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

If you happen to’ve not too long ago sideloaded a e-book (or different doc) onto your Kindle machine, you could not be capable of entry it proper now. As of final week, Kindle customers dropped at gentle 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 information that are not affiliated with Amazon or its e-book storefront particularly — which just about means something you’ve got uploaded to your machine through USB or Ship to Kindle. Nevertheless, if you happen to’ve already opened a sideloaded title earlier than the problem started, it seems to work simply wonderful. The bug appears to solely be affecting information 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 likewise 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 units did not resolve it both.

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

“Our technical group is conscious of the problem and so they’re engaged on a decision. Any updates to this subject will likely be offered right here as they’re made out there.”

So, as of proper now, Amazon desires you to take a seat tight. However there are a few completely 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 eternally, don’t fret. If you cannot (or do not need to) watch for an official repair, there are some things you are able to do:

• Flip your machine on Airplane Mode earlier than you open the file. Notice that this hasn’t labored for everybody, but it surely does disable the connection that enables your machine 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 immediately right into a chapter or the file’s desk of contents. Once more, this hasn’t labored for all customers — some word 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 problem domestically in your machine, do not lose your marbles. And undoubtedly do not reset, deregister, or delete information in a keyboard-smashing try and regain entry — these routes do not repair bugs and could 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 units reside in a everlasting state of Airplane Mode are laughing all the best way to their downloaded libraries.