Error importing AZW3 book

[MrJamesEMcBride]

Hello,
I am trying to import a book that I bought on Amazon and got the following error:

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calibre, version 4.7.0
WARNING: Errors while adding: There were problems adding some files, click "Show details" for more information


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Failed to read metadata from the file:
C:\Users\mrjam\Downloads\Books\Origami_ The Art Of Origami Explained With A Lot Of Project Ideas For Beginners And For Advanced With Step-By-Step Instructions. Includes A Bonus Chapter With Origami For Kids. [Animals, Flowers…].azw3
With error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\pool.py", line 374, in worker_main
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\worker.py", line 87, in read_metadata
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\worker.py", line 77, in run_import_plugins
File "shutil.py", line 97, in copyfile
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'C:\\Users\\mrjam\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_ sz6jd7\\vfs1y2_add_books\\0\\Origami_ The Art Of Origami Explained With A Lot Of Project Ideas For Beginners And For Advanced With Step-By-Step Instructions. Includes A Bonus Chapter With Origami For Kids. [Animals, Flowers\u2026].azw3'
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Can anyone help?

Thank you much for your help

--Jim

[BetterRed]

If you're using Windows the file path name is too long (286 chars).

BR

[theducks]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If you're using Windows the file path name is too long (286 chars).

BR

Even if it was not Windows, that is an insanely long name for a file.
I have read shorter books

[MrJamesEMcBride]

Ya know, that crossed my mind! Dammit, I shoulda gone with my instinct on that one before I came here.

Anyways, thanks! Another stupid question, and probably won't be the last

[theducks]

Originally Posted by MrJamesEMcBride

Ya know, that crossed my mind! Dammit, I shoulda gone with my instinct on that one before I came here.

Anyways, thanks! Another stupid question, and probably won't be the last

Not STUPID.
Stupid was the insane person who created that filename (and gave no thought to how other systems behave). < will that name even display (fit) in its entirety, on any typical file browser??? >

Many of us have decades of computer use (and remember when there were just 8.3 file names)

[Quoth]

I remember when DOS got Directories, what youngsters call folders.
I've had backups and file transfers fail in Windows and Linux due to silly programmers having the application backup create a nested subdirectory with each revision. There is a limit on total path.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by FrustratedReader

I remember when DOS got Directories, what youngsters call folders.
I've had backups and file transfers fail in Windows and Linux due to silly programmers having the application backup create a nested subdirectory with each revision. There is a limit on total path.

A directory is a directory and not a folder. It's never been a folder and never will be a folder. So the use of the word folder to mean directory is 100% wrong.

[Quoth]

I call them directories. But you can't lock the English language in amber / aspic.
Directory may refer to:
Directory (computing), or folder, a file system structure in which to store computer files
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct...older_metaphor

However most users of computers, rather than programmers, make no distinction and now have no idea what a directory is.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by FrustratedReader

I call them directories. But you can't lock the English language in amber / aspic.
Directory may refer to:
Directory (computing), or folder, a file system structure in which to store computer files
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct...older_metaphor

However most users of computers, rather than programmers, make no distinction and now have no idea what a directory is.

Thanks to Apple and Microsoft, the term directory is not being used and the incorrect term folder is being used. No matter what anyone says, folder is wrong and always will be.

[Deskisamess]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Thanks to Apple and Microsoft, the term directory is not being used and the incorrect term folder is being used. No matter what anyone says, folder is wrong and always will be.

It may not be "correct" but using the term "folder" sure helps when trying to teach a newbie how to use a computer. Especially how to deal with organizing files etc.

Don't get me started on trying to teach helpful naming conventions for consecutive files.

[phossler]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Thanks to Apple and Microsoft, the term directory is not being used and the incorrect term folder is being used. No matter what anyone says, folder is wrong and always will be.

I agree, but ...

The 'Desktop' directory is not a desktop and 'Wallpaper' is not wallpaper and the 'Recycle Bin' is not ..... etc., many more

They're just metaphors for people who think computers are appliances and just want to plug them in and surf.

There's a whole lot more mis-uses of terminology that I see every day

If they aid communication, I just bite my tongue

[pazos]

Originally Posted by phossler

I agree, but ...

The 'Desktop' directory is not a desktop and 'Wallpaper' is not wallpaper and the 'Recycle Bin' is not ..... etc., many more

They're just metaphors for people who think computers are appliances and just want to plug them in and surf.

There's a whole lot more mis-uses of terminology that I see every day

If they aid communication, I just bite my tongue

Exactly.

I use dir and folder without caring to much. The opposite would be: "oh, you're running linux?, then you should check that 'special' kind of file which maps file names and their index nodes..."

Being technically correct *sometimes* goes against teaching something.