fix for generating ebooks without pictures

[librarian.git] / librarian / dcparser.py

diff --git a/librarian/dcparser.py b/librarian/dcparser.py
index fd3eec5..31f2dae 100644 (file)
--- a/librarian/dcparser.py
+++ b/librarian/dcparser.py
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ class Person(object):
             surname = parts[0]
             names = []
         elif len(parts) != 2:
-            raise ValueError("Invalid person name. There should be at most one comma: \"%s\"." % text)
+            raise ValueError("Invalid person name. There should be at most one comma: \"%s\"." % text.encode('utf-8'))
         else:
             surname = parts[0]
             if len(parts[1]) == 0:
                 # there is no non-whitespace data after the comma
                 raise ValueError("Found a comma, but no names given: \"%s\" -> %r." % (text, parts))
-            names = [name for name in parts[1].split() if len(name)]  # all non-whitespace tokens
+            names = parts[1].split()
         return cls(surname, *names)
 
     def readable(self):