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rb431 · 04-28-2023, 02:53 PM

Alrighty. More information. I discovered that I could not even delete the books from the library with the & in the path when I had all three highlighted at once.

So I quit Calibre and manually deleted the folders. I then started up Calibre, did a library check, and found no references to those books.

I then imported one of the books using my existing settings which read the metadata from the file itself rather than the filename. That imported it with the & in the path.

That one book I was then able to just DEL and remove from the library.

I changed my import routine to use the filename for metadata and imported all three.

I was then able to download both metadata and covers, review the metadata, and it saved successfully.

I suspect that python is choking on the & possibly in the make_long_path_useable function. A quick search shows people having problems with that combination.

04-28-2023, 02:53 PM	#13
rb431 Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2020 Device: Kindle Oasis 9th gen	Alrighty. More information. I discovered that I could not even delete the books from the library with the & in the path when I had all three highlighted at once. So I quit Calibre and manually deleted the folders. I then started up Calibre, did a library check, and found no references to those books. I then imported one of the books using my existing settings which read the metadata from the file itself rather than the filename. That imported it with the & in the path. That one book I was then able to just DEL and remove from the library. I changed my import routine to use the filename for metadata and imported all three. I was then able to download both metadata and covers, review the metadata, and it saved successfully. I suspect that python is choking on the & possibly in the make_long_path_useable function. A quick search shows people having problems with that combination.