Failed to read book error message

tamarissa · 02-18-2019, 12:52 AM

I tried to open 3 MOBI files, and received 2 separate error messages:

Book 1:

Quote:

calibre, version 3.39.1
ERROR: Could not open e-book: Failed to read book, /Users/Mona/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Books/Ilona Andrews/On the Edge (1010)/On the Edge - Ilona Andrews.mobi click "Show Details" for more information

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/simple_worker.py", line 289, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/iterator/book.py", line 65, in extract_book
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 244, in __call__
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/mobi_input.py", line 37, in convert
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader/mobi6.py", line 195, in extract_content
File "site-packages/lxml/html/__init__.py", line 876, in fromstring
File "site-packages/lxml/html/__init__.py", line 765, in document_fromstring
ParserError: Document is empty

Books 2 & 3:

Quote:

calibre, version 3.39.1
ERROR: Could not open e-book: Failed to read book, /Users/Mona/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Books/Ilona Andrews/Bayou Moon (1012)/Bayou Moon - Ilona Andrews.mobi click "Show Details" for more information

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/simple_worker.py", line 289, in main
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/iterator/book.py", line 65, in extract_book
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 244, in __call__
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/mobi_input.py", line 35, in convert
File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader/mobi6.py", line 92, in __init__
MobiError: Unknown book type: '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'

I've never had this issue before when trying to open or convert a MOBI file. Is there a plugin or something I could get to open the files, or are they basically corrupt and therefore garbage?

kovidgoyal · 02-18-2019, 01:00 AM

Those are all damaged files, they wont open in anything.

HarryT · 02-18-2019, 02:51 AM

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DNSB · 02-18-2019, 08:32 PM

Also looking at the path, it appears that you are storing your library in iCloud. Generally speaking, using local storage for a calibre library is a very good idea. Storing your library on a NAS, in the cloud, on a shared drive is going to bite your butt sooner or later.

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02-18-2019, 01:00 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,598 Karma: 28548962 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Those are all damaged files, they wont open in anything.

02-18-2019, 02:51 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Moderator Notice Do not upload copyrighted material to MobileRead. The attachments have been deleted.

02-18-2019, 08:32 PM	#4
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 47,985 Karma: 174315100 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Also looking at the path, it appears that you are storing your library in iCloud. Generally speaking, using local storage for a calibre library is a very good idea. Storing your library on a NAS, in the cloud, on a shared drive is going to bite your butt sooner or later.