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

In case you’ve not too long ago sideloaded a ebook (or different doc) onto your Kindle system, you could not be capable of entry it proper now. As of final week, Kindle customers dropped at mild a irritating bug: each time they tried to open a sideloaded e-book, doc, or different file, they had 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 have uploaded to your system by way of USB or Ship to Kindle. Nevertheless, when you’ve already opened a sideloaded title earlier than the problem 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 the moment a workaround?

Amazon is conscious of the problem

And presently engaged on a repair

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

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

“Our technical workforce is conscious of the problem they usually’re engaged on a decision. Any updates to this situation will likely be offered right here as they’re made accessible.”

So, as of proper now, Amazon needs you to sit down tight. However there are a few completely different workarounds — simply in case that cliffhanger within the fanfiction you have been studying is an excessive amount of to take.

What to do in the meanwhile

The workarounds

Your sideloaded books aren’t misplaced endlessly, don’t fret. If you cannot (or do not wish to) look forward to an official repair, there are some things you are able to do:

• Flip your system on Airplane Mode earlier than you open the file. Word that this hasn’t labored for everybody, nevertheless it does disable the connection that enables your system to redirect you to the Kindle Retailer.
• Use Go To: When you’re within the ebook, faucet to open the highest menu and choose the Go To icon (the three traces beside the three dots). From there, faucet immediately 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 attempting to entry others.

If neither of those ‘fixes’ resolves the problem regionally 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 end result within the deletion of your collections, notes, annotations, and extra.

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