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Old 08-04-2017, 10:49 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by Carbonman View Post
I have. It did not work.

Its parting message was "MOBI cannot be generated because of errors", which I did not find even slightly useful.
You need to look back in the kindlegen log for messages that start with "Error". For example see this log from converting a book with a reference to a non-existent HTML document in the NCX:

Spoiler:

Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Title "Common Sense"
Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Date "1994-07-01"
Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Creator "Thomas Paine"
Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Subject "United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783"
Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Subject "Political science -- Early works to 1800"
Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Subject "Monarchy -- Early works to 1800"
Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Rights "Public domain in the USA."
Info(prcgen):I1047: Added metadata dc:Source "http://www.gutenberg.org/files/147/147-h/147-h.htm"
Info(prcgen):I1052: Kindle support cover images but does not support cover HTML. Hence using the cover image specified and suppressing cover HTML in content. URL: C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp\mbp_7E1_8_4_A_2E_ 30_28F_7BC_448C_1\OEBPS\wrap0000.html
Info(prcgen):I1002: Parsing files 0000003
Info(prcgen):I1015: Building PRC file
Info(prcgen):I1006: Resolving hyperlinks
Info(prcgen):I1049: Building table of content URL: C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp\mbp_7E1_8_4_A_2E_ 30_28F_7BC_448C_1\OEBPS\toc.ncx
Error(prcgen):E24010: Hyperlink not resolved in toc (One possible reason can be that the link points to a tag with style display:none):C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Temp\mbp _7E1_8_4_A_2E_30_28F_7BC_448C_1\OEBPS\@public@vhos t@g@gutenberg@html@files@147@147-h@147-h-9.htm.html#pgepubid00000
Error(prcgen):E24001: The table of content could not be built.
Info(prcgen):I1016: Building enhanced PRC file
Info(prcgen):I1007: Resolving mediaidlinks
Info(prcgen):I1011: Writing mediaidlinks
Info(prcgen):I1009: Resolving guide items
Info(prcgen):I1038: MOBI file could not be generated because of errors!
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