sqlite3 error when merging publications table

[kelle]

db.merge('/Users/kelle/Dropbox/BDNYCdev_kcApr16.db',tables=["publications"],diff_only=False)

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Merging PUBLICATIONS tables.


19 records added to publications table at '/Users/kelle/Desktop/BDNYCdev.db':
 id             bibcode              shortname                          DOI                                        description
--- ------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------------------------
590                   -                 Best15                            -                                                  -
...
608 2015arXiv150604195G                Gagn15c                            - SDSS J111010.01+011613.1: A New Planetary-Mass T D
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.5-x86_64/egg/astrodbkit/astrodb.py", line 654, in merge
  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.5-x86_64/egg/astrodbkit/astrodb.py", line 276, in clean_up
  File "build/bdist.macosx-10.5-x86_64/egg/astrodbkit/astrodb.py", line 892, in query
sqlite3.OperationalError: near " ": syntax error