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Old 02-03-2010, 07:42 PM   #122
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Originally Posted by Mitchll View Post
Failing to create catalog. Running Mac OS X, latest version of Calibre, very large library,
Following error message:
Spoiler:


ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Generate catalog

Generate catalog
Python function terminated unexpectedly: invalid literal for float(): 86'd.
Catalog_EPUB_MOBI(): Generating epub for sony900 in GUI environment
Book count: 7679
opts:
catalog_title: My Books Feb 3 10
exclude_genre: \[[\w ]*\]
exclude_tags: ~
note_tag: *
numbers_as_text: False
read_tag: +
search_text: None
sort_by: None
sync: False
Begin catalog source generation
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 147, in main
return run_entry_point()
File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 116, in run_entry_point
return getattr(pmod, func)()
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 99, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 60, in gui_catalog
File "site-packages/calibre/library/catalog.py", line 2760, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/library/catalog.py", line 767, in buildSources
File "site-packages/calibre/library/catalog.py", line 858, in fetchBooksByTitle
File "site-packages/calibre/library/catalog.py", line 2645, in generateSortTitle
ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 86'd.
I had the same error. Except instead of "86'd." mine said "Catch". I had a book titled Catch-22, I changed the title to Catch 22 and it went through fine. Do you have a book with the title beginning with "86'd." if so change the name and try again.
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