I have tried many different times to convert my epub to mobi using calibre. Each time, the conversion hangs at 47%. I even let it run overnight - same result. Can someone discern what's going on by the progress log below?
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Convert book 1 of 1 (Fast Forward Writing Basics)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.13.0
{'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(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'/var/folders/jz/yn0zktnn6_32z6yyjlq4_xyc0000gn/T/calibre_2.13.0_tmp_TSK4tv/vIToqR.jpeg',
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'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_all_fonts': True,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'expand_css': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
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'font_size_mapping': None,
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'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
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'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
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'toc_threshold': 6,
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'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
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InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running
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Convert book 1 of 1 (Fast Forward Writing Basics)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.13.0
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'/var/folders/jz/yn0zktnn6_32z6yyjlq4_xyc0000gn/T/calibre_2.13.0_tmp_TSK4tv/vIToqR.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_all_fonts': True,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'expand_css': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x1135d2f10>,
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'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
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InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running
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