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Originally Posted by StegBook
I've been getting this error message for the last few days. This error comes up on the first attempt to update a book after launching Calibre. Any ideas?
calibre, version 7.8.0
ERROR: Goodreads Failure: The request contacting Goodreads has failed.
If it reoccurs you may have exceeded a request limit imposed by Goodreads.
In which case wait an additional 5-10 minutes before retrying.
URL: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/add_to_shelf.xml
Response Code: 500
b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n<hash>\n <status>500</status>\n <error>Internal Server Error</error>\n</hash>\n' |
FYI...Goodreads has been going through and removing books from their site. These books are either changed by Amazon (new cover/title) or some other reason, and you wont be able to upload them again. If they are currently on your shelves, don't remove them and expect to reupload them. This may be why you are getting the error. I got it too.
Obsolete books from Amazon without ISBN's, Single books that ended up becoming an omnibus, anthology parts, author changes, etc. If the book doesn't have an ISBN, ASIN, or ISBN13 it will be removed from Goodreads. So, if it was an ebook from Amazon, and Amazon deleted it from their system for some reason or another, then it won't be in Goodreads outside of those currently shelved. If you want to know which books can be re-uploaded, just export your current library .csv and then create a new goodreads account and try to reimport it (breaking it in chunks first). The books that don't end up on your shelves are the ones that are causing the errors.