Classic Books won't open

primetime34 · 02-13-2010, 10:53 PM

I've converted some books from a pdb file (mobi) to epub for the nook. I'm using Calibre version 0.6.39. I have nook set as the default for epub output. When I try to open it on the Nook, it tries to open the book, then defaults back to the menu I was on and it doesn't work. I've tried with a handful of different books and I get the same result every time. Any help??

desertgrandma · 02-13-2010, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by primetime34

I've converted some books from a pdb file (mobi) to epub for the nook. I'm using Calibre version 0.6.39. I have nook set as the default for epub output. When I try to open it on the Nook, it tries to open the book, then defaults back to the menu I was on and it doesn't work. I've tried with a handful of different books and I get the same result every time. Any help??

Are the books drm'd, primetime?

primetime34 · 02-13-2010, 11:50 PM

For more help, I'm attaching one of the files that won't open. It converts, but it won't open on the Nook. Thanks.

---No they are not DRM'd

desertgrandma · 02-13-2010, 11:55 PM

It converted fine for me, and was readable on Calibre in epub.

I'm not sure what your problem is.....but someone more knowledgeable will post soon.

Hang in there.

primetime34 · 02-13-2010, 11:58 PM

Yea, it reads fine in Calibre for me as well. It just won't open on the Nook. I'm able to convert other file formats that I have and read them on the Nook, but I have about 1000 books in this format and none of them work on the Nook. I'll patiently wait.

primetime34 · 02-14-2010, 12:27 AM

If I convert the books with Stanza, they then work on the Nook.....any suggestions at all? I'm glad to have a solution that works, but I don't want to have to go through and convert each book 1 by 1. I have probably 1000 in this format and that'll take a while. I'd rather use the batch feature of Calibre. Anyway, I'm willing to provide whichever file people want to see. Thanks.

primetime34 · 02-14-2010, 05:03 PM

See if this helps...here's an epub version that doesn't work on the nook and a version that does work on the nook. If anybody with more smarts than me can figure out why that is, I'd really, really appreciate it.

02-13-2010, 10:53 PM	#1
primetime34 Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 1142 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle 3, Nook 3G	Books won't open I've converted some books from a pdb file (mobi) to epub for the nook. I'm using Calibre version 0.6.39. I have nook set as the default for epub output. When I try to open it on the Nook, it tries to open the book, then defaults back to the menu I was on and it doesn't work. I've tried with a handful of different books and I get the same result every time. Any help??

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02-13-2010, 11:55 PM	#4
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	It converted fine for me, and was readable on Calibre in epub. I'm not sure what your problem is.....but someone more knowledgeable will post soon. Hang in there.

02-13-2010, 11:58 PM	#5
primetime34 Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 1142 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle 3, Nook 3G	Yea, it reads fine in Calibre for me as well. It just won't open on the Nook. I'm able to convert other file formats that I have and read them on the Nook, but I have about 1000 books in this format and none of them work on the Nook. I'll patiently wait.

02-14-2010, 12:27 AM	#6
primetime34 Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 1142 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle 3, Nook 3G	If I convert the books with Stanza, they then work on the Nook.....any suggestions at all? I'm glad to have a solution that works, but I don't want to have to go through and convert each book 1 by 1. I have probably 1000 in this format and that'll take a while. I'd rather use the batch feature of Calibre. Anyway, I'm willing to provide whichever file people want to see. Thanks.

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