Converting pdb to mobi

[beckywc]

I keep receiving the below error during conversion. I'm using Version: 0.6.38. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.



ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Star's Destiny)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Star's Destiny)
Resolved conversion options
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': 'c:\\users\\beckywc\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre _0.6.38_8xhqwj.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'dont_justify': False,
'extra_css': None,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'header_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.NookInput object at 0x04CD3190>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x04CD32F0>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'print_formatted_paras': False,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\users\\beckywc\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre _0.6.38_lmrgej.opf',
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'single_line_paras': False,
'tags': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: PDB Input running
on E:\Documents\Calibre Library\Barbara Donlon Bradley\Star's Destiny (14)\Star's Destiny - Barbara Donlon Bradley.pdb
Detected ebook format as: eReader with identity: PNRdPPrs
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Python function terminated unexpectedly
multiple repeat (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 99, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 745, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 211, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\input.py", line 44, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\ereader\reader.py", line 29, in extract_content
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pdb\ereader\reader132.py", line 123, in extract_content
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pml\pmlconverter.py", line 604, in pml_to_html
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pml\pmlconverter.py", line 498, in parse_pml
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pml\pmlconverter.py", line 174, in prepare_pml
File "re.py", line 151, in sub
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pml\pmlconverter.py", line 174, in <lambda>
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\pml\pmlconverter.py", line 185, in strip_pml
File "re.py", line 151, in sub
File "re.py", line 245, in _compile
sre_constants.error: multiple repeat

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