From cd1e47dabcc3378f3ef57ab9110eaadd969559b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tangent <rose@tangentfox.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:10:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] catching niche error

---
 make_cover_briefs.lua | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/make_cover_briefs.lua b/make_cover_briefs.lua
index e101671..02df1c4 100755
--- a/make_cover_briefs.lua
+++ b/make_cover_briefs.lua
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ local generate_cover_briefs = function(books)
   for name, data in pairs(books) do
     local function loop()
       if data.cover_brief_file then return end
+      if not (data.extracted_file_size) then
+        print("WARNING:", name, "does not have an extracted_file_size.")
+        return
+      end
       print(name)
 
       local text