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Old 08-06-2012, 08:35 AM   #1
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converting from iTunes

How do I get books from my iTunes library into calibre for converting to kindle,when I try to drag a book from iTunes library into calibre i get the following message.
TYPE ERROR must be encoded string without NULL bytes.
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Old 08-06-2012, 11:54 AM   #2
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Drag the book from iTunes to your desktop.

Then drag from the desktop to calibre.

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Old 08-06-2012, 01:55 PM   #3
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One thing to be aware of if these books were downloaded from the Apple iTunes store is that they may be protected by Apple's DRM - and in that case Calibre will not be able to convert them.
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Old 08-08-2012, 03:01 PM   #4
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thanks for the replies will try out your suggestion
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