BizTech Q&A 45: NotebookLM Source Issues

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Question

Why do I keep getting a source import failed message when I try to upload my sources to NotebookLM?
~ Anonymous

Answer

Hello,

There are a few reasons why this might be happening. 

Here are the most common reasons - 

• • You exceeded 500,000 words in a single source
  • You exceeded 200MB file size in a single source
  • You exceeded 50 sources (free version) or 300 sources (Pro version)
  • Your file is copy-protected
  • You had network connectivity issues while uploading

If you are uploading multiple files, try uploading one at a time (or at least a smaller number at one time) to isolate the problem file(s).

Then you can either address the problem or leave out those sources.

Hope that helps

~ Damien

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