A brand new Kindle bug might forestall you from studying some particular books

If you happen to’ve lately sideloaded a e book (or different doc) onto your Kindle system, chances are you’ll not be capable of entry it proper now. As of final week, Kindle customers delivered to mild a irritating bug: each time they tried to open a sideloaded e-book, doc, or different file, they have been hit with an “Invalid ASIN” error pop-up.

The bug is affecting new titles and recordsdata that are not affiliated with Amazon or its e-book storefront particularly — which just about means something you’ve got uploaded to your system through USB or Ship to Kindle. Nevertheless, for those who’ve already opened a sideloaded title earlier than the difficulty started, it seems to work simply high-quality. The bug appears to solely be affecting recordsdata you have not opened but.

So, when is a repair coming, and is there at present a workaround?

Amazon is conscious of the difficulty

And presently engaged on a repair

Customers flagged the difficulty on Amazon’s official digital and device forum, and likewise stirred up dialogue elsewhere like Reddit’s r/kindle. As of the time of writing, Amazon hasn’t made an official announcement concerning a repair. Customers within the authentic thread famous that restarting — and even deregistering — their gadgets did not resolve it both.

The problem seems to stem from a current replace — particularly because it’s affecting gadgets throughout a number of generations. Amazon formally replied to a slew of annoyed customers with the next:

“Our technical crew is conscious of the difficulty they usually’re engaged on a decision. Any updates to this problem can be supplied right here as they’re made obtainable.”

So, as of proper now, Amazon desires you to take a seat tight. However there are a few totally different workarounds — simply in case that cliffhanger within the fanfiction you’ve got been studying is an excessive amount of to take.

What to do in the meanwhile

The workarounds

Your sideloaded books aren’t misplaced ceaselessly, don’t be concerned. If you cannot (or do not wish to) anticipate an official repair, there are some things you are able to do:

• Flip your system on Airplane Mode earlier than you open the file. Be aware that this hasn’t labored for everybody, however it does disable the connection that permits your system to redirect you to the Kindle Retailer.
• Use Go To: When you’re within the e book, faucet to open the highest menu and choose the Go To icon (the three traces beside the three dots). From there, faucet straight right into a chapter or the file’s desk of contents. Once more, this hasn’t labored for all customers — some observe that it opens that particular part usually, however then they hit a wall when making an attempt to entry others.

If neither of those ‘fixes’ resolves the difficulty domestically in your system, do not lose your marbles. And positively do not reset, deregister, or delete recordsdata in a keyboard-smashing try and regain entry — these routes do not repair bugs and may outcome within the deletion of your collections, notes, annotations, and extra.

So, sit tight — hopefully, Amazon resolves the difficulty sooner fairly than later. Kindle customers whose gadgets stay in a everlasting state of Airplane Mode are laughing all the way in which to their downloaded libraries.