Error Adding Book Bought Through iBooks Store

t357021 · 04-02-2018, 10:39 AM

Hello
seems to the same my problem.
I would like to add (and then convert for Kindle Voyage) a book bought by iBooks Store (Mac).

calibre, version 3.20.0
AVVISO: Errore durante l'aggiunta: Si sono verificati dei problemi durante l'aggiunta di alcuni file, fai clic su "Mostra dettagli" per ulteriori informazioni.

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Impossible add the file /Users/giovanni/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/795079341.ibooks to book: /Users/giovanni/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/795079341
With error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 430, in add_formats
File "site-packages/calibre/db/cache.py", line 1410, in add_format
File "site-packages/calibre/startup.py", line 122, in local_open
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/Users/giovanni/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/795079341.ibooks'
In this case the extension is .ibooks but the same is with the .epub

There is not problem to read this book with iBooks.
Seems that that calibre want to add the conversion in the same file!

kovidgoyal · 04-02-2018, 11:20 AM

ibooks books are not ebooks but directories containing files from the ebook. They cannot be added to calibre as is. There are various scripts flaoting around to convert the ibooks folders into epub files that you can then add to calibre.

t357021 · 04-03-2018, 04:20 AM

Thanks for your answer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

ibooks books are not ebooks but directories containing files from the ebook. They cannot be added to calibre as is. There are various scripts flaoting around to convert the ibooks folders into epub files that you can then add to calibre.

Could let me know where I can find this script and how add them to calibre

kovidgoyal · 04-03-2018, 06:05 AM

No idea sorry, I'm not an ibooks user. A bit of googling on how to add ibooks files to calibre should find it for you.

You wouldn't be able to add the scripts to calibre in any case. You'd have to use them to convert those directories to epub files and then add the epub files to calibre.

DoctorOhh · 04-03-2018, 06:32 AM

Moderator Notice
Your problem was not the same so I moved the question and answer to its own thread.

Here is one person's solution.

04-02-2018, 10:39 AM	#1
t357021 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Turin (Italy) Device: iBooks and Kindle Voyage	Error Adding Book Bought Through iBooks Store Hello seems to the same my problem. I would like to add (and then convert for Kindle Voyage) a book bought by iBooks Store (Mac). calibre, version 3.20.0 AVVISO: Errore durante l'aggiunta: Si sono verificati dei problemi durante l'aggiunta di alcuni file, fai clic su "Mostra dettagli" per ulteriori informazioni. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Impossible add the file /Users/giovanni/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/795079341.ibooks to book: /Users/giovanni/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/795079341 With error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/add.py", line 430, in add_formats File "site-packages/calibre/db/cache.py", line 1410, in add_format File "site-packages/calibre/startup.py", line 122, in local_open IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/Users/giovanni/Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/795079341.ibooks' In this case the extension is .ibooks but the same is with the .epub There is not problem to read this book with iBooks. Seems that that calibre want to add the conversion in the same file! Last edited by t357021; 04-02-2018 at 10:44 AM.

04-03-2018, 06:32 AM	#5
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,867 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	Moderator Notice Your problem was not the same so I moved the question and answer to its own thread. Here is one person's solution. Last edited by DoctorOhh; 04-03-2018 at 06:37 AM.

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04-02-2018, 11:20 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,565 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	ibooks books are not ebooks but directories containing files from the ebook. They cannot be added to calibre as is. There are various scripts flaoting around to convert the ibooks folders into epub files that you can then add to calibre.

04-03-2018, 06:05 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,565 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No idea sorry, I'm not an ibooks user. A bit of googling on how to add ibooks files to calibre should find it for you. You wouldn't be able to add the scripts to calibre in any case. You'd have to use them to convert those directories to epub files and then add the epub files to calibre.

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