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

When you’ve not too long ago sideloaded a guide (or different doc) onto your Kindle machine, it’s possible you’ll not have the ability to 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 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 machine through USB or Ship to Kindle. Nonetheless, when you’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 somewhere else like Reddit’s r/kindle. As of the time of writing, Amazon hasn’t made an official announcement relating to 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 annoyed customers with the next:

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

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 have 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 need to) anticipate an official repair, there are some things you are able to do:

• Flip your machine on Airplane Mode earlier than you open the file. Word that this hasn’t labored for everybody, however it does disable the connection that enables your machine to redirect you to the Kindle Retailer.
• Use Go To: When you’re within the guide, faucet to open the highest menu and choose the Go To icon (the three strains 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 be aware 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 difficulty regionally in your machine, do not lose your marbles. And undoubtedly do not reset, deregister, or delete recordsdata in a keyboard-smashing try and regain entry — these routes do not repair bugs and could consequence within the deletion of your collections, notes, annotations, and extra.

So, sit tight — hopefully, Amazon resolves the difficulty sooner reasonably 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.