ESVSB convert from Mobipocket

[bookwurm70]

I've managed to unlock my mobipocket copy of the ESV Study Bible, but I can't get it to convert using Calibre.

Is there some special settings I might need to use since it has a lot of linked notes, or does anyone have any other ideas for how to copy the text out to covert it to ePub or RTF?

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by bookwurm70

I've managed to unlock my mobipocket copy of the ESV Study Bible, but I can't get it to convert using Calibre.

Is there some special settings I might need to use since it has a lot of linked notes, or does anyone have any other ideas for how to copy the text out to covert it to ePub or RTF?

If your mobi file is DRM free then it should convert.

Exactly what error are you experiencing?

Many of the members here are very good at helping out but I have yet to find one who can read my mind.

[bookwurm70]

ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (ESV Study Bible)

Convert book 1 of 1 (ESV Study Bible)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.5
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': 'c:\\users\\gail\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre_0. 7.5_yly53l.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'header_regex': u'(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x050B69D0>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.CybookG3Output object at 0x050B6B70>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\users\\gail\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre_0. 7.5_fdnbz2.opf',
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running
on C:\Users\Gail\Documents\Calibre Library\Crossway Bibles\ESV Study Bible (56)\ESV Study Bible - Crossway Bibles.mobi
Extracting text...
Adding anchors...
Extracting images...
Cleaning up HTML...
Parsing HTML...
Malformed markup, parsing using BeautifulSoup
MOBI markup appears to contain random bytes. Stripping.
Extracting text...
Adding anchors...
Extracting images...
Cleaning up HTML...
Parsing HTML...
Malformed markup, parsing using BeautifulSoup
MOBI markup appears to contain random bytes. Stripping.
Python function terminated unexpectedly
(Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 99, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 815, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 211, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\input.py", line 27, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\reader.py", line 332, in extract_content
File "site-packages\lxml-2.2.2-py2.6-win32.egg\lxml\html\soupparser.py", line 23, in fromstring
File "site-packages\lxml-2.2.2-py2.6-win32.egg\lxml\html\soupparser.py", line 66, in _parse
File "site-packages\beautifulsoup-3.1.0.1-py2.6.egg\BeautifulSoup.py", line 1499, in __init__
File "site-packages\beautifulsoup-3.1.0.1-py2.6.egg\BeautifulSoup.py", line 1230, in __init__
File "site-packages\beautifulsoup-3.1.0.1-py2.6.egg\BeautifulSoup.py", line 1263, in _feed
File "HTMLParser.py", line 108, in feed
File "HTMLParser.py", line 148, in goahead
File "HTMLParser.py", line 263, in parse_starttag
File "HTMLParser.py", line 115, in error
HTMLParser.HTMLParseError: junk characters in start tag: u'\xa0\xa0\xa0<a filepos=000185', at line 274, column 1

[kovidgoyal]

That kind of error typically indicates a corrupted file (basically the html parser is unable to parse (figure out) the html inside the mobi file because of some random bytes (junk) in the file.

[bookwurm70]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

That kind of error typically indicates a corrupted file (basically the html parser is unable to parse (figure out) the html inside the mobi file because of some random bytes (junk) in the file.

So what do I do? Do I need to unlock it again? Or is it hopeless?

[kovidgoyal]

You can try unlocking it again, but with computers doing exactly the same thing rarely leads to a different result.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by bookwurm70

So what do I do? Do I need to unlock it again? Or is it hopeless?

You can verify that the script you used to remove the DRM is the latest version. Google Apprentice Alf’s Blog for current version info and ask for help/direction there.