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Genre fan · 08-25-2017, 10:22 PM

Hello!
I've got a problem with just one book.

calibre, version 2.9.0
ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device

[Errno 5] Input/output error: '/Volumes/Untitled/AuthorLN, AuthorFN/Title of Book - AuthorFN AuthorLN/Series'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 87, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 583, in _upload_books
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py", line 267, in upload_books
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 1073, in create_upload_path
File "lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/Volumes/Untitled/AuthorLN, AuthorFN/Title of Book - AuthorFN AuthorLN/Series'

I changed the name of the author, book title, and series in the error message because I don't think that's the relevant part. The other two books in the series were sent to the reader without any problem.

Non-computer coder here, eyes gloss over when I try to read John S's how to use calibre book/guide or the online Calibre manual with all the coding info, so I can't DIY this one. I don't have a clue about Sigil or rooting or whatever all that geeky stuff is. I have basic calibre plug-ins for calibre for deDRM and finding book covers or duplicates, nothing exciting, and I rarely use those. My Sony reader was just reset to factory settings, so it's not special.

I am using Mac OS X 10.10.5 on a 2011 MacBookAir, Calibre 2.9.0 (downloaded 3.6.0 but I didn't like it at first pass, so went back to the old one), Sony Reader PRS950 with the original Sony USB cable using the right USB port on my computer because the reader doesn't seem to like the left side port much.

This is a DRM-free book, purchased from the publisher directly, no adobe digital editions involved. I've had a couple hundred books from this publisher that loaded onto the reader without errors.

I can open this book in calibre's reader on my MacBookAir and the PDF opens in Preview.

I redownloaded the book in all the epub, PDF, and mobi formats. I tried converting each to epub after the original downloaded epub and pdf formats gave the same error.

Other books load okay. In this session, I'd done a hard hard reset on the reader for other reasons, then loaded about 700 books to main, card A, and card B. This is the only one that would not go to the reader. It was the third time I'd tried to get this book, the 2nd of a 3 book series, onto the reader.

I've had occasional books in the past that I had to choose an alternate location when they did not load to my first choice spot, or I've had to send it one book at a time if it seemed like a large file was causing trouble (this session included 3 books that were ~40-45MB each, no problem), or I've done epub->epub conversion to get a file that will communicate to the device.

None of this is working for this book.

Help!

08-25-2017, 10:22 PM	#1
Genre fan Member Posts: 13 Karma: 16858 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: USA Device: Sony PRS-950, PRS-350	I/O Error sending only one book to Sony PRS950 Hello! I've got a problem with just one book. calibre, version 2.9.0 ERROR: Error: Error communicating with device [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/Volumes/Untitled/AuthorLN, AuthorFN/Title of Book - AuthorFN AuthorLN/Series' Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 87, in run File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/device.py", line 583, in _upload_books File "site-packages/calibre/devices/usbms/driver.py", line 267, in upload_books File "site-packages/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py", line 1073, in create_upload_path File "lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/Volumes/Untitled/AuthorLN, AuthorFN/Title of Book - AuthorFN AuthorLN/Series' I changed the name of the author, book title, and series in the error message because I don't think that's the relevant part. The other two books in the series were sent to the reader without any problem. Non-computer coder here, eyes gloss over when I try to read John S's how to use calibre book/guide or the online Calibre manual with all the coding info, so I can't DIY this one. I don't have a clue about Sigil or rooting or whatever all that geeky stuff is. I have basic calibre plug-ins for calibre for deDRM and finding book covers or duplicates, nothing exciting, and I rarely use those. My Sony reader was just reset to factory settings, so it's not special. I am using Mac OS X 10.10.5 on a 2011 MacBookAir, Calibre 2.9.0 (downloaded 3.6.0 but I didn't like it at first pass, so went back to the old one), Sony Reader PRS950 with the original Sony USB cable using the right USB port on my computer because the reader doesn't seem to like the left side port much. This is a DRM-free book, purchased from the publisher directly, no adobe digital editions involved. I've had a couple hundred books from this publisher that loaded onto the reader without errors. I can open this book in calibre's reader on my MacBookAir and the PDF opens in Preview. I redownloaded the book in all the epub, PDF, and mobi formats. I tried converting each to epub after the original downloaded epub and pdf formats gave the same error. Other books load okay. In this session, I'd done a hard hard reset on the reader for other reasons, then loaded about 700 books to main, card A, and card B. This is the only one that would not go to the reader. It was the third time I'd tried to get this book, the 2nd of a 3 book series, onto the reader. I've had occasional books in the past that I had to choose an alternate location when they did not load to my first choice spot, or I've had to send it one book at a time if it seemed like a large file was causing trouble (this session included 3 books that were ~40-45MB each, no problem), or I've done epub->epub conversion to get a file that will communicate to the device. None of this is working for this book. Help!