, The Economist will probably switch over to a new design which may break the recipe. At that point someone will have to update the recipe (I can try but python isn't my strong suit).