Can't add PDFs

[nichol2]

Hi folks,

(Posting this now without the specific error text, as I'm away from my laptop and kindle for a day or two, in case someone has an idea)

Been using Calibre (currently 3.55) with my Kindle Paperwhite (it's an older model) for years.

I've got a load of PDFs (mostly academic and journal articles) on my Laptop (PC) I want to add to my Kindle via Calibre, but I'm getting an Errno13 (pemission denied) every time I try and add the PDFs to Calibre. I've tried adding them from different locations/folders and it makes no difference.

Epubs and Mobis can be added without a problem.

I've tried converting the PDFs to Epubs/Mobis but you always lose the correct line spacing.

Have looked through threads and can't find the same problem anywhere.

I'll paste the error text as soon as I can, but if anyone has ideas in the meantime that'd be great!

[BetterRed]

@nichol2 - try doing a Print to PDF from a PDF reader - then add the PDF you just printed to calibre.

BR

[nichol2]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@nichol2 - try doing a Print to PDF from a PDF reader - then add the PDF you just printed to calibre.

BR

That sounds annoyingly simple!

I was going to save the PDF as .odt or .docx and try and add to Calibre.

Will try it out.

[nichol2]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@nichol2 - try doing a Print to PDF from a PDF reader - then add the PDF you just printed to calibre.

BR

So that isn't working, neither is converting the PDFs to Doc.

I've tried it with a few different files, and anything that isn't an Epub or Mobi can't be added for some reason.

This is the error, the file in question is a random manual for a woodburner that I've had on my hardrive for ages, just for illustration - but this same error is appearing in Calibre for every single different PDF I try and add, regardless of source.

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With error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\add.py", line 444, in add_formats
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 1412, in add_format
File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 1377, in _do_add_format
File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 1519, in add_format
File "site-packages\calibre\startup.py", line 117, in local_open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'C:\\Users\\Myname\\Documents\\Calibre Library\\Provided By MANUALSLIB.COM - http__\\ManualsLib - Makes it easy to find (500)\\ManualsLib - Makes it easy to f - Provided By MANUALSLIB.COM - ht.pdf'

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[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by nichol2

So that isn't working, neither is converting the PDFs to Doc.

I've tried it with a few different files, and anything that isn't an Epub or Mobi can't be added for some reason.

That msg originates from Windows, says it can't create a file, but its odd that it is only some file types, try turning off your AV.

Also try downloading this file https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/calibre.pdf to your desktop, then drag and drop it into the calibre book list, viz:



BR

[BetterRed]

And - what do you have in Preferences>Add Books>Reading Metadata - in particular the settings I've highlighted below:



BR

[kovidgoyal]

that's a permission denied error, see https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...n-denied-error

[nichol2]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

That msg originates from Windows, says it can't create a file, but its odd that it is only some file types, try turning off your AV.

Also try downloading this file https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/calibre.pdf to your desktop, then drag and drop it into the calibre book list, viz:

Attachment 168370

BR

Turned anti-virus off and the problem disappears, thanks!

For now I'll use that as a fix, though it's far from ideal.

Dragging the PDFs directly into the device is also an option but I often lose bits of pages that way.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by nichol2

Turned anti-virus off and the problem disappears, thanks!

For now I'll use that as a fix, though it's far from ideal.

You need to find out what/why your AV is preventing files being created and then use its location/flie type exclusion features - or get another AV

BR