BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ biblatex unicode error

[jnabasny]

I'm getting a strange unicode error that I've traced back to the bib file. Whenever I try to cite this one online source, I get two unicode-related errors even though there aren't any special symbols in the bib entry. These are the errors, which both get triggered by the \autocite and \printbibliography lines:

! Package inputenc Error: Unicode character € (U+0080)
(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX.

! Package inputenc Error: Unicode character ™ (U+0099)
(inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX.

My TeX code:

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\documentclass{book}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[notes,strict,backend=biber,autolang=other,%
bibencoding=latin1,booklongxref=false,compresspages]{biblatex-chicago}
\addbibresource{biblio.bib}

\begin{document}

Test.\autocite{gs:pci}

\printbibliography
	
\end{document}

The bib entry:

@Online{gs:pci,
title = {Translation: Chapter 1 of Simondon’s Psychic and Collective Individuation},
organization = {Speculative Heresy},
url = {http://speculativeheresy.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/translation-chapter-1-of-simondons-psychic-and-collective-individuation/},
urldate = {2008-10-06},
shorttitle = {Chapter 1 of Simondon},
}

I've tried erasing each line of the bib entry separately to pin-point the problem, but I seem to get an error every time regardless. I appreciate any tips you can share on resolving this issue!

[Ijon Tichy]

Why do you use latin1 to encode you bib-file? One of the advantages of bblatex + biber is, that you can use utf8 for all files, even the bib-file. Here

\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@Online{gs:pci,
title = {Translation: Chapter 1 of Simondon’s Psychic and Collective Individuation},
organization = {Speculative Heresy},
url = {http://speculativeheresy.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/translation-chapter-1-of-simondons-psychic-and-collective-individuation/},
urldate = {2008-10-06},
shorttitle = {Chapter 1 of Simondon},
}
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass{book}

%\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}% Not needed with LaTeX since 2018-04-01.
\usepackage[notes,strict,backend=biber,autolang=other,%
%bibencoding=latin1,% The bib file ist utf8-encoded now.
booklongxref=false,compresspages]{biblatex-chicago}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\begin{document}

Test.\autocite{gs:pci}

\printbibliography

\end{document}

works without any error. However, I would replace the ’ by '. This should also solve your problem, if the bib-file is really latin1-encoded (but you should be sure, that this is the case!).

[jnabasny]

That worked, thanks Ijon!

I'm new to latex and took the preamble line from a tutorial. I completely overlooked the fact that it was calling a different kind of encoding.